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Organizational Matters - Summer Semester 2023
This article documents all agreements, arrangements, talks, etc. within the scope of the astrophysical laboratory course.
Talk program
| Date | Talk | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 25.04. | Galaxies - classification, properties, observing galaxies with OST | |
| 25.04. | Principles of optical telescopic observations - refractors & reflectors, magnification, aberrations. OST | |
| 02.05. | Spectroscopy - different types of spectrographs and basic principles | |
| 02.05. | Photometry - stellar magnitudes, extinction, photometric bands, modern photometry | |
| 16.05. | Spectroscopy with the OST: description of the observation, data reduction, and data analysis | |
| 16.05. | Photometry with the OST: description of the observation, data reduction, and data analysis | |
| 23.05. | The Sun: structure, dynamo, and magnetic field. The solar observatory at the Einsteinturm | |
| 23.05. | The Sun: solar activity, solar cycle, solar spots, and Zeeman effect measurements | |
| 30.05. | Stars: spectral types and the HRD | |
| 30.05. | Stellar evolution and evolutionary tracks on the HRD and CMD | |
| 06.06. | Binary stars and radial velocity measurements as a tool to determine stellar properties | |
| 06.06. | Principles of optical telescopic observations - coordinate systems, mounts, astro-climat. Golm and OST | |
| 13.06. | Variable and pulsating stars. Light-curves. Asteroseysmology | |
| 13.06. | Eclipsing binaries and other methods to determine stellar masses | |
| 20.06. | Cepheids; Measuring distances to stars and galaxies - cosmic distance ladder | |
| 20.06. | Our Galaxy – The Milky Way | |
| 27.06. | Solar System Planets and how to observe them with the OST | |
| 27.06. | Exoplanets and the methods of their detection | |
| 04.07. | The largest modern telescopes in space - HST, JWST, Gaia | |
| 04.07. | The largest modern telescopes and immediate future of ground-based astronomy |
An extensive overview on how to prepare talks in a scientific context can be found here.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| apl. Prof. Lidia Oskinova | 2.135 | lida | organization, talks, protocols |
| M.Sc. Sabela Reyero | 2.115 | sabela | organization, talks |
| B.Sc. Fabian Mattig | 2.008 | fmattig | telescope support, data reduction support |
| B.Sc. Jonas Brinkmann | 2.008 | jbrinkmann | telescope support, data reduction support |
| Rainer Hainich | 2.009 | rhainich | technical support |