||'''Date''' ||'''Speaker    ''' ||'''Topic''' ||
|| 11.09.2020 || -- || Summer holidays ||
|| 18.09.2020 || || ||
|| 25.09.2020 || || ||
|| '''02.10.2020 (11hrs, Zoom)''' || '''Christian Fendt''' || '''Astronomy for Non-Astronomers (Part 5)'''[[BR]][[BR]]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.[[BR]]     [[BR]]     Parts 1 - 4 took place in the last semester ([https://intranet.mpia.de/intranet/en/lecture-series 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.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: German[[BR]][https://intranet.mpia.de/intranet/en/lecture-series Slides/Recording: German] [[BR]]Questions: German, English ||
|| 09.10.2020 || || ||
|| 16.10.2020 || || ||
|| 23.10.2020 || || ||
|| 30.10.2020 || -- || Autumn break ||
|| '''06.11.2020 (11hrs, Zoom)''' || '''Christian Fendt''' || '''Astronomy for Non-Astronomers (Part 6)'''[[BR]][[BR]]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.[[BR]]     [[BR]]     Parts 1 - 4 took place in the last semester ([https://intranet.mpia.de/intranet/en/lecture-series 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.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: German[[BR]][https://intranet.mpia.de/intranet/en/lecture-series Slides/Recording: German] [[BR]]Questions: German, English ||
|| 13.11.2020 || || ||
|| '''20.11.2020 (11hrs, Zoom)''' || '''Markus Feldt''' || '''Astronomy for Non-Astronomers (Part 7)'''[[BR]][[BR]]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.[[BR]]     [[BR]]     Parts 1 - 4 took place in the last semester ([https://intranet.mpia.de/intranet/en/lecture-series 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.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: German[[BR]][https://intranet.mpia.de/intranet/en/lecture-series Slides/Recording: German] [[BR]]Questions: German, English ||
|| 27.11.2020 || || ||
|| '''04.12.2020[[BR]](11hrs, Zoom Seminarroom)''' || '''Oliver Krause''' || '''Ultra-precise optical alignment mechanisms for the Roman Space Telescope (formerly WFIRST)[[BR]] '''[[BR]]The  Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be NASA's next astrophysics   flagship mission after JWST and is due for launch in the mid 2020s. A   novelty aboard is a powerful coronagraph system capable of direct   imaging of exoplanet systems in reflected starlight at very high   contrast ratios. The successful demonstration of such an instrument in   space will pave the way to a future space missions aimed at imaging and   characterizing faint Earth-like planets. [[BR]] [[BR]]MPIA is contributing  six precision alignment mechanisms to the mission  which are essential  to control the optical beam in the adaptive-optics  coronagraph  instrument. All of this space hardware was designed at MPIA  and  significant parts are currently being produced at MPIA's mechanical   workshop. The talk will describe the developments and tricky details of   the mechanisms, the project setup at MPIA, and the story behind a   successful collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in  Pasadena.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: German[[BR]]Slides: English [[BR]]Questions: German, English ||
|| '''11.12.2020''' || '''Wolfgang Gaessler''' || '''Astronomy for Non-Astronomers (Part 8)[[BR]]"The Dark Side of the Universe"'''[[BR]][[BR]]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.[[BR]]     [[BR]]     Parts 1 -  4 took place in the last semester.  In Part 5 and 6 of the lecture  series the stars have been discussed, and in Part 7 planets were  introduced ([https://intranet.mpia.de/intranet/en/lecture-series all recordings can be found here]).[[BR]][[BR]]We  will not hear about dark force during this talk, but we will learn  about the dark matter and dark energy that seem to dominate our  universe.  While people have been speculating about dark matter for  almost a hundred years, dark energy is a relatively young hypothesis.   But what motivates the idea of this dark side of the universe?  What  does it mean for the evolution of the universe?  Is there any  explanation for it or is it possible to prove it?  Or does "dark" here  only mean that we just don't know anything?[[BR]][[BR]]These questions will  be addressed as part of the lecture series "Astronomy for  non-Astronomers", presented by an astrophysicist, i.e. a non-astronomer.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: German[[BR]][https://intranet.mpia.de/intranet/en/lecture-series Slides/Recording: German][[BR]]Questions: German, English ||
|| 18.12.2020 || || ||
|| 25.12.2020 || -- || Christmas break ||