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Also this year our Saxon Summer Star Party takes place at the Lindenhof in Peritz. It was a nice event with a lot of interessting discussions and presentations. Some impressions you can find at our picture gallery.

A very impressive shelf cloud could be observed over Riesa at the 10th july 2017. This shelf cloud is a horizontal pointing arcus cloud. Such cloud formations are visible through thunder storms and high wind speeds.

On June 21, 2017, the 80 km high ice crystal clouds could be observed with a clear view to the north.

3 Days after Newmoon it can be see the norrow crescent.

Now you can see the planet venus at the morning sky.

At 20.May 2017 in Riesa a beautiful red evening sky could be observed.

At this time beautiful sunspots are visible on our central star.

M42 is always spectacular Deep Sky object. The Orion Nebula to adopt now from the winter night sky.

The moon always an interesting object. Photographed with a Canon EOS 7d

Many guests visited us this weekend. There were learn a lot about meteorites and about the moon. The moon looks particularly beautiful in the telescope.

The Andromeda galaxy is a great deep-sky object and about 2 million Lj away from us. This picture consists of several individual pictures. On 22 January 2017 photographed at cold -11 ° C.

The area around the Sternwarte is now ready. Now visitors from the street can access the gate, 100% barrier-free access to the site, to the adjoining building and to the ZEISS observatory.

At november the 14th the super fullmoon could be observed at the night sky. One day before the moon was also shining bright at the sky. This picture is stackt with 230 single frames.

Many Observatory from all over Germany came to the invitation of the Vds and met in Heppenheim on October 22nd. .

On 2 October, ESA Open day took place in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. You could visit the astronauts Franco Malerba, Hans Schlegel and Thomas Reiter. More pictures are available in our picture gallery.

During the penumbral eclipse, we had a total cloud darkness. However, this in no way dampened the good spirits of the audience

A wonderful rainbow over riesa, germany.

The Riesaer star hour, planet and moon in the late summer, there were many visitors to the observatory Riesa.

This beautiful annular eclipse could be observed on 01.09.2016 in Reunion. This small island is located next to Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.

With such a good weather at night may not be missing the observation.

This Link allows you to the find the first great impressions from 11. STT

In the case of very good weather, a holiday children’s group was able to observe some of the constellations, the red planet Mars, and even the gas giant Jupiter with its cloud bands.

At monday the leadership of the observatory Riesa received the prize of the easy credit award of the Volksbank.

Funnelcloud over Riesa has been observed in june 2016.

Heavy thunderstorm over riesa.

On this day was the mercury transit. The transit took 7 houers. Many visitors use this rare opportunity and looked at the sun in the observatory riesa.

The child university of Riesa rental the titel Dr., Dr.Dr. and the first Prof. Dr.Dr.!

In March there was again a great aurora over Riesa.

The sales proceeds and the sponsorship of private market was given the Observatory Riesa e.V. This was a great market !!

Despite that the moon is not fully lit, you can see the unlit side of the moon. Why is that? The light is called the ashen light or earthshine. This arises from the fact that the Earth reflects sunlight and illuminates the unlit areas of the moon.

The observatory Riesa as HDR image photographed. But what does HDR? You found on this page.

With a simple pinhole camera and a chemical black and white photograph can be the movement of the sun documented. This principle of long-term exposure is called Solargrafie. For the image in total 39 days was exposed

In the wee hours of the morning the planets parade can be admired by the clear skies. The arrangement of visible planets Mars, Venus and Jupiter.

In very good weather the complete lunar eclipse took place in the morning 28. 09. 2015. A very nice spectacle of nature with which the moon dives in a red colour.

This time it went for the child university students after great grove to the airfield to Born 2 Fly. The students learnt here a lot of interesting facts over airplanes and the aviation. Even they sit down in an airplane cockpit.

Yesterday also the star friends from Riesa were represented on the Stadfest. With telescopes the population could have observed the sun, with solar spots and protuberances.

This amazing sunspot region AR 2403 is a part of the same system and is over ten Earth diameters across.

From the 24th to the 26th of July 10 finds Saxon telescope meetings in Peritz instead of. During the day there are talks and Workshops. In the evening it is observed of course, unterother with this giant telescope. Everybody is here is welcome.

The close encounter of two planets is ever a spectecular constellation in the nightsky. These are the brightest objects after sun and moon and together they look very bright. Have You seen it? Look the next days.

This great picture was taken on the evening of the first of May.
The photo shows a blackbird sings during the moon rise.

Am 15.Mai 2015 ging die Sonne über einem dichten Nebelfeld gegen 6:00 Uhr über der Roederaue auf. Der Tag selbst war sonnig und warm.

