Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs was a German astronomer. She made key observations of variable stars.
Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker was a German astronomer.
The Starkenburg Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Heppenheim, Germany. It was founded in 1970, and currently has about 150 members.
The Berlin Observatory is a German astronomical institution with a series of observatories and related organizations in and around the city of Berlin in Germany, starting from the 18th century. It has its origins in 1700 when Gottfried Leibniz initiated the "Brandenburg Society of Science″ which would later (1744) become the Prussian Academy of Sciences. The Society had no observatory but nevertheless an astronomer, Gottfried Kirch, who observed from a private observatory in Berlin. A first small observatory was furnished in 1711, financing itself by calendrical computations.
Stuttgart Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the association Schwäbische Sternwarte e.V.. It is located on the Uhlandshöhe in Stuttgart, Germany. Public tours have been held since 1920 and the observatory claims to be one of the oldest in Germany.
Hamburg Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in the Bergedorf borough of the city of Hamburg in northern Germany. It is owned and operated by the University of Hamburg, Germany since 1968, although it was founded in 1825 by the City of Hamburg and moved to its present location in 1912. It has operated telescopes at Bergedorf, at two previous locations in Hamburg, at other observatories around the world, and it has also supported space missions.
Sonneberg Observatory is an astronomical observatory and was formerly an institute of the Academy of Science in the German Democratic Republic. It was founded in 1925 by Cuno Hoffmeister and is located in Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany. The Sonneberg Observatory has one of the world's largest collections of photographic plates in its museum of astronomy.
Astrophysikalisches Institut und Universitäts-Sternwarte Jena is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. It is located in Großschwabhausen close to Jena, Germany.
Grenchen is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
The Sternwarte Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf-Bilk was a private observatory founded in 1843 by Johann Friedrich Benzenberg. The observatory's main feature was a refracting telescope with 1800mm focal length. After Benzenberg's death the observatory was bequeathed to the city of Düsseldorf. It was destroyed by bombing in 1943.
The Archenhold Observatory, named in honor of Friedrich Simon Archenhold, is an observatory in Berlin-Treptow. It houses the Großer Refraktor, which is the longest pointable telescope in the world. It is also called the Himmelskanone.
The Jura Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Jura Astronomy Society. Built in 1993/1998, it is located near Vicques in the Canton of Jura, Switzerland. Its IAU observatory code is 185.
Sternwarte Uecht is an observatory on Längenberg at Niedermuhlern, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.
Bülach Observatory is a public astronomical observatory near Bülach, canton of Zürich, Switzerland.
Hubelmatt Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Lucerne, Switzerland, billeted at the city's Hubelmatt West School. Built in 1979, it is operated by the Astronomical Society of Lucerne.
The Hasenmatt is a mountain of the Jura range, located north of Grenchen and Solothurn in the Swiss canton of Solothurn. Reaching a height of 1,445 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit in the canton of Solothurn. The Hasenmatt is also the easternmost summit above 1,400 metres of the Jura Mountains.
The Sankt Andreasberg Observatory, also called Harz Observatory, is a project of the charitable society Sternwarte Sankt Andreasberg e. V., which translates into Sankt Andreasberg Observatory registered society. It was opened in August 2014 and is supposed to become the first completely barrier free Observatory in Germany. The society's expressive goal is to make the sky accessible to all people, whether they are disabled or not. Celestial observation, lectures and Workshops convey general astronomical knowledge to visitors.
Zweibrücken Observatory, or the Zweibrück Observatory of the Natural Science Association, is a public observatory in Zweibrücken, Germany. Its dome was painted to resemble the Star Wars character R2-D2 in 2018.
Grenchen Nord railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Grenchen, in the Swiss canton of Solothurn. It is an intermediate stop on the Basel–Biel/Bienne line and is served by regional and long-distance trains. The station is located west of Grenchen's city center, approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Grenchen Süd railway station on the Jura Foot line.
Grenchen Süd railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Grenchen, in the Swiss canton of Solothurn. It is an intermediate stop on the Jura Foot line and is served by regional and long-distance trains. The station is located south of Grenchen's city center, approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Grenchen Nord railway station on the Basel–Biel/Bienne line.
