Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Welcome to ZAH

Welcome to ZAH

The Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg (ZAH) joins the institutes Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI), Landessternwarte Königstuhl (LSW) and Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik (ITA). Its spectrum of research and teaching activities ranges from planet formation and galaxy evolution to cosmology and state of the art computer physics in parallel with the development and assembly of instrumentation for telescopes and participation in satellite projects.

ZAH Research Highlights

Stars Are Born in Loose Groupings

J. Ward, D. Kruijssen (ZAH/ARI); 23.04.2018

Surveying the Milky Way for 15 years with H.E.S.S.

A. Quirrenbach, S. Wagner (ZAH/LSW); 09.04.2018

ZAH NEWS

Gaia's erster umfangreicher Sternkatalog veröffentlicht

Heute wurde der erste umfangreiche Gaia-Sternkatalog veröffentlicht. Damit begann eine neue Ära in der Erforschung der Milchstraße. (25.04.2018)

Astronomische Grundlagen für den Kalender 2020 erschienen

Das Astronomische Rechen-Institut hat die Astronomischen Grundlagen für den Kalender 2020 veröffentlicht. Diese sind eine Grundlage für die Herstellung von Kalendern durch entsprechende Verlage. (29.03.18)

Matthias Bartelmann honored as Outstanding Referee

The Amerikan Physical Society (APS) honors Prof. Dr. Matthias Bartelmann as Outstanding Referee for quality, number and timeliness of his reports. (23.02.2018)

New book: Alfred Wegener and the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut

Alfred Wegener (1880 -1930) is known for his theory of continental drift. He first studied astronomy and received his PhD in 1905 at ARI in Berlin. In his new book, Roland and Ute Wielen describe how Wegener prepared his dissertation. (22.02.2018)

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Colloquia at ZAH
Jun 21
11:15		 Short-lived radioisotopes in meteorites from Galactic-scale correlated star formation
Dr. Yusuke Fujimoto (Australian National University)
ARI Institute Kolloquium
ARI Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1
Jun 22
12:00		 The Stellar Halos of Nearby Early-type Galaxies: Highlights from the SLUGGS survey
Prof. Duncan Forbes (Swinburne University, Melbourne)
ARI Institute Kolloquium
ARI Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1
Jun 25
11:15		 tbd
Robert Lilow (ZAH/ITA)
ITA "blackboard" Colloquium
Philosophenweg, 12, 106

Recent publications
7/2018
Wojno, Jennifer; Kordopatis, Georges et al. (inc. Grebel, Eva K.)
Correlations between age, kinematics, and chemistry as seen by the RAVE survey
MNRAS 477, 5612(2018)

6/2018
Sysoliatina, K.; Just, A. et al. (inc. Grebel, E. K.)
The local rotation curve of the Milky Way based on SEGUE and RAVE data
A&A 614, A63(2018)

7/2018
Vanzi, L.; Zapata, A. et al. (inc. Tala Pinto, M.)
Precision stellar radial velocity measurements with FIDEOS at the ESO 1-m telescope of La Silla
MNRAS 477, 5041(2018)