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902:(SDSS) will investigate in detail a quarter of the whole sky and determine the position and absolute brightness of more than 100 million sky objects. Besides that, the distances of more than a million galaxies and quasars will be estimated. With the help of this study, astronomers will be able to assess the distribution of large-scale structures in the Universe. This can provide hints about the story of the development of the Universe.
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1045:. It will enable the simultaneous observation of circularly and linearly polarized light with high spectral and temporal resolution. The spectrograph is situated in a temperature- and pressure-stabilized room within the telescope column. The light will be conducted by fiber optics from the telescope to the spectrograph.
1003:. This entails both the development and the fabrication of the optics and the mechanical and electronic components as well as the development of the software for the acquisition, guiding and wavefront sensing units (AGWs). The AGW units are essential components of the telescope and indispensable for the
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is an international mission led by the
European Space Agency (ESA), with participation from NASA. It was launched on 10 February 2020, and it will observe the Sun for at least seven years. The scientific payload consists of 10 instruments: four in-situ instruments that measure the physical conditions
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and will achieve a resolution of 70 km of the Sun's surface. The investigation of these small structures is important for the understanding of the underlying processes of the interaction of magnetic fields with plasma turbulence on the Sun. The development of the Gregor telescope will be led by
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The radio observatory OSRA has been observing and recording radio emission from the Sun's corona every day from 1990 until 2007. It was composed of four antennas, observing in four different frequency bands: 40–80 MHz, 100–170 MHz, 200–400 MHz and 400–800 MHz. The antennas were
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With the beginning of the fascist regime, the fortunes of astronomy in
Potsdam as well as in Babelsberg started to decline. The banishment of Jewish co-workers played an essential role in this process. The beginning of the Second World War practically marked the cessation of astronomical research.
812:: Numerical simulations of convection in stellar atmospheres, determination of stellar surface parameters and chemical abundances, winds and dust shells of red giants; Doppler tomography of stellar surface structures, development of robotic telescopes, as well as simulation of magnetic flux tubes
581:, who introduced in 1913 photoelectric photometry into astronomy as the first objective method of measuring the brightness of stars. When the 122 cm telescope (at this time the second largest in the world) was finished, the Babelsberg Observatory was the best-equipped observatory of Europe.
669:, fellows of the AOP, tried to detect radio emission from the Sun. They did not succeed, because of the low sensitivity of their equipment. After the Second World War Herbert Daene started once again to attempt radio observations of the Sun in Babelsberg which were continued in Tremsdorf.
577:— the first big astronomical instrument manufactured by the famous enterprise of Carl Zeiss Jena — was mounted in 1915, whereas the completion of the 122 cm reflector telescope was delayed until 1924 by the First World War. Struve died in 1920 from an accident, and his successor was
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was director of the observatory, which was meanwhile attached to the
University of Berlin. He prepared the basis for the astronomical observatories in Potsdam: in 1874 the foundation of the AOP on the Telegrafenberg and in 1913 the removal of the Berlin Observatory to Babelsberg.
933:(magnetic field, radio waves, energetic particles...) at the location of the spacecraft, and six remote sensing instruments that observe the Sun and its corona in various wavelength ranges. The AIP is involved in the operations and scientific exploitation of two instruments: the
555:, originally built outside the border of the town, was enclosed by blocks of flats, so scientific observations were almost impossible. Therefore, Foerster proposed the removal of the observatory to a place outside Berlin with better observational conditions. In 1904 he appointed
757:, the Central Institute of Astrophysics was dissolved on 31 December 1991. On the recommendation of the Science Council on 1 January 1992 the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, with a greatly reduced staff, was founded. It occupies the former Babelsberg Observatory site in
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STELLA is a robotic observatory that consists of two 1.2 m telescopes. It is a long-term project to observe indicators of stellar activity of Sun-like stars. The operation occurs unattended — the telescopes decide the appropriate observation strategy automatically.
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On April 15, 2011, the name of the AIP was changed to "Leibniz
Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam", to emphasize the affiliation of the institute with the Leibniz Association. The institute retains the abbreviation "AIP", as well as the "aip.de" Internet domain.
870:(LBT) is a new telescope on Mt. Grahams in Arizona. The LBT consists of 2 huge 8.4 m telescopes on a common mount. With their 110 square meter area, the LBT is the largest telescope in the world on a single mount, only surpassed by the combined VLTs and Kecks.