3 members from the astronomy club in Riesa could see from the plane the total solar eclipse. This sight was just AMAZING !!!!

On the 18th march in Riesa can observed a very wonderfull Aurora.

On this evening the Moon and the planet Venus were shine on the sky. It was a nice view.

This is an actual picture of the comet “Lovejoy”. The thin tail is even seen in binoculars and the comet is visible with the nake eye. Try it to see.

At the first day of the year you could see this great moon halo.

Here you can find some pictures about the german astronaut Alexander Gerst.

Finally! Today the observatory has covered their new place and knows in a polishing one and a new outside cover.

A fantastic moment for us – a lecture and meeting with Harald Lesch. He is famous for the TV shows “alpha centauri”, “Lesch`s Kosmos” and “Abenteuer Forschung”. In a very special and interesting way he explain the complex processes in space and scientific research. This picture we got at the end of the lecture.

A fantastic moment for us – a lecture and meeting with Harald Lesch. He is famous for the TV shows “alpha centauri”, “Lesch`s Kosmos” and “Abenteuer Forschung”. In a very special and interesting way he explain the complex processes in space and scientific research. This picture we got at the end of the lecture.

You can visit the Space Shuttle Atlantis in the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This Shuttle isvery tall and it is the last Shuttle, they start from the Kennedy Space Center

You can see the Space Shuttle Enterprise in New York at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. This is located on Pier 86, 12 Ave and W 42 St. It is very amazing und you learn many about spacecraft

At this time the falling star nights take place on the airfield Canitz. But also at the morning sky beautiful things take place. In the morning sky you can see the planets Jupiter and Venus as bright dots. At the morning of the 18th August both will be very close together.

Members of the Observatory Riesa visited the kids on holiday of IG Dunkelbunt and craft ended Telescopes and sundials. The beautiful weather allowed a safe view to the spotted sun.

Today there was a very interesting fruit seminar at the bar Bados in Nünchritz. Besides, the participants might also try the tasty, tropical fruits and test their taste. From coconut to pomegranate everything was present. The fruits were sponsored by purchase country Riesa. Thank you for your cooperation!

The Show must go on: Now arrives the thunderstorm with bright lightnings over the town Riesa. By the way, the lightnings can be tracked. On this page lightningmaps you can see the realtime lightnings over Germany

Just now comes up a heavy thunderstorm over Riesa with many lightnings. On this picture can you see some spectacular lightnings over the Trinity Church.

This is a composit of two pictures from our sun in differnet wavelength. One is calles the white light, with visible sunspots on the surface and the other is the hydrogen light where you can see the activities around the dark spots, like flares and eruptions. It changes from day to day – have a look!

This is our today`s sun in the special hydrogen light sun filter. Present sun shows a lot of details like sunspots or eruptions. Even in this spectral light filter You can see this filaments and flares around the sunspots. Delicius sun observation – try it or visit us.

Today the child university was at the “Deutsche Bahn AG”. The children learned a lot about the features and the processes of train traffic.

A few days ago there was the giant sunspot group, called AR1944, in the center on the sun surface. Now she has moved and is located at the border of the sun. In a few days they will be no longer visible

The astronomical observation of the sun, currently generate sensations, because it is the giant sunspot group, called AR1944, on the sun surface. It is one of the largest spots, wich there observed on the sun

In winter the milkyway is shining at the night sky, like you can see on this picture. At this time of the year it is colder, so the air is very clear and you can see the stars sparkle.

Today you can see in Riesa an impressive cloud formation. These clouds are called mammatus clouds. In winter, they are very seldom. In this most common type of cloud occurs near the equator.

This weekend from 16./17.11.2013 the Teigwaren Riesa made the Christmas market. They were joined by the observatory  riesa  and offered the guests a safe view through the telescope, with a sunscreen, to the sun. Next, there were also interesting images to various astronomical topics and information about the observatory.

At the end of october the sun was very activ. On this picture you can see very good how the sun spots walk over the surface of the sun. We hope that the weather will be good soon, so that we can get a look on our central star

This is the 6th Year of the group around this old observatory. But there are still problems to solve in the future. Not because of enough voluntary people, but for the safety of our institution and the rebuilt of the observatory is still difficult for us. But we get it and try everything to survive. You can help us with Your donation. Happy Birthday “Sternwarte Riesa e.V.”

One of the really seldom chances to hear this great hero: Sigmund Jähn, the first German in Space is not very often in public events. But this was one of the events in a saxonian university to meet him. Mr.Jähn is also a special honored member in our observatory and we are very proud to meet him again together with al lot of public. Great speech, fantastic pictures. Thank You Mr.Jähn!

