GROUND BASED NETWORK
PETERBERG OBSERVATORY
The Observatory Peterberg is a non-commercial initiative by the Association of Amateur Astronomers of the Saarland in the south-west of Germany. Connected to their efforts to let the surrounding region be certified as an international dark sky park, they’ve installed a SQM on the roof of the observatory. They offer educational visits to all that are interested in astronomy.
TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
Sky-Quality Meter
N° OF STATIONS
1
LOCATION
Nonnweiler, Germany
COORDINATES
49.57160 °N, 6.99917 °E, 580 m
MEASUREMENT POINT
Rural, low range mountains
STATUS
Operational
DATA AVAILABILITY
Only plots from last 2 months freely available
TIME RANGE
Since 2019
FREQUENCY OF MEASUREMENT
Each minute
DATA PUBLISHING FREQUENCY
Daily
DATA PUBLISHING DELAY
None
OWNER
Verein der Amateurastronomen des Saarlandes e.V.
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
last two months
DATA DOWNLOAD
No
DATA FORMAT
n/a
DATA POLICY
n/a
CONTACTS
VAS
FURTHER REFERENCES
– Stationary SQM measuring station at the Peterberg Observatory on VAS website
– Measurement of nighttime brightness at the Peterberg Observatory (read the article)
– SQM statistics at the Peterberg Observatory (read the article)
– “Healthy light for nature and people” project website
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