The Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg (Center for Astronomy of
Heidelberg University
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Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...
) in
Heidelberg, Germany
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
, founded in 2005, is an association of three, formerly state-run research institutes: the
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut
The Astronomical Calculation Institute (german: Astronomisches Rechen-Institut; ARI) is a research institute in Heidelberg, Germany, dating from the 1700s. Beginning in 2005, the ARI became part of the Center for Astronomy at Heidelberg Univers ...
, the
Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik (Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics) and the
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl (Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory).
External links
Homepage of the Center for Astronomy
Heidelberg University
Astronomy institutes and departments
Research institutes in Germany
Astrophysics institutes
2005 establishments in Germany
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