The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfRA) (German: ''Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie'') is located in

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. It is one of 80 institutes in the

Max Planck Society The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. Founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, it was renamed to the M ...

(German: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft).

History

By combining the already existing

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faculty of the

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led by Otto Hachenberg with the new Max Planck institute the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy was formed. In 1972 the 100-m radio telescope in Effelsberg was opened. The institute building was enlarged in 1983 and 2002. The Stars Streak Overhead

The southern wing of the whole complex is occupied by the Argelander Institute of Astronomy of the

Structure

The Institute has three main research groups, each with its own Director

Departments

* Fundamental Physics ( Michael Kramer) * VLBI and Radio Astronomy (

Anton Zensus Johann Anton Zensus (born 1 February 1958, in Bremerhaven) is a German radio astronomer. He is director at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) and honorary professor at the University of Cologne. He is the founding chair of the c ...

) * Millimetre Astronomy ( Karl Menten)

Independent Research Groups

* Lise Meitner Group on Fast Radio Bursts as Astrophysical Tools ( Laura Spitler)

Graduate Program

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Astronomy and Astrophysics is a highly competitive-entry graduate program offering a Ph.D. The school is run in cooperation with the

and

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External links

Homepage of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Homepage of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Astronomy and Astrophysics

References

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Radio Astronomy Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies Astronomical object, celestial objects using radio waves. It started in 1933, when Karl Jansky at Bell Telephone Laboratories reported radiation coming from the Milky Way. Subsequent observat ...

Astronomy institutes and departments

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfRA) (German: ''Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie'') is located in Bonn, Germany. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society (German: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft). History By com ...

Organisations based in Bonn