2026-05 MICADO Science Team Meeting

[astronomyk]

After a long break the MICADO science team meeting is kicking off activities again for the 8 major science themes, given that the MICADO instrument design is finalised.

Agenda for the meeting in Dwingeloo:

09.00 Galaxy Evolution (Natascha Förster Schreiber )
11.00 Galactic Centre (Stefan Gillessen, online)
11.30 The MICADO IFU (Guillaume Bourdarot)
12.00 Black-holes in Galaxies (Jens Thomas)
14.00 Dynamics of Nearby Stellar Systems (Nadine Neumayer)
15.00 Resolved Stellar Populations (Eline Tolstoy)
16.30 Exo-planets (Pierre Baudoz)
17.30 Solar System (Frédéric Merlin, online)

Here's a collection of helper functions that would fit the major science themes:

• Add galactic_centre() Source template (Gillessen+2017 orbits) #180 : Galactic Centre --> galactic_centre()
• Add globular_cluster() template + 20-year cluster animation scripts #181 : Dynamics of Nearby Stellar Systems --> globular_cluster()
• Resolved Stellar Populations -->
• Galaxy Evolution -->
• Exo-planets -->
• Solar System -->
• Black-holes in Galaxies -->