Astro-lab Winter term 2012/2013

The current list of participants can be found here.



Important note: As part of the astro-lab observations will be carried out with the 70cm telescope of the Landessternwarte Heidelberg. Since weather is normally pretty good in October, they will be taken throughout the course.


Astro-lab staatsexamen, diploma and PhD students: October 1 - 12, 2012

Dates: Monday, October 1 through Friday, October 12 2012, full day, starts at 9:15 AM daily


Astro-lab Bachelor students WPAstro3:

Alternatively October 1 - 6 or October 8 - 12 2012.

Dates: Monday, October 1 through Saturday, October 6 2012, full day, starts at 9:15 AM daily. Since October 3 is a public holiday, no astro-lab will be held on that day.

Dates: Monday, October 8 through Friday, October 12 2012, full day, starts at 9:15 AM daily


Astro-lab Master students MVAstro1:

Alternatively October 1 - 6 or October 8 - 12 2012.

Dates: Monday, October 1 through Saturday, October 6 2012, full day, starts at 9:15 AM daily. Since October 3 is a public holiday, no astro-lab will be held on that day.

Dates: Monday, October 8 through Friday, October 12 2012, full day, starts at 9:15 AM daily


Preliminary participant list astro-lab September 2012 (as of July 27 2012)
1. - 6. 10. 2012 8. - 12. 10. 2012 2012
Name Status Name Status
S. Hedge IMPRS S. Hedge IMPRS
J. Dutta IMPRS J. Dutta IMPRS
C. Wittmann Master M. C. Ramirez Master
K. Bosiek Master R. Nimser Master
D. D. T. Le Bachelor A. Dimaratos Master
M. A. Hersch Bachelor M. Schork Bachelor
F. V. Schießler Bachelor A. Egl Bachelor
S. M. Weber Bachelor D. Dold Bachelor
D. Müller Bachelor F. Martins Bachelor
S. Stemmle Bachelor M. Lüben Bachelor
T. Buck Bachelor D. Cichon Bachelor
F. J. Brock Bachelor A. AlMajali Bachelor
S. Jacob Bachelor - Bachelor
S. U. Eidenschink Bachelor - Bachelor
O. Golovin Bachelor - Bachelor
  • Location: Landesternwarte Heidelberg
  • Organized by: Prof. Dr. J. Heidt and Prof. Dr. A. Quirrenbach

  • Registration required!
    • Ms Wright, LSW Heidelberg, Tel: 06221 - 541781 or online (preferred). If the former, please provide address, phone number and course (staatsexamen, diploma, PhD, bachelor or master). In case of bachelor or master, pls. provide also the week preferred and matrikel number.

  • Further information:

  • Procedure: There is no special preparation for the astro-lab required. During the one-week astro-lab about 4-5, during the 2-week astro-lab about 9-10 tasks shall be worked on in groups of two (scripts will be given on site). 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

  • Also useful (but not a requirement): Bring your own notebook for working on the tasks and/or searches in the internet (WLAN/DHCP available).

The next astro-lab will take place from Feb 11 - 22 2013.


Maintained by Jochen Heidt
Last modified: 25. 6. 2012