`Interessengemeinschaft Astronomie an der Universität Konstanz'

There's also a German version

Activities of the Interest Group:

• Regular meetings (normally on Monday, 7 pm, room P602) for information and experience exchange, presentation of work of the members (e.g., self-made astrophotos), discussion of further activities
• Coordination of the University telescope operation:
  • Public observing sessions, weather permitting (clear sky), Monday evening after our meetings (or as it gets dark)
  • Usage of the telescope for own observations, and hopefully also in university education (Physics)
  • It is possible to arrange dates for observing, or guided tours.
• Common observing sessions: at the university telescope, at a dark place in nearby Dettingen, at the Kreuzlingen (Switzerland) public observatory, and at the private observing places of members of the `Interessengemeinschaft'
• Public events: In semi-regular intervals (about twice a year) we hold public lectures on astronomical and space/astronomy related items of current interest, or on our activities.
• Public information:
  • Bulletin board facing the main entrance of the University
  • Elektronic bulletin board on the PC LAN of the Department of Physics (directory PHYSLAN\USR\FROMMERT\PUBLIC\ASTRONOM)
  • Internet: http://spider.seds.org/ig/ig-d.html [German],
    http://spider.seds.org/ig/ig.html [English]
  • Info stall in the university lounge, normally at the beginning of semesters
• Excursions: Up to now, we undertook excursions to Munich (Planetarium, "Deutsches Museum") and to the "Bregenzer Wald" (Austria), a nearby mountain site (to the astronomically equipped "Hütte" of one of our members). Three members went on common "Astro Vacations" to La Palma.

  Future propositions:

  • Bülach observatory near Zurich (Switzerland)
  • Visit a telescope manufacturer, e.g. "Astro-Kohler"
  • Nördlinger Ries (with informational program on this meteor crater)
  • Planetarium Stuttgart
  • Planetarium Luzern (Switzerland)
• Collected orders of astronomical items (books, slides, posters, software, CD-ROMs etc., especially from the USA), collected subscriptions.