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and hydrodynamic numerical models; Study of coronal plasma processes by means of radio astronomy; Operation of the
Observatory for Solar Radio Astronomy (OSRA) in Tremsdorf, with four radio antennas in different frequency bands from 40 MHz to
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was attached to the
Babelsberg Observatory. For more than 60 years a photographic sky survey was carried out, which represents the second largest archive of astronomical photographic plates. This archive and the discovery and investigation of
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and perform a 5-year survey of both galactic and extra-galactic targets. Whereas the hardware has been designed and built by an international team of collaborators, the instrument is being assembled and tested at AIP. Contrary to most
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was appointed as sole director of the observatory. The main focus of his work was now on stellar astrophysics. He was the first successfully to determine radial velocities of stars photographically and as a result he discovered the
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832:: Mother galaxies and surroundings of quasars, development of quasars and active galactic cores, structure and the story of the origin of the Milky Way, numerical computer simulations of the origin and development of galaxies
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The scientific work of the
Central Institute for Astrophysics suffered strongly from the isolation of the GDR from the western world. It was very difficult to come into contact with western colleagues. After the autumn 1989
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valuable instruments, among them the 122 cm telescope (whose former building now houses the AIP library), were dismounted and removed to the Soviet Union as war reparations. Now the 122 cm telescope works in the
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In June 1954 the
Observatory for Solar Radio Astronomy (OSRA) in Tremsdorf (17 km southeast of Potsdam) began its work as a part of the AOP. Its history started in 1896: after the discovery of the radio waves by
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The development of the photoelectric method for investigating weakly variable stars and spectroscopic investigations with the 122 cm telescope made the
Babelsberg observatory well-known beyond Europe, too.
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In
January 1947 the German Academy of Sciences took the AOP and the Babelsberg Observatory under its administration, but it was not until the beginning of the 1950s before astronomical research started anew.
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was founded. The Schmidt variant of this telescope is to this day the largest astronomical wide-field camera in the world and it was the main observational instrument of the astronomers of the GDR.
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1029:. MUSE is optimized for the observation of normal galaxies out to very high redshift. It will furthermore deliver detailed studies of nearby normal, interacting, and starburst galaxies.
513:. Though at that time it was not yet technically possible to measure the gravitational redshift, important developments in solar and plasma physics were started here and the architect,
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project, that creates a virtual observation platform to support modern astrophysical research in Germany. It is the German contribution to international efforts to establish a general
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is a European radio interferometer, that measures radio waves with many individual antennas in different places which it combines to a single signal. One of these international
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Since then, the AIP has broadened its research areas, initiated several new technical projects, and participates in several large international research projects (see below).
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838:: Numerical simulation of the formation of large-scale structures. Semi-analytic models of galaxy formation and evolution. Predictions for future large observational surveys.
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453:, became director of the observatory. In only a few years of work (by 1916 he had died from a chronic illness) he had made fundamental contributions in astrophysics and to
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are no longer affiliated with the AIP, but the AIP still operates the Observatory for Solar Rado Astronomy (OSRA) in Tremsdorf and maintains the Great Refractor and
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was then promoting astronomy by his famous "Kosmos" lectures in 1827–28. He played an important role in providing the funds for both observatory and instruments.
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measures until 2010 the radial velocities and elemental abundances of a million stars, predominantly in the southern celestial hemisphere. The 6dF multi-object
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795:(MHD): Magnetic fields and turbulence in stars, accretion disks and galaxies; computer simulations ao dynamos, magnetic instabilities and magnetic convection
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In 1711 the first observatory was built in Dorotheen Street in Berlin and in 1835 a new observatory building, which was designed by the famous architect
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on Tenerife. It is a new type of solar telescope, which supersedes the previous 45 cm Gregory-Coudé telescope. GREGOR is equipped with
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in Berlin. Two months earlier the national calendar monopoly provided the funding for an observatory. By May 18 the first director,
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experiments in the cellar of the main building of the AOP, that were to disprove the movement of the Earth through a hypothetical
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300 Jahre Astronomie in Berlin und Potsdam: eine Sammlung von Aufsätzen aus Anlaß des Gründungsjubiläums der Berliner Sternwarte
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In 1969 the four East-German astronomical institutes, Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam, Babelsberg Observatory, the Thuringian
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373:. The construction work started in 1876; the main observatory building and its equipment were finished in the autumn of 1879.
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the Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS) with the participation of several institutes. The telescope is named after
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The AIP is a partner in the LBT Consortium (LBTC) and contributes financially and materially in the construction of the
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in 1886 in the physical laboratory of the observatory and of the variation in the altitude of the Earth's pole by
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of spectral lines of the Sun — an effect proposed by Einstein's theory of General Relativity — was the aim of a
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729:. In this connection special methods of image processing have been developed. In addition, investigations in
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Besides the work of Schwarzschild, in the following decades important observational programmes such as the
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One part of the scientific activities concerned cosmic magnetic fields and cosmic dynamos, phenomena of
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in 1904 and the presence of stellar calcium emission lines — a hint of stellar surface activity — by
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robotised to follow the Sun automatically. The observatory was located in Tremsdorf, near Potsdam.
