Videos highlighting research at MPIA

This video shows schematically how Omega Cen was observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. You can see the position of the camera detector during the 800 individual images. At the end, it shows the image that the astronomers created from the… more

This zoom video begins with an overview of the sky and ends with an image of the Hubble Space Telescope in the centre of Omega Centauri. Finally, the orbits of stars around the black hole are shown.More information is available in the press release… more

The animation shows the perceived temperature changes on the exoplanet WASP-43b during the observation, as calculated from the measured infrared phase curve. The overlay on the right shows the corresponding perspective on the planet's temperature… more

Animation illustrating the distribution of diazenylium and hydrogen cyanide within the Whirlpool Galaxy. Starting from an overview of the galaxy captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, the animation zooms in on the central region. Subsequently… more

The animation explains the detection of water in the zone near the star PDS 70, where rocky planets usually form. First we see the starry sky and approach the position of PDS 70. Then the video shows two different observations of the planet-forming… more