On 27 March, Tartu Observatory will hold a scientific conference

On 27 March, the second scientific conference of the Tartu Observatory will take place. Each scientific department will present four presentations within an hour on outstanding topics from the past year.

Please register for the conference by 21 March if you would like to eat conference lunch since then we place food orders. For Tartu Observatory employees, lunch is provided free of charge on the day of the conference. For registered non-employees, the conference lunch costs 21.9 euros. Payment can be made via invoice. On-site, there is also a card payment terminal.

9:30 Welcome 

9:40–10:40 Session 1 Galaxy physics and cosmology 

Elmo Tempel. Galaxy Physics and Cosmology Department overview 
María Benito. The Milky Way (hyper)galaxy as a laboratory for dark matter 
Juhan Liivamägi. JPAS: Deriving and using photometric redshifts
Mousumi Mahato. Unraveling the duty cycle of megaparsec radio galaxies

10:40–11:00 Coffee/tea break

11:00–12:00 Session 2 Remote sensing 
Mait Lang. Remote Sensing Department overview
Ave Ansper-Toomsalu. Developing satellite-based applications over optically complex waters
Kairi Adamson. Applicability of digital photography in monitoring changes of leaf orientation and foliage clumping with time
Lea Hallik. Remote sensing applications in agriculture and monitoring of wetland ecosystems

12:00–12:15 Session 2.1 Visitor Centre 

Heli Lätt. Visitor Centre overview and participation in research projects
Tõnis Rüütel. Raising climate awareness in informal education – project „Climate change education to promote climate action“

12:15–13:15 Lunch 

13:15–14:15 Session 3 Space technology 
Mihkel Pajusalu. Space Technology Department overview
Laila Kaasik. Sensor for determining acidity istribution in Venusian clouds
Ric Dengel. Data generation and onboard processing for OPIC
Laur Edvard Lindmaa. KuupKulgur – The Estonian Modular Lunar Rover

14:15–14:30 Coffee/tea break

14:30–15:30 Session 4 Stellar physics 
Anna Aret. Stellar Physics Department overview
Sandipan Borthakur. Star-disk connection: Understanding disk compositon from stellar spectroscopy 
Alexandra Lehtmets. Breathing new air: probing the atmospheres of exoplanets 
Vitalii Checha. Blue Supergiants – evolved massive stars. Case of rho Leonis.

15:30–15:45 Summary