Hamburg, visiting the Sternwarte
October 2012
I gave a talk [pdf] and spent a couple of days meeting with X-ray astronomers at the Hamburg Sternwarte. It is outside of the city center, near Bergedorf. The skies were dark there when the observatory was built in the 19th Century.
![Ritter](ritter_v1_h250.jpg)
The Hamburg train station is kind of gloomy, but the large Ritter Sport ad brightened up the platform.
![Bergedorf](bergedorf_w250.jpg)
I stayed in Bergedorf and walked about 40 minutes through the town...
![schweinske2](schweinske2_w250.jpg)
![walk 1](walk1_w250.jpg)
and residential neighborhoods...
![walk 2](walk2_w250.jpg)
...to the observatory, which is situated on large, parklike grounds.
![sternwarte](sternwarte_w250.jpg)
![sternwarte_sign](sternwarte_sign_w250.jpg)
I like their constellation themed way-finding graphics.