Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
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The Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium (Karl Schwarzschild Observatory) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the institute of Thüringer Landessternwarte (Thuringian State Observatory) ’Karl Schwarzschild’ Tautenburg. In 1992 it was acquired by the state of Thuringia. It has the largest telescope in Germany and the largest Schmidt camera of the world (2 metres), which was produced by Carl Zeiss. It is located 10 kilometres north-east of Jena, Germany, founded in 1960 and named after the celebrated physicist Karl Schwarzschild.
On 5 April 2005 the observatory observed an exoplanet around the star HD 13189, which gave the observatory its international reputation.
Geographical location:
- Latitude: 50° 58´ 48.4" North
- Longitude: 11° 42´ 40.2" East
- Declination axis: 341 m above sea level
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