Hill Observatory

Clear skies from nine tonight

A 60 cm telescope on the hill above town, and an astronomer who will point it at whatever you ask - every Friday after dark.

What is up

Brightest first - a smaller magnitude is a brighter object

ObjectTypeMagnitudeBest seen
SaturnPlanet0.919:30, south, 32°
Pleiades (M45)Open cluster1.622:00, east, 48°
Andromeda Galaxy (M31)Galaxy3.420:00, overhead, 78°
Orion Nebula (M42)Nebula4.0after 23:30, south-east
Cassiopeia · high in the north-east

Find the W first. Follow its second V down and to the right - the faint smudge there is the Andromeda Galaxy, 2.5 million light-years away.

Find it yourself

Fri 14 Nov Public night · doors 19:30 · 2 hoursUp to 24 visitors, warm clothes, no telescope needed. Cancelled if it is cloudy - we email at 17:00.
Hill Observatory

Bring a torch with a red filter - white light ruins everyone's night vision.

Book a public night

Two hours at the 60 cm telescope with an astronomer. €6 a person, paid at the door.

See you on the hill

Doors open at 19:30. If the sky closes, we email you at 17:00 and your places move to the next clear Friday. Dress for a cold dome.

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Who runs this site

Hill Observatory, a registered club
Sternwartenweg 3
412 m above sea level

Chair of the board: Dr. Lea Brandt
Register of associations: VR 0000

Contact: night@example.com

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What we keep, and why

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For a booking we keep your name and email until the night is over - to send the cloud warning at 17:00 - and delete them the week after. We never pass them on.

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