[[Image(instrum8_gr.jpg, left, 219px)]][[Image(alfa3.5.gif, 232px)]][[Image(instrum4_gr.jpg, 123px)]][[Image(pedv3_gr.jpg, 138px)]] The [wiki:WikiStart AstroTechTalk (ger)] offers a place to discuss, for '''all interested colleagues''' and especially for the technical departments, the project leaders, the administration and the scientists as the ultimately users: * status of instrumentation projects * scientific tasks and features of the instruments in construction or planned * new possible involvements * technical innovations and developments * technical problems and their solutions * logistical problems and their solutions * how to improve operation and observation * project standards. '''Time: Always Fridays 11:00 - 12:00 ''' '''Location: Hörsaal''' '''Outline:''' * Announcements (news, visitors, etc.) (mainly in German) * Talk of about 30 min about a selected topic (German or English, will be announced) * Follow up discussion and questions (German or English, depending on the speaker) [[BR]]Please send proposals for talks via e-mail to: gaessler, hofferbert - or also available in room 021 or 211. ||'''Date''' ||'''Speaker              ''' ||'''Topic''' || || '''18.09.2015''' || '''Martin Kuerster'''[[BR]][[BR]][[BR]][[BR]][[BR]][[BR]][[BR]][[BR]][[BR]][[BR]][[BR]]Kai Noeske || '''How big is the universe?'''[[BR]]Most astronomers believe the universe is infinite. But do we really know this? We have to get an idea of the biggest we can think of, to answer this question. This can only work if, since the beginning, the universe follows everywhere the same rules. The rules, which we know from our local cosmic neighborhood. That is to say, all laws of nature are valid at any place at any time - what is not self-evident.[[BR]][[BR]]The presentation will explain the known universe by continuously traveling farther away into space and back in time. It will be explained how astronomers measure the distances in the universe to get an idea of its size. And, we will follow the evolution of the universe starting at the most extreme physical state of the universe - the big bang.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: German [[BR]][https://svn.mpia.de/trac/gulli/att/raw-attachment/wiki/AlteVortraege2015S2/2015-09-18_Wie_gross.pdf Slides: German][[BR]]Questions: German, English[[BR]][[BR]][[BR]]'''The history of light in the universe[[BR]]'''[[BR]]Presentation: German [[BR]][https://svn.mpia.de/trac/gulli/att/raw-attachment/wiki/AlteVortraege2015S2/2015-09-18_Geschichte_des_Lichts.pdf Slides: German][[BR]]Questions: German, English || || 25.09.2015 || Markus Feldt || SPHERE - Lessons learnt? || || 02.10.2015 || || || || 09.10.2015 || || || || 16.10.2015 || || || || 23.10.2015 || Joerg-Uwe Pott || MICADO || || 30.10.2015 || || || || 06.11.2015 || || || || 13.11.2015 || Diethard Peter || Hologramms and their use || || 20.11.2015 || Klaus Meisenheimer || PANIC - Lessons lernt? || || 27.11.2015 || || || || 04.12.2015 || || || || 11.12.2015 || -- || Christmas party || || 18.12.2015 || Dietrich Lemke || Fraunhofer & Co. || || 25.12.2015 || -- || Christmas || '''Preview:''' -- '''Postview:''' [wiki:OldPresentations2015S1 Presentations from 01.01-31.07.2015] [wiki:OldPresentations2014S2 Presentations from 12.09-31.12.2014:]