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SkyPole facility will be launched at Landessternwarte

In fall 2023, the SkyPole facility, funded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation, will enable the observation of constellations, planets and satellites with the naked eye. (2023/02/01)

Individual DFG Research Grant for Geneviève Parmentier

Geneviève Parmentier (ZAH/ARI) has started an Individual Research Grant of the DFG to study the evolution of star clusters. (2023/01/14)

Gaia Collaboration received 2023 Berkeley Prize

The Gaia Collaboration received the 2023 Berkeley Prize for meritorious work in astronomy. This is also a credit to the Gaia team at ARI, led by Michael Biermann! Congrats folks! (2023/01/13)

Japanese Televison interviews Prof. Roland Wielen

The Japanese television station NHK interviewed former ARI director Roland Wielen at home for his merits on exploring sun's birthplace. NHK is comparable to our broadcasters ARD/ZDF. (2022/12/01)

Kathryn Kreckel receives ERC Starting Grant

Kathryn Kreckel (ZAH/ARI) receives an ERC Starting Grant to track galaxy evolution with precise and accurate metal abundances in the interstellar medium. The Grant totals 1.5 million euros and will start in Oct. 23. (2022/11/22)

Ernst Patzer Award 2022 for Jaeyeon Kim (ZAH/ITA)

The Ernst Patzer Foundation annually honors the best publications by doctoral students and young postdocs at MPIA and ZAH. This year, M.Sc. Jeaeyeon Kim (ZAH/ITA) is one of the award winners. (2022/11/16)

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Next Astro colloquia
Feb 07
16:00		Untangling Galaxy Evolution in the New Spectroscopic Era
Professor Allison Strom (Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics, Northwestern University, USA)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Physikalisches Institut, Philosophenweg 12, Main lecture theatre
Feb 09
11:15		Stellar feedback shaping the ionized ISM in the nearby galaxies
Oleg Egorov (ARI)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1, 1.OG
Feb 10
11:00		The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders Read the Stars
Duane Hamacher (Melbourne)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

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Astro & Physics talks in HD

Heidelberg Physics Seminar and Talks Organizer (HePhysTo)

Recent ZAH publications
3/2023
Pfeffer, Joel; Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik et al. (inc. Trujillo-Gomez, Sebastian)
Globular cluster metallicity distributions in the E-MOSAICS simulations
MNRAS 519, 5384(2023)

3/2023
Peter, Toni; Klessen, Ralf S. et al. (inc. Glover, Simon C. O.)
The sweep method for radiative transfer in AREPO
MNRAS 519, 4263(2023)

2/2023
Eisert, Lukas; Pillepich, Annalisa et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf S.; Nelson, Dylan)
ERGO-ML I: inferring the assembly histories of IllustrisTNG galaxies from integral observable properties via invertible neural networks
MNRAS 519, 2199(2023)

more publications ...