Astrophysikalisches Institut und Universitäts-Sternwarte Jena (AIU Jena, Astrophysical Institute and University Observatory Jena , or simply Jena Observatory ) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Friedrich Schiller University of Jena . It has two main locations in Jena , Germany
2-482: And the neighbouring village of Großschwabhausen . The first observatory was built in 1813, and replaced by a bigger one in 1889. It was funded by local regent Karl August von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach and planned by Johann Wolfgang Goethe . Its most famous director in the later decades was Ernst Abbe . The new observatory in Großschwabhausen was built in 1962, in order to avoid the light pollution from
4-500: The city of Jena. The old main observatory in the city centre is the home of "Volkssternwarte Urania", a society of hobbyist astronomers. They offer public access and courses for children and adults, and host events like watching comets or lunar eclipses. Transit Timing Variation (TTV), a variation on the transit method, was used to discover an exoplanet WASP-3c by Rozhen Observatory , Jena Observatory, and Toruń Centre for Astronomy . Gro%C3%9Fschwabhausen Großschwabhausen
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