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Since 1968, Hamburg Observatory is part of the Department of Physics  of Universität Hamburg. With its double role as a museum and a university location (Campus Bergedorf), Hamburg Observatory is a special facility. Recently, the historical buildings house the Astronomy and Astrophysics research groups. Most important research areas are Exoplanets, Stellar Physics, Interstellar Medium and Star Formation, Extragalactic Astrophysics, Cosmology, Radio Astronomy, Magneto-Hydrodynamics, Radiative Transfer as well as High Performance Computing. Further research, including participating activities in the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe, is done on the Campus Bahrenfeld.

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Visualization of the research group approach

Photo: Matthias Kadler (JMU); individual pictures: C. Fromm (JMU), A. Baczko (MPIfR), R. Perley and W. Cotton (NRAO/AUI/NSF).

14 July 2021|Sternwarte

Participation in the DFG research unit examining jets from black holes

The powerful jets shooting out of black holes will be the focus of a new German Research Foundation (DFG) research group, which includes two researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe at Universität Hamburg. The research group has been granted €3.6 million in funding.

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A comparison of the X-ray image from eROSITA and the optical image with a conventional telescope of young stars in the constellation Chameleon.

Photo: eROSITA collaboration/Robrade

28 June 2021|Forschung

New insights into the life of young stars and massive black holes

Two years ago, the eROSITA X-ray telescope was sent into space as part of a Russian-German collaboration to produce the most comprehensive map of the sky in X-ray light. The German eROSITA consortium, which includes Universität Hamburg, has now published the first data taken with the satellite-based X-ray telescope.

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Gebäude des Großen Refraktors und Meridiankreises

Photo: Lions & Glory GmbH

22 June 2021|Sternwarte

New advance: Hamburg intends to make the observatory UNESCO world heritage

On the basis of a new report prepared by  Dr. Matthias Hünsch (Förderverein), the city of Hamburg decided to make a new attempt in the contest for a world heritage nomination. Until the end of October, applications have to be prepared for the permanent conference of the Ministers of Education and the Arts of the federal...

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