In the beginning of the 1950's, prof Knut Lundmark at Lund Observatory suggested a stylish Milky Way panaroma in an Aitoff projection of the sky. With support from Hierta-Retzius fond and Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund, the engineers Martin Kesküla and Tatjana Kesküla painted a metre map showing the galactic coordinates, 7000 stars, and the Milky Way in this very projection. NOTE: This ima

https://www.astro.lu.se/Library/milky-way-panorama - 2025-07-07

The Division of Astrophysics has moved from Sölvegatan 27 to Professorsgatan 1. Our offices are on the top floor of building A. The physics and astronomy library can also be found in the physics building. Traveling to Lund  Please note that the nearest international airport to us is in Copenhagen.  From there the train ride to Lund takes ca 40 minutes.  The easiest way to get from the Lund central

https://www.astro.lu.se/peoplelist/information-visiting-researchers - 2025-07-07

At Lund Observatory we study planets orbiting distant star – exoplanets.  We are particularly interested in the formation of exoplanets in gaseous protoplanetary discs, the stability and survivability of planetary systems and exoplanetary atmospheres. Listed bellow are a few of our ongoing projects. Observing exoplanet atmospheres with state-of-the-art spectrographs Researchers include: Jens Hoeji

https://www.astro.lu.se/research/planetary-science - 2025-07-07

Understanding different stellar populations within our galaxy (and nearby galaxies) can tell us much about the history of our local Universe.  Here you find a few examples of the stellar populations we research here at Lund Observatory: Galactic archaeology - mapping the stellar populations of the Milky Way Researchers include: Nils Ryde, Thomas Bensby, Ross Church, Govind Nandakumar, Brian Thorsb

https://www.astro.lu.se/Research/stars-and-stellar-populations - 2025-07-07

At Lund Observatory we have a long tradition of both instrument and telescope development. This tradition continues today as our astronomers are involved in several big international collaborations to both design and use the observing tools of tomorrow. Here are a few examples: Gaia - the billion star surveyor Researchers include:  Lennart Lindegren, David Hobbs, Paul McMillan, Eero Vaher Learn mo

https://www.astro.lu.se/Research/space-missions-instrumentation - 2025-07-07

  HT2020  VT2020  HT2019  VT2019  HT2018  VT2018  HT2017  VT2017  HT2016  VT2016    FALL 2020 2020-09-03     Brian Metzger, Columbia University     Shocking New Insights into Classical Novae 2020-09-10 (POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING)     Alyson Brooks, Rutgers     Small Statistics No More: a suite of simulated dwarf galaxies to interpret observations 2020-09-17     Leonardi Testi, ESO     Protoplanetary

https://www.astro.lu.se/LundObservatory/previous-seminars-2016-2020 - 2025-07-07

The Lund Observatory Library is a part of the Physics and Astronomy Library, which now has its own website there. In the astronomy building you find the library on the second floor.  Our librarian, Eva Jurlander, is happy to help if you are looking for a specific astronomical resource.  Older journal publications are kept in the basement but can be retrieved upon request. The astronomy building is

https://www.astro.lu.se/Library - 2025-07-07

The main aim of my research is to unravel the origin and evolution of large spiral galaxies like our own Milky Way. This is best done by by probing and mapping in detail the age, chemical abundance, and kinematical properties of its main structural components. To do this I have utilised different tracers: dwarf stars in the solar neighbourhood, red giant stars in the inner and outer regions of the

https://www.astro.lu.se/~tbensby/galactic-archaeology - 2025-07-07

The Division of Astrophysics is, as of January 2023, a part of the Department of Physics and the astronomy education is now one of the many specializations they offer. Bachelor programme Once you decide to join us, to study astronomy and hopefully pursue a career as an astronomer, you start by enrolling to the Bachelor programme in astronomy and astrophysics. After three years of studies you will

https://www.astro.lu.se/Education - 2025-07-07

The Universe belongs us all... or perhaps it belongs to no one. We who study the Universe are always happy to share stories and insight with the public. Here are some examples of what we do: Astronomers always give several talks at the annual NMT days. These talks are aimed at high school students and their teachers. Our seminars are open to all who wish to attend, but do require some basic unders

https://www.astro.lu.se/Outreach - 2025-07-07

from the Lund University Planetarium Show description:Show length: 35 minutesAvailable languages: Swedish Framerate: 30 fpsIn this show we tour the Solar system, visits each of the eight planets and discuss topics such as lunar phases, shooting stars, dwarf planets, craters and the seasons.The show comes in three parts. Between the first and second part of the show we recommend that the appropriat

