Thüringer Landessternwarte

Karl Schwarzschild Observatory

The observatory was founded in 1960 as an affiliated institute of the former Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin and named "Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium" in honour of the famous astronomer and physicist Karl Schwarzschild (1873 - 1916). In 1992, the institute was refounded as Thüringer Landessternwarte "Karl Schwarzschild" Tautenburg indicating that it is operated as a State Observatory of the Freistaat Thüringen. Latitude 50° 58´ 48.4" North Longitude 11° 42´ 40.2" East Declination axis 341m above sea level The observatory is located about 10 kilometers north-east of Jena.

Telescopes and Instruments

See the instruments and telescopes page. Further information on the website of TLS

Coverage

A Mollweide diagram shows the footprint of the plates

• DR4 Tautenburg