Volkssternwarte Dortmund
The Volkssternwarte Dortmund is a small observatory in Dortmund .
location
The Volkssternwarte Dortmund is located in the southwest of the Westfalenpark Dortmund, near the Buschmühle entrance , opposite the Torfhaus gallery. She is i. d. Usually occupied at the weekend.
history
The history of the Dortmund public observatory is linked to that of the Dortmund Astronomical Association . Founded in April 1913, it is the oldest association of its kind in Germany after the associations in Berlin and Frankfurt.
The first observatory in the 1920s and 1930s was located in the area of the municipal clinics. Your documents were lost in the war. The main device of this observatory was kept in the basement of the chairman of the association during the war.
In 1978 the city of Dortmund offered the Astronomical Association Dortmund eV the old Reinoldhaus in the Westfalenpark as a new location and clubhouse for the public observatory. The main device of the first observatory was also the largest device in this building. This was used to actively observe into the 21st century. This was followed by an exchange with a Celestron C14 .
General data on setting up the public observatory
The Volkssternwarte is a small observatory consisting of three rooms and three telescopic columns. The premises house a small library, a lecture room for around 15 people and the observation building, which was newly built in 1984. The roof of the observation building can simply be rolled down and then pushed over the lecture room.
Telescopes of the public observatory
The Volkssternwarte Dortmund houses three fixed telescopes of different designs: A 150 mm diameter refractor with 2.25 m focal length is suitable for observing the planets , as well as a 350 mm diameter mirror telescope, a reflector and a Celestron C 14, with 4 m focal length for observing galactic ones Nebulae and galaxies . The third telescope is a 100 mm diameter refractor with a focal length of 1 m and a protuberance attachment for observing filaments on the sun's surface and the protuberances on the sun's edge .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Festschrift for the 75th anniversary of the association from 1988
- ↑ About us on the observatory website
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 38 " N , 7 ° 28 ′ 33.8" E