https://www.astro.lu.se/Outreach/Planetarium/Jorden - 2025-07-07

From the Royal Observatory Greenwich Show description: Show length: 20 minutes Available languages: English, French, Swedish, Portuguese, Ukranian Framerate: 30 fps This show is aimed at children, ca 3-5 years old. Here we follow Ted on a journey around the Solar System in search of the perfect planet to plant his plant. His plant will need sunshine, rain and soil. Sing along as we slowly eliminat

https://www.astro.lu.se/Outreach/Planetarium/TSA - 2025-07-07

We are providing our shows to the planetarium community for free, but in order to secure future funding it is important to us to know who is downloading and running our showsWe therefore kindly ask you to please fill out the form as carefully as you can.  Name (and location) of yoru planetarium (required) Planetarium website: Name of contact person: (required) Email address of the contact person (

https://www.astro.lu.se/outreach/fulldome-resources/requests - 2025-07-07

The Universe is in motion. We may not notice as we gaze upon the night sky, but on large timescales galaxies orbit one another and merge with one another.  Astronomers simulate these processes in order to understand them better. The VINTERGATAN simulation  Researchers include:  Oscar Agertz, Florent Renaud, Santi Roca Fàbrega, Corentin Cadiou, Alvaro Segovia Otero Learn more about the project Spec

https://www.astro.lu.se/Research/galactic-dynamics-and-evolution - 2025-07-07

From the Royal Observatory Greenwich Show description:Show length: 30 minutesAvailable languages: English, Swedish, UkranianFramerate: 30 fpsThis show is a visually spectacular and immersive journey through the history and future of space exploration. We discuss the challenges and dangers we must consider as we leave our planet, and what we might encounter as we travel the cosmos. Files available

https://www.astro.lu.se/Outreach/Planetarium/final-frontier - 2025-07-07

The first recorded observatory in Lund was built in 1672 by astronomy professor Anders Spole, the grandfather of Anders Celsius. Spole's observatory was destroyed in 1676 during the Battle of Lund. Lund Observatory was founded in 1749 with an observatory in the round tower in a University building in Lundagård, Kungshuset.  The Observatory's first dedicated building was built in 1867, and is locat

https://www.astro.lu.se/Library/historic-pictures - 2025-07-07

The rocket behind the astronomers had launched from Kiruna in the 60s for a project studying meteors. From left: Nils-Eric Cerne, Gösta Lyngå, Gunnar Larsson-Leander, Herta Nilsson (behind), Inga Åkesson, Lennart Lindegren, Torbjörn Wiesel, Nels Hansson, Stig Wramdemark, Björn Stenholm (top), Peter Linde (below), Eva Jurlander, Dainis Dravins, Hans-Ove Hagerbo, Katrin Särg, Stefan Larsson, Eva Mez

https://www.astro.lu.se/library/historic-pictures/lund-observatory-1980-2005 - 2025-07-07

This picture is taken in the lecture theatre of the old observatory in the fall of 1940 (the planetarium would be housed here from 1978-2000). This picture was published in Kvällsposten (local news paper) on March 6th, 1955 under the headline "Jättearbete med stjärnpanorama slutfört vid lundaobservatoriet". Left of the Milky Way Panorama we see Tatjana and Martin Kesküla, who painted the panorama

https://www.astro.lu.se/library/historic-pictures/lund-observatory-1940-1980 - 2025-07-07

Charlier gathered a large number of apprentices, such that one talked about "lundaskolan" within astronomy, referring to the statistical methods for analysing the structure of the Solar System used by Charlier and his apprentics. This picture shows Frida Palmér standing by the meridian circle, which had been installed at Lund Observaotry in 1874. This meridian circle was used make 35 413 observati

https://www.astro.lu.se/Library/historic-pictures/lund-observatory-1940 - 2025-07-07

Arnes Öga (The Arne's Eye Telescope) Year: 2019 Reflector: PlaneWave CDK24, a Dall-Kirkham Astrograph with a 24" primary mirror Mount:  PlaneWave L-mount CCD:  3K chip with a filterwheel with 7 slots Available filters: UBVRI, H-alpha, SII and OIII Spectrograf:  Echelle Spectrograph with average resolution of 18000, covering the wavelength region btw 392-780 nm. The Teaching telescope Year: 2016 Mo

https://www.astro.lu.se/Outreach/stargazing/our-telescopes - 2025-07-07