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4MOST is a multi-fiber, multi-spectrograph instrument that shall replace VIRCAM at the 4 m
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The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is an instrument of the second generation for the
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in the summer of 1906 a new site was found on a hill in the eastern part of the Royal Park of
559:, former director of the observatory of Königsberg, as his successor to realize this project.
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The "Große Refraktor" of 1899, a double telescope with a 80cm (31.5") and 50 cm (19.5") lenses
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There exist further close links between the AOP and Einstein's Relativity Theory. In 1881
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and the Antarctic, develops astronomical instrumentation for large telescopes such as the
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and the scientific consortium, with project management continuing to be hosted at AIP.
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AOP director Hans Kienle took over the editorial duties of the professional journal
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Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education at the University of Kiel
801:: Observation of sunspots and of solar magnetic field with spectro-polarimetry;
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The first new instruments were delivered in the spring of 1914. The 65 cm
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of Potsdam, with lenses of 80 and 50 cm, was manufactured by the firms of
958:. GAVO enables standardized access to German and international data archives.
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Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe
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and stellar activity. Another part was directed to the early phases of
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Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric & Spectroscopic Instrument (PEPSI)
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87:(AIP) is a German research institute. It is the successor of the
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and Observatory for Solar Radio Astronomy were affiliated later.
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The institute also develops research technology in the fields of
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Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute
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popularized the name Sonneberg all over the astronomical world.
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on the Sun, explosive energy dissipation processes in plasmas,
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The new start after the war was very difficult. In Potsdam the
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GREGOR is a 1.5 m telescope for solar research of the
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The German Astrophysical Virtual Observatory (GAVO) is an
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The site of the observatory was chosen on a hill south of
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isn't used as observatory any more. Nowadays it hosts the
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Foundation of the Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam (AOP)
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Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung
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The AOP was managed by a board of directors comprising
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Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
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Participation in large international research projects
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4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST)
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German Research Institute for Public Administration
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937:(STIX), and the Energetic Particle Detector (EPD).
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536:Relocation of the Berlin Observatory to Babelsberg
1780:Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics
1770:GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
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1102:projects, it shall be jointly operated by both
299:The last two scientific events took place when
1835:Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach
1498:– 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope
1129:GREGOR solar telescope, collaboration with KIS
886:on the 1.2 m UK Schmidt telescope of the
188:in Arizona, has erected robotic telescopes in
106:The AIP is privately funded and member of the
1830:Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie
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921:by Potsdam and is being operated by the AIP.
322:Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
221:really began in Berlin in 1700. Initiated by
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1760:German Institute for Global and Area Studies
1069:Observatory for Solar Radio Astronomy (OSRA)
424:in the spectrum of the spectroscopic binary
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1795:Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
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1429:"Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer - MUSE"
1368:– German Astrophysical Virtual Observatory
85:Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
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20:Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
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1800:Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
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1142:OSRA Solar Radio Observatory in Tremsdorf
935:Spectrometer Telescope for Imaging X-rays
745:Reunification and the founding of the AIP
1565:Wolfgang R. Dick, Klaus Fritze (Hrsg.):
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617:The 122 cm Babelsberg telescope in
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629:had suffered heavy damage by bombs, in
609:Developments after the Second World War
522:Potsdamer Photometrische Durchmusterung
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2017:Science and technology in East Germany
1755:German Institute for Economic Research
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1601:Large Binocular Telescope Observatory
1335:Observatory for Solar Radio Astronomy
1279:"The Michelson experiment in Potsdam"
995:AGWs of the Large Binocular Telescope
204:projects are carried out at the AIP.
141:The key topics of the AIP are cosmic
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1840:German National Library of Economics
1790:Kiel Institute for the World Economy
1551:Zeiss 50 cm reflector telescope
1539:Zeiss 70 cm reflector telescope
1160:Zeiss 50 cm reflector telescope
1157:Zeiss 70 cm reflector telescope
2007:Buildings and structures in Potsdam
1775:Ifo Institute for Economic Research
1719:Senckenberg Nature Research Society
1606:The German Astronomy Community Grid
741:, new possibilities at once arose.
551:At the end of the 19th century the
1810:Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
1740:Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology
1714:Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum
1608:Astrophysical e-Science in Germany
890:will be applied for this purpose.
