Did you know that a simple pair of binoculars is one of the best ways to explorethe night’s sky? So when you come to visit us, please bring your binoculars or whatever other instrument you have at home. During the evening our guide will point at several objects with his laser which you can then discover with your own instrument or… with the naked eye.
We advise you to bring a red torch or to install a red torch app on your mobile phone. Red light doesn’t impair your night vision, which is necessary to be able to observe with a telescope, and still allows you to move about safely in the dark.
Or, you can easily transform an ordinary torch into a red light torch with red nail polish.
A binoscope gives you the possibility to observe with both eyes, which will give you a feeling of total immersion, almost like you’re floating into space, far beyond anything a classical telescope can offer.
One of the disadvantages of this optical system is that you have to observe from the top of the telescope and given the size of our instrument you’ll often have to climb a few steps on a ladder. Our guide, however, will ensure that you can do this in complete safety.
The weather’s completely unpredictable and it may happen that we are forced to postpone an evening to another date, even at the last minute. Even if a few clouds don’t necessarily keep you from observing the Moon or planets, a little bit of haze may already be enough to make the observation of other objects such as galaxies, nebulae or star clusters very difficult.
We therefore ask you to trust us when we advise you to postpone, even if your weather app indicates fair weather. Unfortunately, “fair weather” for ordinary outdoor activities isn’t the same as “fair weather” for watching the stars.
Our Moon is a true spectacle in every telescope and with our binoscope we can give you the feeling that you’re flying over its surface.
The best moment to observe it is around the quarter Moon because then it shows you the amazing play of shadows in its craters near the division between day and night.
Unfortunately the Moon reflects so much light, especially when we’re getting close to the full Moon, that it severely impairs the vision of other objects.
We therefore advise you to come and visit us outside of the full Moon period.
We are terribly sorry but given that we’re only running a very small business we cannot accept cash nor credit cards, so we’d like to ask you to bring cash only.
On the other hand we do accept Satispay.
