Astrolab summer term 2026

You MUST register with your University account (Bachelor/Master students) or your institute account (PhD students). Registrations with E-mail addresses eg using gmail, gmx or other provider will _NOT_ be accepted and simply be ignored!!!

The preliminary list of participants


Notes on the astrolab to be held from Sep 28 - Oct 9 2026:

  • The astrolab will nominally be held at the Landessternwarte on the Königstuhl. As we may suffer from heavy construction work during the astrolab we may be forced to move to the seminar rooms 56-61 at the Philosophenweg. Any change will be announced in due time.
  • As part of the astrolab, observations with the 70cm telescope of the Landessternwarte Heidelberg will be offered during the astrolab itself.
  • Information about the previous astrolab in February/March2026 an be found in a booklet circulated with the confirmation of participation here . We anticipate that the outline of the astrolab in September/October 2026 will be very similar.
  • The E-mail with the confirmation of participation will be mailed out by early September 2026. It will contain further details about the outline.


If you have any question, please send me an E-mail at jheidt at lsw.uni-heidelberg.de

Registration


Astro-lab PhD students: September 28 - October 9 2026

Dates: Monday, September 28 through Friday, October 2 and Monday, October 5 through Friday, October 9 2026.

Full day, starts at 8:45 AM daily



Astro-lab Master students MVAstro1 or MVSpec:

Alternatively, September 28 - October 2 or October 5 - October 9 2026

Full day, starts at 8:45 AM daily



Astro-lab Bachelor students WPAstro3:

Alternatively, September 28 - October 2 or October 5 - October 9 2026


Full day, starts at 8:45 AM daily




  • Location: Landesternwarte Heidelberg
  • Organized by: Prof. Dr. J. Heidt and Prof. Dr. A. Quirrenbach

    • How to register


    • Online (preferred) or Ms Wright, LSW Heidelberg, Tel: 06221 - 541781. If the latter, 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 spring 2026 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 next astrolab during the winter term 2026/2027 will be held from February 15 - 26 2027. 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: 10. 4. 2026