Nachts auf der Sternwarte
The lecture series "Nights at the Observatory" presents an extensive program of lectures on a variety of topics on astrophysics. The lectures are accessible to the general public and are held in German or English (see program). After the talk there is a visit to the Great Refractor.
Was uns Sternhaufen über die Entwicklung von Galaxien verraten
Wenn Sterne in einer Galaxie entstehen, dann für gewöhnlich nicht alleine, sondern in sogenannten Sternhaufen, Ansammlungen von oftmals hunderttausenden Sternen. Junge Sternhaufen, wie zum Beispiel die Plejaden in der Milchstraße, zeigen daher direkt, wo Sternentstehung stattfindet. Im Gegensatz dazu sind die ältesten Sternhaufen fast so alt wie das Universum selbst. Diese Sternhaufen sind wichtige Zeitzeugen der Galaxienentwicklung, die als Fossilien aus einer lang vergangenen Zeit etwas über die Entstehung und den Werdegang von Galaxien erzählen können. In diesem Vortrag werde ich über verschiedene Arten von Sternhaufen sprechen und darüber, was sie uns über die Entstehung und Entwicklung der Milchstraße und anderer Galaxien verraten.
The lecture will be given in the lecture room of the University Observatory and and will also be streamed online. The link to the video stream can be found below, in the section "Livestream".
Dr. Katja Fahrion
In German
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When and where?
Second Friday of each month (except for July and August) in the Littrow Hörsaal at the University Observatory.
The lecture starts at 18:30, admission from 18:00 to 18:45.
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Current semester program
Date Presenter Talk title Language 13.09.24 Alvaro Hacar Observing the cold Universe with ALMA English 11.10.24 Katja Fahrion Was uns Sternhaufen über die Entwicklung von Galaxien verraten German 08.11.24 Elke Pilat-Lohinger Gliese 710 German 13.12.24 Franz Kerschbaum Die Wiener Universitätssternwarte - Eine Geschichte German 10.01.25 Laura Posch Wie uns Astronomie lehrt, die Erde wertzuschätzen German 14.02.25 Prashin Jethwa Speed Junkies: the origin and fate of the fastest stars in the Galaxy English -
Livestream
You must go to this Zoom link. If you are asked for a passcode write 1234
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Previous talks
2024
Talk by Oliver Hahn about "Euclid und das kosmische Netz der Galaxien"
Talk by Roland Ottensamer about "Weltraumteleskope – den Sternen ein wenig näher"
Talk by Nicole Pawellek about "Trümmerscheiben – Eine Studie in Kollisionen"
Talk by Prashin Jethwa about "In a Spin: The science and sociology of spiral galaxies"
Talk by Meinrad Hafner about "Gravitational waves: Physics, Technology, Astronomy"
2023
Talk by Ryan Leaman about "Taste-testing recipes for 'baking' galaxy disks"
Talk by Sudeshna Boro Saikia about "Observing terrestrial exoplanets in the era of JWST"
Talk by Josefa Großschedl about "What Gaia tells us about the formation of the stars"
Talk by Nicole Pawellek about "Music of the Spheres - The Connection between Astronomy and Music"
Talk by Anahí Caldú Primo and Christian Tschinkel about "Voyager, our interstellar messenger"
Talk by Sylvia Plöckinger about "The Universe in the Computer"
Talk by Meinrad Hafner about "Sirius B: the impossible star"
2022
Talk by Stefan Meingast about VISIONS
Talk by Alice Zocchi about "The mysterious dance of old stellar clusters"
Talk by Nuria Miret Roig about "Searching for Hidden Worlds"
Talk by Gerhard Hensler about "dwarfs and satellites"
Talk by Yanina Metodieva about "Life beyond our Earth"
Talk by Christine Ackerl about "When galaxies waltz"
Talk by Oliver Czoske about "The extremely large telescope and what Austria has to do with it"
Talk by Nicole Pawellek about "How to find asteroids around other stars?"
2021
