Videos illustrating the technology of telescopes and scientific instrumentation

On this page you will find videos that focus on the technology of telescopes and measuring instruments such as cameras and spectrographs. Among them are lectures, interviews and technical presentations.

Angular Differential Imaging (ADI)

Angular Differential Imaging (ADI)

Video January 19, 2024

Astronomical (imaging) data are generally heavily post-processed, and/or analysed in a complex way. Especially high-contrast observations require specific post-processing methods to remove image residuals that remain after all the sophisticated… more

Ein Blick ins Universum

Ein Blick ins Universum

Video July 13, 2023

In this short documentary, Oliver Krause reports on the MPIA's contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope and other future projects. The documentary was filmed as part of the YouTube channel "Quasi klar!" at the MPIA.The video provides… more

The MICADO instrument for the ELT

MICADO is one of the three first instruments for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), Europe’s next-generation ground-based telescope for optical and infrared wavelengths which is currently under construction at the ESO site at Cerro Armazones in… more

The METIS instrument for the ELT

METIS is one of the three first instruments for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), Europe’s next-generation ground-based telescope for optical and infrared wavelengths which is currently under construction at the ESO site at Cerro Armazones in… more

New questions about ELT – adaptive optics – METIS

MPIA Project Managers for METIS Silvia Scheithauer and Markus Feldt answer new questions about the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), including METIS and Adaptive Optics. more

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