AstroTechTalk – att

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The 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 (during the construction work: 10:00 - 11:00)

Location: MPIA Hoersaal (during the construction work: HdA Auditorium)

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)

Proposals for talks: Please send an email to "hofferbert -at- mpia.de" or "naranjo -at- mpia.de" - alternatively you might reach us by phone (06221-528209 or -290) or in person (room 211 or 018) at MPIA.

Date	Speaker	Topic
11.09.2020	--	Summer holidays
18.09.2020
25.09.2020
02.10.2020 (11hrs, Zoom)	Christian Fendt	Video-link: https://zoom.us/j/94315275031?pwd=S3lPUFVhYUxVb21BV0JKVGxjTHpDUT09 Astronomy for Non-Astronomers (Part 5) This lecture series is intended as further eduction for colleagues at MPIA who are NOT working as astronomers. We want to raise interest for this interesting field of research, maybe even raise enthusiasm. External guests are cordially invited as well. Parts 1 - 4 took place in the last semester (all recordings can be found here). In Part 5 and 6 of the lecture series the stars will be discussed - which features they have, how long they "live" (i.e. shine) and which processes run inside them. Presentation: German Slides/Recording: German Questions: German, English
09.10.2020
16.10.2020
23.10.2020
30.10.2020	--	Autumn break
06.11.2020 (11hrs, Zoom)	Christian Fendt	Video-link: https://zoom.us/j/94771491541?pwd=cm9LcGhJS2JTUThzR1FvSUFpNk1Kdz09 Astronomy for Non-Astronomers (Part 6) This lecture series is intended as further eduction for colleagues at MPIA who are NOT working as astronomers. We want to raise interest for this interesting field of research, maybe even raise enthusiasm. External guests are cordially invited as well. Parts 1 - 4 took place in the last semester (all recordings can be found here). In Part 5 and 6 of the lecture series the stars will be discussed - which features they have, how long they "live" (i.e. shine) and which processes run inside them. Presentation: German Slides/Recording: German Questions: German, English
13.11.2020
20.11.2020 (11hrs, Zoom)	Markus Feldt	Video-link: https://zoom.us/j/98203911055?pwd=T0Fxekh2WWhWOGlmQW0rbEM0SmJBUT09 Astronomy for Non-Astronomers (Part 7) This lecture series is intended as further eduction for colleagues at MPIA who are NOT working as astronomers. We want to raise interest for this interesting field of research, maybe even raise enthusiasm. External guests are cordially invited as well. Parts 1 - 4 took place in the last semester (all recordings can be found here). In Part 5 and 6 of the lecture series the stars have been discussed. In this week's episode Markus Feldt will introduce planets and will take us on a journey featuring the search for exoplanets. Presentation: German Slides/Recording: German Questions: German, English
27.11.2020
04.12.2020	Oliver Krause	Ultra-precise Positioning Mechanisms for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (formerly WFIRST)
11.12.2020	Wolfgang Gaessler	The Dark Side of the Universe
18.12.2020
25.12.2020	--	Christmas break