Seminar

© 2026 Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg | Webdesign et développement Alchimy.

18 February 2020

The kinematic effects of the Galactic bar in three-dimensions

Le 31 janvier 2014 De 10h30 à 12h00 Giacomo MONARI Kapteyn Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen The study of kinematic groups of stars and streaming motions in the Solar Neighborhood has a long tradition. The interest on the subject has been amplified in modern times after...

18 February 2020

New Science Capabilities in Aladin

Le 24 janvier 2014 De 10h30 à 12h00 Mark ALLEN & Pierre FERNIQUE Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg Recent developments in Aladin have opened up new ways of viewing and manipulating image surveys and large catalogues. A hierarchical multi-resolution representation of...

18 February 2020

A dusty object approaching SgrA*

Le 20 décembre 2013 Andreas Eckart Universität zu Köln A fast moving infrared excess source (G2) which is widely interpreted as a core-less gas and dust cloud approaches Sagittarius~A* (SgrA*)  on a presumably elliptical orbit. VLT Ks-band and Keck K'-band data result in...

18 February 2020

Multiple accretion events as a trigger for past Sagittarius A* activity

Le 13 décembre 2013 Devaky Kunneriath Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Prague Gas clouds are present in the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way, where they orbit around the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*. Collisions between these clumps reduce their...

18 February 2020

Photometric binaries from space-borne survey missions

Le 29 novembre 2013 De 10h30 à 11h30 Lev Tal-Or Tel Aviv University (Israel) The photometric space-borne survey missions CoRoT and Kepler were designed mainly to discover transiting planets. However, they are capable of much more. Thousands of eclipsing binaries were detected...