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Astrograph and Spectroheliograph House (Hainberg Observatory)

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Astrograph and Spectroheliograph House (Hainberg Observatory)

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Astrograph and Spectroheliograph House (Hainberg Observatory)

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  • Location: Lower Saxony, Germany

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    February 20, 2021

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    This is not just any observatory, this is the location of the Hainberg astrograph. Karl Schwarzschild and Ejnar Hertzsprung did research here. History of science was written here (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)!
    Nowadays this area is lovingly looked after by the Amateur Astronomical Association Göttingen e.V. This also includes the possibility of public tours. Dates and a lot of interesting information can be found at avgoe.de. It is worth it!
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    February 3, 2022

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    The observatory is located in the forest between Kehr and the Bismarck Tower. The special features have already been described. 😊
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    August 1, 2021

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    A new observatory had been built on the Hainberg above the city as the third Göttingen observatory since 1929; first the astrograph for the photometry of star clusters, then in the early forties the solar tower with a coelostat and spectrograph for investigations of the solar spectrum.

    The sun tower is a few hundred meters further in the direction of the Bismarck tower.
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    Elevation 340 m

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    Location: Lower Saxony, Germany

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