Organizational Matters - Summer Semester 2025
This article documents all agreements, arrangements, talks, etc. within the scope of the astrophysical laboratory course.
Talk program
For a comprehensive overview of how to prepare talks in a scientific context, see:
- this presentation
- this checklist
| Date | Talk | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10.04. | Organization Meeting | |
| 17.04. | Astro-Quiz | … |
| 24.04. | How to give a seminar talk. Astro-Quiz | Margaritis Chatzis |
| 08.05. (I) | Principles of optical telescopic observations I. - reflectors, magnification, aberrations. OST | Varshini Subramanian |
| 08.05. (II) | Principles of optical telescopic observations II. - astronomical coordinates, telescope mounts, astroclimate. OST | Sophia Dahm |
| 15.05. (I) | Stars: spectral types and the HRD | Louis Henkel |
| 15.05. (II) | Spectroscopy - different types of spectrographs and basic principles. OST | Muhammad Saif Misbah |
| 22.05. (I) | Stellar evolution, evolutionary tracks, and isochrones on the HRD and CMD | Jui Parkhi |
| 05.06. (I) | N2: Description of the observation, data reduction, and data analysis | Acchyut Jolly |
| 05.06. (II) | N1: Description of the observation, data reduction, and data analysis | Dennis Heberer |
| 12.06. (I) | The Sun: structure, dynamo, and magnetic field. The solar observatory at the Einsteinturm | Richard Lehm |
| 26.06. (I) | Stars: spectral types, modern spectral classification schemes, and stellar tracks on the HRD | Doniya Jiju |
| 26.06. (II) | The Sun: solar activity, solar cycle, solar spots, and Zeeman effect measurements | Arpita Dhall |
| 26.06. (III) | N1: Radial velocity measurements | Dennis Heberer |
| 03.07. (I) | Eclipsing binaries and other methods to determine stellar masses | Shreyas Kathuria |
| 03.07. (II) | Photometry - stellar magnitudes, extinction, photometric bands, modern photometry | Goutham Krishna Leons |
Contacts
If you want to contact us, you can find our email address at prakt@astro.physik.uni-potsdam.de, since it allows to reach all instructors.
| Name | Room | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Lidia Oskinova | 2.135 | lida | organization, talks, protocols |
| M.Sc. Magaritis Chatzis | 2.115 | chatzis | organization, talks, reports |
| B.Sc. Oliver Steppohn | 0.033 | - | telescope support, data reduction support |
| B.Sc. Jonas Brinkmann | 2.008 | jbrinkmann | telescope support, data reduction support |
| Rainer Hainich | 2.009 | rhainich | technical support |