Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Astrolab at the Landesternwarte Heidelberg, summer term 2026, September 28 - October 9 2026


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Notes:

  • Aug 29: Letters of conformation for participation on the astrolab September 28 - October 9 2026 have been mailed out, the booklet is upated. Registration is still possible until September 24.
  • 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!!
  • As part of the astrolab, observations with the 70cm telescope of the Landessternwarte Heidelberg will be offered during the astrolab itself.

Who is egligible for registration:

  • PhD-students: full two weeks Sep 28 - Oct 9 unless excempted
  • Master-students - Module MVAstro1 or MVSpec: One week Sep 28 - Oct 2 or Oct 5 - 9
  • Bachelor-students - Module WPAstro3: One week Sep 28 - Oct 2 or Oct 5 - 9

How to register:

Online. Please provide address 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 the previous astrolab 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 or Shu: The Physical Universe
  • Very useful: Bring your own notebook for working on the tasks and/or searches in the internet (eduroam is 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. If you dont have a notebook, we have some spare ones which you can use during the astrolab.

  • 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!

Contact: jheidt@lsw.uni-heidelberg.de