A. Quirrenbach reporting at #ag2025goerlitz about the status of the #HabitableWorldsObservatory, the next next thing for NASA after Roman: a 10% contribution by ESA (as for HST and JWST) is likely - and Germany could deliver something important, like a separate #StarShade spacecraft for stellar coronography on steroids. Something to dream about for the 2040s ...

The PhD Prize at the #ag2025goerlitz meeting went to Jonah Wagenveld and a current cosmology mystery - described in ample detail in the paper Wideband continuum catalogues and a measurement of the cosmic radio dipole: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/10/aa50291-24/aa50291-24.html

Another fun slide at the #ag2025goerlitz awards ceremonies by Frank Grupp of LMU who is honored - https://www.physik.lmu.de/de/aktuelles/newsuebersicht/news/frank-grupp-erhaelt-preis-fuer-instrumentenentwicklung-2025.html - by the @GermanAstroSoc for a major contribution to the #Euclid space observatory. Here he shows a star #spectrograph he built as a school project in the 1980s.

The winner of the 2025 #KarlSchwarzschild Medal - https://www.astronomische-gesellschaft.de/en/News/research-awards-of-the-german-astronomical-society-2025 - Paola Caselli crediting her interest in astronomy to reading at age 13 The Black Cloud by #FredHoyle ... who has been the winner of the very same medal (the highest award by the German astronomy community) 33 years ago. #ag2025goerlitz

Good morning from #Goerlitz, Germany! The clock tower of the Town Hall - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Hall_of_G%C3%B6rlitz - with an #AstronomicalClock showing Moon phases above the regular one and the opening of the #ag2025goerlitz astronomy conference ... in the synagogue.

At the opening reception of the #ag2025goerlitz astronomy conference in #Goerlitz I spotted this poster about the benefits of the #Fediverse for #ScienceCommunication - great arguments but ... what about longterm stability? Will important and maybe even influential #Mastodon posts be still around in 5, 10, 50 years? On much-despised X - or FB - those from 10+ years ago are still around (if you know the URLs).

In #Goerlitz, Germany, a complex #sundial - perfect for the host city of the #ag2025goerlitz astronomy convention all week.

On the way to the #ag2025goerlitz astronomy meeting a very low - and very colorful; tried to bring out the visual impression - segment of a #rainbow seen from the A 14 #autobahn near Grimma, Germany, around 15:00 CEST today.

So thrilled to realize that the German Astronomical Society ✨ @GermanAstroSoc ✨ has sneaked into the Fediverse last week!

Greetings 🥳

Let's make them welcome, shall we? Go ahead and start following them if you're interested in astronomy at all, and boost their introduction post above so everyone can know about this exciting new arrival.

I personally think this is huge, so let's make this work for them 🚀

I am also sure they will in turn be able to lure even more astronomers here, and we'd all love that, wouldn't we?

#Introduction#NeuHier#FollowFriday#Astronomy#Astrophysics#Astrodon#Space#GermanAstroSoc#AG#AstronomischeGesellschaft #ag2025goerlitz#Fediverse

So thrilled to realize that the German Astronomical Society ✨ @GermanAstroSoc ✨ has sneaked into the Fediverse last week!

Greetings 🥳

Let's make them welcome, shall we? Go ahead and start following them if you're interested in astronomy at all, and boost their introduction post above so everyone can know about this exciting new arrival.

I personally think this is huge, so let's make this work for them 🚀

I am also sure they will in turn be able to lure even more astronomers here, and we'd all love that, wouldn't we?

#Introduction#NeuHier#FollowFriday#Astronomy#Astrophysics#Astrodon#Space#GermanAstroSoc#AG#AstronomischeGesellschaft #ag2025goerlitz#Fediverse