Scientific Interests

•  Kinematics of galaxies
•  Active galaxies
•  Large scale structure of the universe
•  Astronomical Instrumentation

Instrumentation Projects

Ongoing projects:

•  PAnoramic Near-Infrared Camera PANIC

Finished projects:

•  Focal reducer MOS spectrograph   MOSCA
•  Wide field optical imager   LAICA. An image of NGC 7331 taken with LAICA appeared in Astronomy Picture of the Day.
•  upgrade of telescope control system of the 3.5m telescope on Calar Alto
•  upgrade of CAFOS (2.2m telescope Calar Alto observatory)
•  repair of the hydrostatic t-axis bearing 3.5m telescope on Calar Alto

Current research projects

•  Environment of high redshift quasars and the M-sigma relation
•  Tidal Streams in Milky Way

Teaching

•  Fortgeschrittenen Praktikum FP30  at   University of Heidelberg

Publications

•  Publications

• My family
• Classical music, painting, reading
• Motorbikes
• Tennis, jogging
• Astrology(!), more precisely statistical tests and mars effect.  Get here an article about Astrologie - Wissenschaft oder Aberglaube?

responsible for this page: Josef Fried

last update:  April 2011