[[Image(miri_fm_filterwheel.jpg, left, 220px)]][[Image(teaser.jpg, 140px)]][[Image(simple_loop.gif, 180px)]][[Image(CIAO.jpg, 140px)]][[Image(MATISSE.jpg, 160px)]][[Image(linc_nirvana_labor.jpg, 320px)]][[Image(PACS-Chopper.jpg, 200px)]] 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. '''__New Time__: Always Mondays 15:00 - 16:00''' '''Location: Hybrid -> MPIA Hoersaal + Video-Link''' '''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]]Proposals for talks: Please send an email to "huber -at- mpia.de" or "naranjo -at- mpia.de" - alternatively you might reach us by phone (06221-528331 or -290) or in person (room 111 or 018) at MPIA. ||'''Date''' ||'''Speaker ''' ||'''Topic''' || || '''21.02.2022''' || '''Martin Kürster''' || '''MPIA Project Overview'''[[BR]][[BR]]This talk will provide an overview of the ongoing [[BR]]astronomical instrumentation projects of the MPIA. [[BR]][[BR]]It presents[[BR]][[BR]]* which work packages the MPIA has taken over [[BR]]within the respective consortium which collaborates in development and construction,[[BR]][[BR]]* the current phase of each project and the overall schedule,[[BR]][[BR]]* the main characteristics of the instruments, such as[[BR]] type, wavelength, resolution, field-of-view, etc.[[BR]][[BR]]A brief look at the science planned with each instrument rounds off the presentation.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: German[[BR]]Slides: English[[BR]]Questions: German, English || || 28.02.2022 || -- || -- || || '''07.03.2022''' || '''Wolfgang Brandner [[BR]] &[[BR]] Wolfgang Gässler''' || '''ANDES - more than a mint chocolate'''[[BR]][[BR]]Searching for the word ANDES in the internet one of the first [[BR]]products one can find is a mint chocolate. More than 120 [[BR]]astronomers and engineers worldwide are about to change this. [[BR]]They are working on ANDES the !ArmazoNes high Dispersion [[BR]]Echelle Spectrograph for the E-ELT, which will cover the [[BR]]wavelength range from the U-band to the near infrared providing precision data to understand exoplanet atmospheres in detail or measure the evolution of fundamental constants (Feinstrukturkonstante) back to the beginning of the universe.[[BR]][[BR]]The ANDES instrument will consist of a front end including an [[BR]]adaptive optics system, which is picking up the light in the focal [[BR]]plane. Some fiber feed to three spectrographs - UBV, RI, YJH [[BR]]band - and an optional fourth spectrograph for K-band, where our institute with the APEx-department is most interested in. [[BR]]Therefore, we lead a Phase B study of this K-band spectrograph. Transmission spectroscopy is defining the requirements of the[[BR]] K-band spectrograph for us. Other important constraints are [[BR]]the size (volume) and mass, and the highest possible optical throughput. The decision on whether or not to proceed with [[BR]]the K-band spectrograph will happen after the completion of [[BR]]the current Phase B study of the ANDES instrument sometime[[BR]] in 2024. Hopefully it will not end like in Monty Pythons 'Meaning[[BR]] of life' after just one more mint.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: German[[BR]]Slides: English[[BR]]Questions: German, English || || 14.03.2022 || -- || -- || || 21.03.2022 || Markus Feldt || Project VLT/SPHERE+ || || 28.03.2022 || -- || -- || || 04.04.2022 || Vianak Naranjo || HAWAII-4K Detector for PANIC || || 11.04.2022 || -- || -- || || 18.04.2022 || ''      Holiday'' || ''Easter Monday'' || || 25.04.2022 || André Boné || Tolerance studies for the Relay Optics of MICADO || || 02.05.2022 || -- || -- || || 09.05.2022 || Aline Dinkelaker (AIP) || Astrophotonics || || 16.05.2022 || -- || -- || || 23.05.2022 || Armin Böhm || The new fine mechanical Workshop[[BR]](with guided tour) || || 30.05.2022 || -- || -- || || 06.06.2022 || ''      Holiday'' || ''Whit Monday'' || || 13.06.2022 || Caroline Kulcsar [[BR]](Institut d'Optique Graduate School) || TBD || || 20.06.2022 || -- || -- || || 27.06.2022 || -- || ''Institute meeting'' || || 04.07.2022 || Natalie Fischer || Workshop program at the HdA || || 11.07.2022 || -- || -- || || 18.07.2022 || ... open ... || || || 25.07.2022 || -- || -- || '''Preview:''' DD.MM.2022 - Speaker: Title TBD 2022: Ulf Seemann (ESO): Calibration Work '''Postview:''' [wiki:OldPresentations2014S2 Presentations from 12.09. - 31.12.2014] [wiki:OldPresentations2015S1 Presentations from 01.01. - 31.07.2015] [wiki:OldPresentations2015S2 Presentations from 01.08. - 31.12.2015] [wiki:OldPresentations2016S1 Presentations from 01.01. - 31.07.2016] [wiki:OldPresentations2016S2 Presentations from 01.08. - 31.12.2016] [wiki:OldPresentations2017S1 Presentations from 01.01. - 31.07.2017] [wiki:OldPresentations2017S2 Presentations from 01.08. - 31.12.2017] [wiki:OldPresentations2018S1 Presentations from 01.01. - 31.07.2018] [wiki:OldPresentations2018S2 Presentations from 01.08. - 31.12.2018] [wiki:OldPresentations2019S1 Presentations from 01.01. - 31.07.2019] [wiki:OldPresentations2019S2 Presentations from 01.08. - 31.12.2019] [wiki:OldPresentations2020S1 Presentations from 01.01. - 31.07.2020] [wiki:OldPresentations2020S2 Presentations from 01.08. - 31.12.2020] [wiki:OldPresentations2021S1 Presentations 2021S1]