350:In the middle of the 19th century
16:Research facility for astrophysics
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1126:Great Refractor at Telegrafenberg
1017:Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer
917:stations has been constructed in
636:Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
337:Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam
318:Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam
296:in 1888 were likewise important.
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2002:Astrophysics research institutes
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1860:WZB Berlin Social Science Center
1682:Research museums and collections
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284:in 1846. The discoveries of the
200:. Furthermore, work on several
126:solar observatory and the great
1735:Centre for Contemporary History
707:magnetic and eruptive processes
1174:List of astronomical societies
1057:STELLA Robotic Observatory on
770:Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
689:Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
678:Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
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1785:Institut für Kristallzüchtung
1110:Telescopes and collaborations
676:Forest near Jena and the new
588:At the beginning of 1931 the
229:) was founded by the elector
888:Anglo-Australian Observatory
494:at Telegrafenberg today. By
326:Albert Einstein Science Park
276:became known worldwide when
227:Prussian Academy of Sciences
217:The history of astronomy in
1728:Other research institutions
1596:History at the AIP web page
1314:122 cm Reflecting Telescope
1154:VTT, collaboration with KIS
1037:PEPSI is a high-resolution
906:LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray)
562:After test observations by
400:In 1899 one of the biggest
91:founded in 1700 and of the
31:Main building in Babelsberg
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1354:Radial Velocity Experiment
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880:Radial Velocity Experiment
733:have also been performed.
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151:extragalactic astrophysics
1302:Zeiss refractor telescope
1199:Great Refractor telescope
1163:Zeiss refractor telescope
1145:RoboTel robotic telescope
1133:Large Binocular Telescope
1001:Large Binocular Telescope
868:Large Binocular Telescope
857:Large Binocular Telescope
848:Large Binocular Telescope
651:Astronomische Nachrichten
455:General Relativity Theory
186:Large Binocular Telescope
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1750:Ferdinand-Braun-Institut
1455:– instrument for the LBT
1148:STELLA robotic telescope
900:Sloan Digital Sky Survey
894:Sloan Digital Sky Survey
149:) on various scales and
1987:Astronomy organizations
1845:Research Center Borstel
739:fall of the Berlin Wall
544:Institute buildings in
511:Erwin Finlay-Freundlich
445:Potsdam Great Refractor
378:Wilhelm Julius Foerster
301:Wilhelm Julius Foerster
263:Karl Friedrich Schinkel
1694:German Maritime Museum
1510:(Meridiankreis) at AIP
1418:for the LBT by the AIP
1316:formerly in Babelsberg
1215:"e-Science at the AIP"
1152:Vacuum Tower Telescope
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987:, the inventor of the
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503:gravitational redshift
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463:Schwarzschild solution
395:spectroscopic binaries
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280:discovered the planet
278:Johann Gottfried Galle
267:Alexander von Humboldt
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1704:Museum für Naturkunde
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1245:Astrophysical Journal
1239:Hartmann, J. (1904).
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1855:Socio-Economic Panel
1699:German Mining Museum
1571:Verlag Harri Deutsch
793:Magnetohydrodynamics
472:first performed his
223:Gottfried W. Leibniz
147:magnetohydrodynamics
101:German reunification
2012:Low-Frequency Array
1997:Leibniz Association
1675:Leibniz Association
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1469:"STELLA | AIP"
1257:1904ApJ....19..268H
989:Gregorian telescope
956:Virtual Observatory
946:Virtual observatory
820:interstellar medium
787:Main research areas
776:at Telegrafenberg.
751:Academy of Sciences
557:Karl Hermann Struve
470:Albert A. Michelson
254:Berliner Sternwarte
138:belong to the AIP.
128:refractor telescope
110:. It is located in
108:Leibniz Association
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1386:2005-04-06 at the
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167:galactic evolution
89:Berlin Observatory
60:Potsdam-Babelsberg
42:Matthias Steinmetz
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434:Gustav Eberhard
406:Great Refractor
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235:Gottfried Kirch
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1560:References
1473:www.aip.de
1439:2009-07-25
1225:2009-07-27
731:astrometry
703:turbulence
692:Tautenburg
674:Tautenburg
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568:Babelsberg
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418:Wilhelm II
388:. In 1882
286:canal rays
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112:Babelsberg
1959:Education
1899:Astronomy
1850:RWI Essen
1416:AGW-units
1079:Tremsdorf
952:e-Science
836:Cosmology
661:in 1888,
649:(German:
575:refractor
410:Steinheil
402:refractor
202:e-Science
171:cosmology
1745:Dagstuhl
1523:Archived
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1168:See also
1059:Tenerife
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190:Tenerife
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282:Neptune
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208:History
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