Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
- Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
The Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium (Karl Schwarzschild Observatory) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the institute of "Thüringer Landessternwarte" (Thuringian State Observatory) "’Karl Schwarzschild’ Tautenburg". In 1992 it was acquired by the state of Thuringia. It has the largest telescope in Germany and the largest Schmidt camera of the world (2 metres), which was produced by Carl Zeiss. It is located in Tautenburg, Germany (10 kilometres north-east of Jena), was founded in 1960 and named after the celebrated physicist Karl Schwarzschild.
On 5 April 2005 the observatory observed an exoplanet around the star HD 13189.
Geographical location:
*Latitude: 50° 58´ 48.4" North
*Longitude: 11° 42´ 40.2" East
*Declination axis: 341 m above sea level
See also
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* Bernhard Schmidt
External links
* [http://www.tls-tautenburg.de/tlshpd.html Homepage]
* [http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=25550 Interview with director on ESA's plans for finding Earth-like planets]
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