Organizational Matters - Summer Semester 2024
This article documents all agreements, arrangements, talks, etc. within the scope of the astrophysical laboratory course.
Talk program
An extensive overview on how to prepare talks in a scientific context can be found here.
| Date | Talk | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 14.10. | Organization Meeting | |
| 21.10. | Astro-Quiz | … |
| 28.10. | Astro-Quiz | … |
| 11.11. (I) | Principles of optical telescopic observations I. - reflectors, magnification, aberrations. OST | Johanna Petters |
| 11.11. (II) | Principles of optical telescopic observations II. - astronomical coordinates, telescope mounts, astroclimate. OST | Noah MacKay |
| 18.11. (I) | Photometry - stellar magnitudes, extinction, photometric bands, modern photometry | Infant Ronald Reagan Johnson Amalraj |
| 18.11. (II) | Stars: spectral types and the HRD | Hema Priya Rajangam |
| 25.11. (I) | Spectroscopy - different types of spectrographs and basic principles. OST | Olga Hinke |
| 25.11. (II) | Stellar evolution, evolutionary tracks, and isochrones on the HRD and CMD | Kilian Gohlke |
| 02.12. | N1: Description of the observation, data reduction, and data analysis | Ahmad Slim |
| 09.12. | N2: Description of the observation, data reduction, and data analysis | Binnur Sökmen Sevik |
| 16.12. | The Sun: structure, dynamo, and magnetic field. The solar observatory at the Einsteinturm | Kester Weise |
| 16.12. | Background in OST observations: cosmic rays, thermal background, astrophysical background | Celina Turner |
| 06.01. | The Sun: solar activity, solar cycle, solar spots, and Zeeman effect measurements | Alexandros Stork |
| 13.01. (I) | Binary stars and radial velocity measurements as a tool to determine stellar properties | Prince Kumar |
| 13.01. (II) | Eclipsing binaries and other methods to determine stellar masses | Rohak Paul |
| 20.01. (I) | Observational challenges I. - solar system objects and how to observe them with the OST | Zoë Zin-Zu Kaffarnik |
| 20.01. (II) | Observational challenges II. - observational properties of galaxies and how to observe them with OST | Arman Al Jaf |
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. Mariana P. Júlio | mariana.julio | 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 |
| Dr. Rainer Hainich | 2.009 | rhainich | technical support |