At #ag2025goerlitz now what's probably the last public discussion of the #Denkschrift for German astronomy - the text of which is mostly written already but prioritizing and adaptation to current developments has yet to occur.
In the #ag2025goerlitz Outreach session Ludwig Scheibe presenting the #exoplanet #outreach website https://outreach.spp1992-exoplanetdiversity.de/
At the #ag2025goerlitz splinter session "Public #Outreach in der Astronomie" - the two pictures on the right show the talk "A hands-on peek into the #Fediverse" by @…
Walking towards the #ag2025goerlitz conference dinner: a #buoy with an interesting history at the shore of the #BerzdorferSee.
Another poster from #ag2025goerlitz in which the #DZA - #Lusatia Radio Array to test technology for the above-mentioned DSA-2000 in Nevada.
Strong words at #ag2025goerlitz as the war against science by the current White House is also affecting German astronomy big time: in space as shown here as well as on the ground with dramatic cuts to the NSF.
Astropolitics now at #ag2025goerlitz: Jörn Wilms about the next #Denkschrift for German #astronomy to be published in early 2026 - and for the first time in English because international collaboration is more important than ever.
In the next #ag2025goerlitz talk the Co-PI of the #DST2000 radio survey telescope array to be built in #Nevada - https://www.deepsynoptic.org - starting next year introduced the current plan with 1650 6.15-meter telescopes, to be operational in 2029. A German antenna maker is involved - https://schauenburg-international.com/mtex-antenna-technology-entwirft-prototypen-des-dsa-2000-projekts-der-caltech/ - as are German astronomers. The DST-2000 will be the radio counterpart to SPHEREx, Rubin and eROSITA.
Welcome back to #ag2025goerlitz - here's the agenda for the morning(s): https://ag2025.astronomische-gesellschaft.de/program/plenary.php