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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
May 22
16:15		 Type Ia supernovae: From explosions to cosmology
Kate Maguire (Queens University Belfast, UK)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, großer Hörsaal
May 24
11:15		 OGLE-ing the Magellanic System: Three-Dimensional Structure Using Classical Pulsators
Anna Jacyszyn-Dobrzeniecka (Warsaw University Observatory, Poland)
ARI Institute Kolloquium
ARI Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1
May 28
11:15		 Modeling supermassive Black Holes in hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation
Sebastian Bustamante (HITS)
ITA "blackboard" Colloquium
Philosophenweg, 12, 106

Recent publications
6/2018
Kovtyukh, V.; Yegorova, I. et al. (inc. Lemasle, B.)
Type II Cepheids: evidence for Na-O anticorrelation for BL Her type stars?
MNRAS 477, 2276(2018)

6/2018
Sybilska, A.; Kuntschner, H. et al. (inc. Lisker, T.)
The hELENa project - II. Abundance distribution trends of early-type galaxies: from dwarfs to giants
MNRAS 476, 4501(2018)

6/2018
Sollima, A.; Martínez Delgado, D. et al. (inc. Grebel, E. K.)
A survey for dwarf galaxy remnants around 14 globular clusters in the outer halo
MNRAS 476, 4814(2018)