Venue

AIP

At the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics (AIP), 325 years of history meet state-of-the-art research technologies. The institute, rich in tradition, is characterized in particular by its two main research areas ‘Stellar, Solar and Exoplanetary Physics’ and ‘Extragalactic Astrophysics’ as well as the development of indispensable research infrastructure and research technologies. The institute is the successor to the Berlin Observatory founded in 1700 and the Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam founded in 1874. Today it encompasses the Babelsberg institute campus and two historically significant buildings: the Einstein Tower and the Great Refractor on the Telegrafenberg site. Other locations include the LOFAR radio telescope station in Potsdam Bornim, the GREGOR solar telescope and the robotic STELLA telescopes at Tenerife, as well as the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona. More than 200 people work on the site of the Babelsberg Observatory in a unique environment that combines historic architecture with state-of-the-art technology.

How to get to the conference venue?

Public transport:
Bus line 616 stops right in front of the campus entrance (bus stop: ‘Sternwarte’) and connects to the railway stations S Griebnitzsee and S Babelsberg.
You can find the most convenient connection for you on the VBB website.

Car:
If you are arriving from Berlin and the surrounding area, follow the A115 motorway, take the ‘Potsdam Babelsberg’ exit and then stay on the ‘Nuthe-Schnellstraße’ until the ‘Friedrich-List-Straße’ exit. Follow the ‘Alt Nowawes’ road straight ahead uphill until you see the entrance to the AIP on the right-hand side.