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Andreas Brunthaler Postdoc in the Millimeter & Submillimeter Astronomy Group at the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
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Short CV:
2004 - 2005: Support scientist at the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe
2001 - 2003: PhD Student at the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
2000 - 2001: Predoctoral Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
April 2000 : Diploma Thesis at the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
>>>PhD and Master projects on Galactic structure and supernova research available!<<<
Research Interests:
- Proper motions of Local Group galaxies.
- The structure of the Milky Way
- The Galactic Center: Sgr A*
- Supernova 2008iz in M82
- Extragalactic H2O Masers: Local
Group, 3C 403, MG J0414+0534
- Circular Polarization in AGN: M81
- Jets in AGN: The case of III Zw 2
- VLBI Astrometry and Phase-referencing.
Night Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour
Credit: NASA
Explanation: Sometimes, the space shuttle launches at night. Pictured above, the space shuttle Endeavour lifted off in yesterday's early morning hours from Launch Pad 39A in Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, bound for the International Space Station (ISS). A night launch, useful for reaching the space station easily during some times of the year, frequently creates vivid launch imagery. The shuttle, as pictured above, is framed by an enormous but typical exhaust plume ejected as the shuttle's powerful rockets began lifting the two million kilogram space bus into Earth orbit. Endeavour's mission, labeled STS-130, includes the delivery of the Tranquility module to the space station. Tranquility will provide extra room for space station astronauts and includes a large circular set of windows designed to bestow vastly improved views of the Earth, the night sky, and the space station itself.
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