Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

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Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Main entrance of the MPI for Radio Astronomy
Category: research Institute
Carrier: Max Planck Society
Legal form of the carrier: Registered association
Seat of the wearer: Munich
Facility location: Bonn
Branch office: Effelsberg
Type of research: Basic research
Subjects: Natural sciences
Areas of expertise: astronomy
Basic funding: Federal government (50%), states (50%)
Homepage: www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de

The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy ( MPIfR ) is located in Bonn - Endenich in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The main fields of work of the institute are radio astronomy and infrared astronomy . The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy was founded in 1966. From then on, work began on building the 100-meter radio telescope Effelsberg in Bad Münstereifel- Effelsberg , which was put into operation in 1972.

In addition to the MPIfR, the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn is also located in the building complex.

Effelsberg radio telescope

International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)

The International Max Planck Research School for Astronomy and Astrophysics is located at the institute. The IMPRS is a doctoral school whose programs are conducted in English. It has existed since 2001 and is a cooperation between the MPI for Radio Astronomy, the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn and the 1st Physics Institute at the University of Cologne . The spokesman for the IMPRS is J. Anton Zensus .

literature

  • Richard Wielebinski, Norbert Junkes and Bernd H. Grahl: Radio Telescope Effelberg - Four decades of astronomy with the 100-meter giant. Stars and Space 9/2012, pp. 36-45, ISSN  0039-1263 .
  • Rolf Schwartz: Chronicle of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy. Foreword by Anton Zensus . Bonn: Siering-Verlag, 2010 ISBN 978-3-923154-41-8 .
  • Sigrid Deutschmann (Red.): Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy. Reports and communications from the Max Planck Society, 92/4 (1992), ISSN  0341-7778 .

Web links

Commons : Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see homepage of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 48.8 "  N , 7 ° 4 ′ 10.8"  E