Yesterday we visited the #Volkssternwarte #Köln ✨🔭 The weather was overcast, so conditions were limited, but we were still able to observe #Jupiter and its four #GalileanMoons #Io, #Europa, #Ganymede, and #Callisto.
The main #telescope is a 600 mm #Cassegrain reflector with a focal length of 5,400 mm, which enables high-magnification observations of #planets, the #Moon, double #stars, and bright planetary #nebulae.
✨🔭 If you're interested in learning more about #SpaceScience in the region, I have two older posts about a visit I made with my former institute to the #Effelsberg #RadioTelescope ( @MPIfR_Bonn) and the #Stockert radio telescope ( #Astropeiler).
Here's the link to the Effelsberg post:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2021-05-01-effelsberg/
#SpacePhysics #Observatory #Telescope #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #MPIfR
Fabrizio Musacchio
