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Doctoral Thesis Award 2019
Tim Lichtenberg receives the award for his work on Planet formation and Oliver Friedrich for his studies using the gravitational lensing effect.
Instrument Development Award 2019
For the instrumentation of the Gaia mission the German Astronomical Society awards the prize to Lennart Lindegren, Erik Høg, and Michael Perryman.
Ludwig Biermann Award 2019
For his work in the fast-growing field of the search for the earliest and most distant quasars in the universe, the German Astronomical Society honours Eduardo Bañados with the Ludwig Biermann Award.
Ewine van Dishoeck receives Karl Schwarzschild Medal 2019
The award recognizes her outstanding scientific contributions on the boundary of astronomy, molecular physics and chemistry.
Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society from 16 to 20 September 2019 in Stuttgart
Mission to the Universe: From Earth to Planets, Stars & Galaxies Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society
Prof. Dr. Gustav Andreas Tammann (1932-2019)
The Astronomische Gesellschaft (German Astronomical Society) is mourning the loss of its former president, Prof. Dr. Gustav Andreas Tammann, who passed away on January 6, 2019 at the age of 86 years.