- Postdoctoral research position opening at MPIA
deadline for applications: December 1, 2017
http://www.mpia.de/4389446/ - Proposal for the development of German Astronomy in 2017 - 2030 released
http://denkschrift2017.de
We contribute with a chapter on "Stellar Parameters, Stellar Structure and Evolution”
by Bergemann, M., Weiss, A., Barnes, S., and Röpke, F. - XXIX Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
http://www.iac.es/winterschool/2017/
We are members in several large-scale observational programs:
- Gaia-ESO and Gaia
great.ast.cam.ac.uk/GESwiki/
large-scale spectroscopic survey of Galactic stars on the VLT
low-resolution datasets Giraffe, R 16000
high-resolution datasets with UVES, R 47000
current status: Data Release 4 in progress - APOGEE
APO Galactic Evolution Experiment, part of SDSS III
large-scale spectroscopic survey of Galactic stars
spectra with R 30000, wavelength coverage: H-band
www.sdss3.org/dr10/irspec/ - GALAH survey
Galactic Archaeology with HERMES at Anglo-Australian Telescope
www.mso.anu.edu.au/galah/home.html - APOKASC
Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium
astro.phys.au.dk/KASC - PLATO
forthcoming ESA space mission