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.

New Time: Always Mondays 15:00 - 16:00

Location: Hybrid -> MPIA Hoersaal + Video-Link

Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83950178500?pwd=YVNGOUhSc00rZldXNnB3RVNNOVVlZz09

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 "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
26.09.2022	Andreas Müller (Sterne und Weltraum)	Happy Anniversary: 60 years astronomy magazine »Sterne und Weltraum« In 1962, the astronomer Hans Elsaesser who was MPIA's first director in 1968 as well as Rudolf Kuehn and Karl Schaifers founded the magazine »Sterne und Weltraum« (SuW). Each issue is presenting news in astronomy and space research by using fantastic astro pictures. Today, SuW is the biggest popular journal in the German-speaking area with about 50'000 readers. One secret of its success is that scientists directly contribute by themselves and write the articles. In addition, SuW has established strong links to teachers and schools via the programme »Wissenschaft in die Schulen!«. Dr. Andreas Mueller, an astrophysicist educated in Heidelberg, has started as SuW's editor-in-chief in April 2019. He will present the journal, give insights into the work of an editor and talk about recent developments and the future of SuW. Presentation: German Slides: English Questions: German, English
03.10.2022	Holiday	--
10.10.2022	Institute Meeting	--
17.10.2022	Caroline Kulcsár (Institut d'Optique Graduate School Université Paris-Saclay)	What models for the minimum variance control of adaptive optics systems? Adaptive optics (AO) systems are sampled systems with delays due to data transfer and processing. High performance control of these systems leads to the need to predict the disturbance in order to better compensate for it. In this presentation, I outline the minimum variance control and modelling strategies developed in our team. What are the most suitable models for predicting turbulence, how to identify them, is it problematic to use physical priors, how to ensure the stability of the control loop, how to update the model-based controller smoothly during operation to follow the changing observation conditions? The questions are numerous, and we will provide some answers or insights based on simulation or experimental/on-sky results in astronomy, satellite tracking or ophthalmology. Presentation: English Slides: English Questions: English
24.10.2022	--	--
31.10.2022	Thomas Jackson (Tuparev AstroTech)	Tuparev AstroTech - Software, Space Junk and (Robotic) Telescopes Astronomy as a career has been, for the majority of people involved, a classically academic pursuit so far, however there are increasingly wide-spread applications in other directions. Today, potential markets range from the already bustling amateur astronomy scene to rapidly growing wide scale industrial applications. We at Tuparev AstroTech and Astrosysteme Austria are involved in projects spanning this whole spectrum. On the industrial side, the increasing amount of satellites in orbit and the rising amounts of space debris mean the space around the Earth could rapidly be rendered unusable. As part of this effort, we are attempting to create a large, worldwide network to monitor satellites and space junk, covering regimes not included in the current generation of monitoring programs. We are involved in every step from manufacturing and setting up the telescopes, to developing the pipeline for detecting and determining properties of such objects, through to the expected petabyte database management. For amateur and professional astronomers, we are developing a range of inter-connected, modern astronomy tools and applications as well as being involved in renovating old observatory facilities as well as locating potential sites for new observatories. In this talk, I will give an overview of some of the projects we are involved in as well as some of the wider market out there. Presentation: German Slides: English Questions: German, English
07.11.2022	--	--
14.11.2022	Loredana Gastaldo (KIP, Uni HD)	TBD
21.11.2022	--	--
28.11.2022
05.12.2022	--	--
12.12.2022	Institute Meeting	-
19.12.2022	--	--
26.12.2022	Christmas Break	--