Willi Hüll Observatory
The Willi Hüll observatory is a public observatory operated by the Astronomy Association in Heidenheim an der Brenz . It was inaugurated on September 30, 2006 and is the only observatory in the Heidenheim district . It can be used by high school students and amateur astronomers .
The observatory is located at approx. 540 m above sea level in Heidenheim- Mergelstetten on the Erbisberg . In the dome there is an APQ 150/1200 telescope from Carl Zeiss on an Alt6 mount with FS2 control. A small Coronado PST 0.5 A solar telescope has also been located there since April 2008. Guided tours and astronomical lectures take place in the observatory.
A Celestron C14 with Hyperstar has also been in operation since March 2013 .
In October 2019 the observatory was named "Willi-Hüll-Sternwarte" after the former chairman of the Heidenheim Astronomy Association. Before that it was called "Heidenheim Observatory".
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Changing of the Guard at Sternfreunde in the Heidenheimer Zeitung from October 29, 2019
Coordinates: 48 ° 39 '39 .8 " N , 10 ° 9' 58.8" E