On the theese very rainy days you could see with some luck also the one or other rainbow. Thus immediately 2 specific features(peculiarities) are to be seen in this picture. It concerns an interference curve and this immediately in double implementation. If the sun stands still very high, rainbows are to be seen very close to horizon.

Here You can see a sundog. These lights are a result of sunlight an special ice particle clouds in the higher atmosphere. The colorful light looks like a little part of a rainbow. But it is a sundog, and this one was a really bright one. Sometimes there are two of them, one on the right and the other on the left next to sun. Try to find one.

Bevor the end of august, one important step for new life of our 44 years old observatory was finished. After weeks of working with dust, steel and long working days, we finished the new color of our observatorys dome and so it is ready for beginning the second lifetime with us. Thanks for als spnonsors and all the busy people of our astronomy club.

This was a beautiful moment, when the sun was behind some thin cirrus clouds and shows spectecular light reflections in a whole disply. These coloured views we call halo effects and you can see some somedogs and a bright ring of light around the sun. Also a rainbow like bow over you, called circuumzenithal arc. Great show.

At the summer nights we can observe after the sundown or before the sunrise soaringly the ice-crystal clouds which are still illuminated by the sun. With look in the direction of the north the silvery and wave-like clouds can be marvelled at.

On the 25th of April this year was a partial lunar eclipse. Even if the covering of the moon did not amount more than 2%, every observer could see the darkening in the north the moon clear. To the moonrise the darkness was already in the full way and approx. at 22:07 p.m. the maximum darkening was reached.

The amateur astronomers of the association observatory of Riesa. managed the sighting to the bright comet C / 2011 L4 Panstarrs. The search was anything but easy(simple) at the beginning, because many clouds obstructed at the beginning the sighting. Bit by bit bigger cloud gaps appeared in the dusk.

At the moment it is possible in the dusk to see the planets Mercury and Mars. In the time from the 10th to the 26th of February consists furthermore the chance to marvel at at this duet together in the west sky after the sundown.

This nice sunrise appeared on the 6th of February, 2013 about the Riesaer Old Town. Now one notices already the days again become longer and nights again shorter. On this day the sun rose 7:50 a.m. CET time.

The Sirius is the brightest fixed star and main star in the sign of the zodiac big dog in our winter sky. In the clear next one we see him mostly as a sparkling bright star. The white light is disassembled by the aerial restlessness in different spectral colours. Simply looks these colours as a track if the star walks by the admission picture.

In the comfortable company of the amateur astronomers of the observatory of Riesa could drink mulled wine outside to the airfield in Canitz during the cold night in the campfire. Beside the planet Jupiter 22 degrees Haloring was also to be seen around the moon.

Soon we can be observed at the nights without moon of the Orionnebel as one of the best known and nicest objects. Under three belt stars of the big sign of the zodiac Orion the bright Deep Sky object is to be found. This drawing shows the binoculars sight with 10.5-fold enlargement

In this evening one could see in the nice weather not only the full moon rising, but also observe the shadow throw of a cloud in the direction of moon. Perspektiv partly there runs this shade from the cloud going about the sky up to the Sonnengegenpunkt.

Since some nights the members of the observatory of Riesa observe the meteor stream Perseiden. With the help of the collage the track allows to trace back of some shooting stars to the Radiant and this schenbarer origin lies in the sign of the zodiac Perseus.

This is the first picture of the Perseids this year. It was taken at our first meteor observation night in summer with a fisheye camera near Riesa. It was a brilliant fireball in the sky and all the guests were really impressed of this bright meteor. Until august 18th we will count meteors from 10p.m. every day. Join us!

This is a special type of a rainbow. This red rainbow was photographed shortly befor sunset in the evening, when the red rays of the sunlight are the bringhtest in the sky. If there is rain like in this moment last evening, than a red rainbow is possible to see. Nice colours.

This is a `NLC Cloud` in the summer night sky. These clouds are locatet so high in the atmosphere, that sunlight can even reach them at night. So you can see these clouds together with stars in a bright silver, white or light coloured structure deep in the northern part of the nightsky.

This is the lunar eclipse from june 2012. It was not visible from europe, but we watch it from Alice Springs in Australia. This picture was taken free Hand with a small kompact camera

Last night it was very clear sky, so we decide to built up our 20 inch Dobson and have a great look into the nightsky. It was such impressive viewing with this instrument, so we will use it tomorrow at our traditional Messier Marathon. Join us!