*Me in front of the 100m Effelsberg radio telescope.*

Hi all,

I am Simon Dannhauer, currently a PhD student at the University of Cologne (IMPRS for Astronomy and Astrophysics), working with Dr. Robert Simon, Dr. Nicola Schneider and Prof. Dr. Dominik Riechers on star formation and stellar feedback in the Milky Way. I am a member of the DFG-funded collaborative research center SFB 1601.

Click here for a list of my publications and here for an overview of my research. A PDF of my academic CV can be found below. Feel free to contact me for an updated version!

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Before starting my PhD I wrote my master thesis titled “Radio AGN fraction in the first eROSITA all-sky survey” in the “Dark Energy Team” called working group of Prof. Dr. Reiprich at the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University Bonn. In the same group I did my bachelor thesis about “Correction of space weather-related effects on eROSITA data”.

And most of all: I really like astrophotography.

I developed an early interest in physics and spent a fair amount of my school years building hybrid rocket engines, model airplanes and drones. After my Abitur in 2015 I began studying Physics/Astronomy in Bonn. My love for astronomy and photography came from my uncle (Andreas Kreck, the name patron for the garden observatory) who taught me a lot and whose huge collection of telescopes and gear led to it’s construction.

P7190617 — Shortly before takeoff for a scenic sunset flight in a LS4 glider.

My freetime (if there is any left…) is mostly occupied by my second love, aviation. I hold licences for gliders and ultralights and try to spent most of my time on the airfield, where I also lead the maintenance work since several years. Many of the great pictures taken on my favourite place in the world, Segelfluggelände Lindlar, are found here. Furthermore I am a member of the Physical Society (DPG) and Vereinigung der Sternfreunde (VdS).

Thats it for now, enjoy these pages and if you have any questions feel free to contact me.

Clear skies,

Simon

(P.S. If you were looking for Simon’s Observatory and are confused as to how you got here, there was a typo in your URL, this is simonobservatory.org, your are looking for simonsobservatory.org. Sorry for the silliness of buying this domain 😉)

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
–Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan