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Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
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The Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie is a research institute of the Max Planck Society (MPG). It is located in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany near the top of the Königstuhl, adjacent to the historic Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl astronomical observatory. The institute primarily conducts basic research in the natural sciences in the field of astronomy.
View on the MPIA building
View on the MPIA building
Managing director and APEx department director Laura Kreidberg (2020)
Managing director and APEx department director Laura Kreidberg (2020)
PSF department director Thomas Henning (2017)
PSF department director Thomas Henning (2017)
GC department director Hans-Walter Rix (2009)
GC department director Hans-Walter Rix (2009)
Max Planck Society
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The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. Founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, it was renamed to the Max Planck Society in 1948 in honor of its former president, theoretical physicist Max Planck. The society is funded by the federal and state governments of Germany.
Max Planck, after whom the society is named
Max Planck, after whom the society is named
Entrance of the administrative headquarters of the Max Planck Society in Munich
Entrance of the administrative headquarters of the Max Planck Society in Munich