Oberherten observatory
The Oberherten observatory in Frauenfeld was built in 1982 on the occasion of a term paper by Jürg Schadegg and Andreas Kreis in the village of Oberherten outside Frauenfeld, which is well protected from light pollution . As a public observatory , it is mainly used for public relations.
tasks
The Oberherten observatory offers star tours to the interested public . It is open to schools, clubs, families and individuals by arrangement.
Furnishing
The Oberherten observatory has two different telescopes aligned parallel to each other . One is a special reflector telescope with an optical aperture of 200 mm and the option of using it for visual long-focal length observations or, after a simple modification, as a short-focal length instrument for photographic work. A high-performance lens telescope (refractor) with an opening of 125 mm is available for high-resolution observation of the moon, planets or the sun , which also allows high magnifications in favorable air conditions.
The observatory also has two mobile telescopes. The large 400 mm Newtonian telescope can be transported in a car, for example, into mountains that are largely spared from light pollution, in order to make objects that are very far away visually visible with good contrast. A special and also mobile solar telescope shows our daytime stars in H-alpha light at a wavelength of 656 nm. This allows solar protuberances and other phenomena on the solar surface to be studied in detail.
The conception of the observatory with a sliding roof instead of a dome allows observations of large areas of the sky with the naked eye or with binoculars. So explanations of currently visible are constellations , to interesting individual stars to planets or the sun possible. Thanks to this open roof structure, the public can often watch the migration of satellites and the fall of falling stars . The observatory is located in the vicinity of the Stählibuck and is approx. 560 m above sea level. M.
Web links
Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '21.3 " N , 8 ° 56' 12.1" E ; CH1903: seven hundred and twelve thousand seven hundred and fifty / 268321