GROUND BASED NETWORK
GERSBACH OBSERVATORY
The Gersbach Observatory is part of the Pupil’s Scientific Centre Lörrach-Dreiländereck. it mainly offers educational activities for pupils in the topic of astronomy. Issueing the problem of ALAN, the observatory installed a SQM on the roof of the main building.
TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
Sky-Quality Meter
N° OF STATIONS
1
LOCATION
Schopfheim, Germany
COORDINATES
47.70003° N, 7.94875° E, 931 m
MEASUREMENT POINT
Alpine foreland
STATUS
Operational
DATA AVAILABILITY
Yes, freely available
TIME RANGE
Since 2020
FREQUENCY OF MEASUREMENT
Unregular, monthly/daily to each 5 minutes
DATA PUBLISHING FREQUENCY
Sporadic
DATA PUBLISHING DELAY
n/a
OWNER
Phaenovum
MORE INFORMATION
CALIBRATED DATA
Yes
MEASUREMENT UNIT
mag/arcsec²
WAVELENGTH RANGE
350 – 700 nm
FIELD-OF-VIEW
± 20 deg
POINTING DIRECTION
Zenith
DATA VISUALISATION
Yes
DATA DOWNLOAD
Yes
DATA FORMAT
TXT
DATA POLICY
Not specified
CONTACTS
Gersbach Observatory
FURTHER REFERENCES
– All-sky camera installed at the Gersbach Observatory (article)
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