Exploring Exoplanets
Exploring Exoplanets is an art exhibition based on the scientific results of the CHAMELEON network.
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Astrowoche
With my head up in the sky
I ask the stars to speak to me
But only riddles I receive
Unlike anything I've seen
Their answers might exceed my reach
But I stretch, with fingers spread
As part of the physics lab, bachelor students have the opportunity to join a one week observation camp at the summit station of Diavolezza at 3000 m. Using amateur telescopes, different teams tried to observe galaxies, stellar clusters and the sun.
My team was tasked with observing open and globular star clusters using the Celestron C8 and Celestron C14 amateur telescopes. Operating them outside at 3000 m in the middle of winter is a challenge in itself, but one we were happy to take on. Unfortunately, soon after we arrived the weather began to turn. Constant cloud coverage and strong winds made observations nearly impossible. We nevertheless tried but after several attempts had to admit that we will not be able to capture reasonable data. The rest of the week we stayed inside and optimised our evaluation routines.
Because we were not able to observe stars, we started to get creative with our observation targets. After some planing and combining nearly every eye piece available, we managed to increase the field of view enough to image targets at 50 m distance. This allowed me to gear up and go into the snow storm. After several attempts, we managed to take a picture of me through the telescope. This might be the favourite picture of myself but unfortunately, it stayed the only one we took the whole week.
Having taken zero images, spending windy nights at minus degrees and being sleep-deprived from switching between day and night rhythm, I still consider the Astrowoche one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had and one that confirmed that astrophysics is the way to go for me.
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