Rat Deutscher Sternwarten
German

The Rat Deutscher Sternwarten (RDS) or Council of German Observatories represents the German astronomical institutes to funding agencies, governments and international organisations. Currently the RDS consists of 35 member institutes.

Chairman of the RDS is Professor Dr. Matthias Steinmetz Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam

Contact: Secretary General   Dr. Gabriele Schönherr     Email: rds (@) rat-deutscher-sternwarten.de

Address: Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam

Activities:

Current Issues: International Year of Astronomy 2009
  Recommendations on the astronomical education in Germany (in german)
   
On the RDS: RDS Member institutes
  RDS Chairmen (since 1959) and Secretaries General (since 1999)
  ASTRONET Report: The Management of European Astronomy (Germany) (PDF Version)
   
Representatives: Review Board of the BMBF Projektförderung Astrophysik
  Calar Alto Time Allocation Committee
  Representatives to international committees
  The RDS represents german professional astronomy to the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
      - IAU Individual Membership
  The RDS contributes to long-term planning for the development of European astronomy in the frame of ASTRONET
      - Science Vision for European astronomy
      - ASTRONET Infrastructure Roadmap
  DFG Memorandum on German Astronomy 2003-2016
   
Links: Funding agencies and other institutions
   

Section of the Milky Way, as it appears in the optical spectral region

Almost all member institutes give information about astronomy on the Web


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