Astro-lab Summer term 2024 from September 23 - 27 and from
October 7 - 11 2024
Notes on the astrolab to be held from September 23 - 27 and from October 7 - 11 2024:
- The astrolab has been split into two separate weeks interlaced by a week off to
cope with the German Unity day on October 3.
- The E-mail with the confirmation of participation will be mailed out by the end of August 2024.
It will contain further details about the outline.
- We will offer observations with the 70cm telescope during the astrolab.
Observations will be voluntarily, they are not required for a successfull participation.
Information on this will be circulated with the confirmation E-mail end of August.
If you have any question, please send me an E-mail at jheidt at lsw.uni-heidelberg.de
Registration
Astro-lab PhD students:
September 23 - 27 and October 7 - 11 2023
Full day, starts at 8:45 AM daily
Astro-lab Bachelor students WPAstro3 (requirement WPAstro1):
Alternatively, September 23 through Friday, September 27 or
Monday, October 7 through Friday, October 11 2024.
Full day, starts at 8:45 AM daily.
Astro-lab Master students MVAstro1 or MVSpec:
Alternatively, September 23 through Friday, September 27 or
Monday, October 7 through Friday, October 11 2024.
Full day, starts at 8:45 AM daily.
Registration required!
- Ms Wright, LSW Heidelberg,
Tel: 06221 - 541781 or
online (preferred). If the former, please provide address, phone number
and course (PhD, Bachelor or Master).
In case of Bachelor or Master, pls. provide also the week preferred and matrikel number.
If you are from a different faculty, please provide this information in the
"additional remarks" section.
Further information:
Procedure: There is no special preparation for the astro-lab required.
Altogether 10 tasks will be offered. An introduction
to the tasks and an outline of the astrolab in autumn 2023 can be found in
this document.
During the one-week astro-lab about 2-4, during the 2-week astro-lab about
6-8 tasks shall be worked on in groups of two (scripts will be given on site or
be made downloadable from the WEB).
Individual tasks will be assigned by the organizers. Once a task is
completed by an individual group, it will be discussed with one of the responsible assistants.
There is no need for a written summary or any homework.
Literature:
It would be useful to bring your own textbooks, e.g.
Schneider: Extragalactic astronomy and cosmology
Shu: The Physical Universe, University Science Books
Very useful: Bring your own notebook
for working on the tasks and/or searches in the internet
(WLAN/DHCP available). For the data reduction as part of Tasks 1 and 11 dedicated notebooks are available. Knowledge of SW-tools
like Origin, Excel or Gnuplot to e.g. fit functions to data would be an asset.
Due to space constraints the number of participants is limited to 40 students per week.
The dates for the next astrolab during the Winter term 2024/2025
are from February 17 - 28, 2025. If you prefer to take part during this period, send me an E-Mail.
You will be put on a pre-registration list and be informed and allowed to register
for that event before it is made public. Your participation will be guaranteed!
Maintained by
Jochen Heidt
Last modified: 5. 4. 2024