{"id":7634,"date":"2026-04-27T09:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/?p=7634"},"modified":"2026-04-27T20:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:23:02","slug":"sternstunde-auf-der-vosslinke-am-25-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/sternstunde-auf-der-vosslinke-am-25-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Sternstunden on Vosslinke on April 25, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The moon high in the sky, especially clear in the crisp air; Venus, the evening star, shining brightly in the red evening sky above the dark horizon; in between, Jupiter, the largest of the planets; and now, with the approaching night, the brightest stars: Capella, Castor, Pollux, Arcturus, and all the others, more and more, almost too many to count. Up there in the sky. And down below?<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Down below, the Sternstunden on Vosslinke is in full swing. It started as planned at 9 p.m., when it was still quite bright. The stargazing team from kosmos-os had already set up their impressive array of equipment. From small refracting telescopes to very large reflecting telescopes, visitors were treated to a wide range of observing opportunities. Over 20 visitors had come, young and old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Now, around 10 p.m., the Vosslinke telescope reveals its true power. It's darker than almost any other place in Osnabr\u00fcck. The moon, with all its craters and diverse structures, is as impressive as ever. Venus, seen through the large telescope, shows a phase similar to our moon. This is astonishing. Jupiter, visible through every telescope, with its stripes on the surface and its \"lunar ballet,\" hints at a scale almost unimaginable for us on Earth. The multiple star system Castor is the first stop outside our solar system. Next come the two globular clusters M3 and M13, vastly distant and mysteriously beautiful. Meanwhile, one of our telescopes is working automatically, capturing an image of the even more distant galaxy M81 in the constellation Ursa Major. Our visitors take all this with them as they leave the Vosslinke around 11 p.m. Perhaps we will soon have the pleasure of welcoming them back for another astronomical experience during our stargazing sessions at Piesberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Impressions<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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It's set up. It's still quite bright. But the moon or Venus are already being targeted. The first guests have already arrived.
(Photo: Carsten Debbe)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There is a lot to discuss<\/em>
(Photo: Werner W\u00f6hrmann)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Astronomy by moonlight; the camera makes the scene appear brighter than it is \u2013 the shadows are caused by the moonlight!
(Photo: Olaf Homeier)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Around 11:30 pm \u2013 the Sternstunden are coming to an end. <\/em>
(Photo: Olaf Homeier)<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bode's Galaxy (M81), photographed with the automatic telescope during the Sternstunde<\/em>n
(Photo: Olaf Homeier)<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Der Mond hoch am Himmel besonders deutlich in der klaren Luft; Venus, der Abendstern, leuchtend im roten Abendhimmel \u00fcber dem dunklen Horizont; dazwischen Jupiter, der gr\u00f6\u00dfte unter den Planeten; und nun auch schon mit der aufziehenden Nacht die hellsten Sterne: Capella, Castor, Pollux, Arcturus und all die anderen, immer mehr, kaum zu z\u00e4hlen. Dort oben […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7634"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7678,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7634\/revisions\/7678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}