Courses
Courses for schools
Astronomy Workshops
School classes may register for workshops at the observatory.
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Girls' Day
How about becoming an astronomer? Spending the Girls' Day at the Observatory will give you an idea. You will inspect our telescopes, perform your own experiments and ask everything you need to know about this profession. Since women remain notably underrepresented in astrophysics this event addresses girls only.
Astrophysicist for one Day
"Why study astrophysics?" - Video series
Episode 1
In the first episode Master student Kathrin Böckmann talks about why she studied astrophysics, the usual procedure of studies, the involved challenges, and what fascinates her about astrophysics.
Watch (This Episode is available in German only.)
Episode 2
In the second episode PhD student Paola Domínguez Fernández from Mexico tells us why she works at the Hamburg Observatory, how she came to study astrophysics, and what she likes about her life and work at Hamburg.
Watch (audio: English / Spanish, subtitle: German)
Episode 3
In the third episode, PhD student Stefan Hackstein tells us why he studied physics, how he branched into astrophysics, and what makes physics research at Hamburg so special.
Watch (This Episode is available in German only.)
Episode 4
In the fourth episode postdoctoral researcher Dr. Virginia Cuciti and PhD student Thomas Pasini from Italy talk about their research in radio astronomy at the Hamburg Observatory, about post-graduate studies in astrophysics and how research continues afterwards.
Watch (audio: Italian / English, subtitle: German)
Episode 5
What are computer simulations in theoretical astrophysics used for? And how are super computers programmed? This is answered by PhD students Fiona Prodöhl and Simon Selg in the fifth episode of „Why study astrophysics?“.
Watch (This Episode is available in German only.)
Episode 6
In the sixth episode of „Why astrophysics?“ Dr. Pranjal Trivedi from the Hamburg Observatory introduces us to the realm of dark matter and explains different approaches to solve the riddle surrounding this mysterious matter.
Episode 7
How can artificial intelligence affect astrophysical research? How can students at the Hamburg Observatory look for dark matter? These questions and others are discussed by student Julia Ziegler and scientist Dr. Volker Heesen in the seventh episode of "Why astrophysics?“.
Watch (This Episode is available in German only.)
Episode 8
In the eighth and final episode of "Why astrophysics?" Dr. Duy Hoang und Denis Wittor bring us along to the LOFAR station at Hamburg, tell us about their scientific career path, and report on fascinating projects such as the X-ray telescope eROSITA.
