In
July 2007, scientists from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Berlin visited
Rooisand. The DLR is busy with a research project on so-called exoplanet
search: extrasolar planets which orbit around fixed stars beyond the solar
system. The prototype of an observation station for this purpose is currently
being tested in Chile.
Plans are to build another station - which will
be fully computer - controlled via the internet - in Namibia. The visiting
scientists carried out test observations (seeing conditions and transparency of
the atmosphere) from Rooisand Observatory and gathered information about the
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The test
observations were very successful and the logistics at Rooisand were considered
to be so excellent that the DLR has decided to build the planned observation
station at Rooisand. A specific site has already been earmarked, and the
station is expected to be ready in 2011/2012.
During the stay of the
sientists from the DLR - but also before and after - our technical personal was
taking in cooperation with some of our astro guests webcam observations to
analyze the seeing conditions over a longer period. All images, which we show
here, are taken in June, July and August 2007 in cooperation with |
- Dr. Harald Michaelis, DLR
Berlin,
- Harald Simon, Hans Margot
(Sternfreunde Oldenburg) und Klaus Eikmeier (Lemgo),
- Heinrich Forth (Volkssternwarte
Ottobeuren)
- Walter Gross, Robert Nufer und
Marcel Süssli (Schweiz) und
- Wolfgang Paech (Astrotechnik
Rooisand)
Please click the thumbnail
images to load a larger version. Caution: some if the
images (png-format) are nearly large as 1 MBy.
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| Jupiter at 21 nights in June, July and August 2007 |
Jupiter and Io, 5th of July 2007 from 19:16 till 22:46 UT |
Jupiter, Io, Europa and Callisto, 29th of June 2007 |
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| Venus in June and July 2007 |
Venus: 26th of June 2007 taken in UV light |
Venus in Conjunction at the 17/18th of August 2007 |
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| Kopernikus, Erasthostenes and Stadius, 24th of June 2007, C14
focal |
Theopilus, Cyrillus and Catharina, 21th of June 2007, C14
focal |
Archimedes, Aristillus and Autolycus, 23th of Juni 2007, C14
focal |
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