Off to space: Potsdam Science Day on 5 May
Under the motto "Research. Discover. Participate." the Potsdam Science Day will take place for the sixth time on Saturday, May 5. More than 40 universities and research institutions in the region participate – including the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP). Venue this year is the university campus in Potsdam-Golm.
From 1 to 8 pm, the participating institutions will give exciting insights into their daily work, show spectacular experiments and present innovative projects that will change the world of tomorrow. The AIP is also represented with two programme items: At the information booth (Haus 28, Nordfoyer), visitors of all ages can, among other things, make star maps, travel virtually to space or to observatories around the world and discover the prototype of the STIX X-ray telescope.
At 3 pm, Alexander Warmuth speaks about the instrument and the mission for which it was developed. In the lecture titled "Solar Orbiter - The Sun close up" the listeners will learn more about our home star and how we examine it.
Admission is free for all visitors.
Further information
The website of the Potsdam Science Day with the complete programme
www.ptdw.de
Images
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