Hi from Germany Frankfurt area
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 12:59 pm
Dr. Juergen Kozok, PHD Astrophysics, but have worked in industry, never giving up the link to Astronomy.
I own a spectrograph LowSpec with grating 300l/mm and optional 1.800l/mm and have access to a 30cm Maksutov at the amateur obervatory in Wiesbaden.
Having studied Astrophysics I am very much interested in the physics behind the spectra and look forward to any lively discussions about this.
Areas of interest are e.g. Be-stars, cosmology.
Beside me, I would like to introduce the group I am member of. We are located in the Rhein-Main Area, close to Frankfurt and dedicated to Spectroscopy. The group currently has 3 additional active members, one of them as well holds a PHD in Astrophysics.
- Dr. Georg Piehler, PHD Astrophysics, owns as spectrograph the LHires III grating 2400l/mm and a 50cm Newton telescope https://selztal-observatory.de/publications/
- Dominik Plonka, studying Astrophysics, currently working on his master
- Hajo Zitzkowski, had studied physics in the past, no degree
Beside Dominik, all of us are retired or very close to retirement and now very much focused on spectroscopic observation and analysis.
For the future, about next year, we are planning to build our own Echelle Spectrograph.
We do have access to additional telescopes, e.g. the 60cm, located north of Frankfurt owned by the
Physikalischer Verein Frankfurt "Hans-Ludwig-Neumann-Sternwarte" auf dem Kleinen Feldberg im Taunus
After getting our various environments going, we are now at a stage, where we can start to contribute with observations to science projects.
I own a spectrograph LowSpec with grating 300l/mm and optional 1.800l/mm and have access to a 30cm Maksutov at the amateur obervatory in Wiesbaden.
Having studied Astrophysics I am very much interested in the physics behind the spectra and look forward to any lively discussions about this.
Areas of interest are e.g. Be-stars, cosmology.
Beside me, I would like to introduce the group I am member of. We are located in the Rhein-Main Area, close to Frankfurt and dedicated to Spectroscopy. The group currently has 3 additional active members, one of them as well holds a PHD in Astrophysics.
- Dr. Georg Piehler, PHD Astrophysics, owns as spectrograph the LHires III grating 2400l/mm and a 50cm Newton telescope https://selztal-observatory.de/publications/
- Dominik Plonka, studying Astrophysics, currently working on his master
- Hajo Zitzkowski, had studied physics in the past, no degree
Beside Dominik, all of us are retired or very close to retirement and now very much focused on spectroscopic observation and analysis.
For the future, about next year, we are planning to build our own Echelle Spectrograph.
We do have access to additional telescopes, e.g. the 60cm, located north of Frankfurt owned by the
Physikalischer Verein Frankfurt "Hans-Ludwig-Neumann-Sternwarte" auf dem Kleinen Feldberg im Taunus
After getting our various environments going, we are now at a stage, where we can start to contribute with observations to science projects.