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Udo Backhaus

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Address:

University of Duisburg-Essen
Prof. Dr. Udo Backhaus
Fachbereich Physik
Arbeitsgruppe Didaktik der Physik
45117 Essen
Germany
E-mail:
Phone: ++49 (0)201 183 2459 oder 2464,

Research Interests:

• Physics education
• Experimental physics
• Dynamical systems
• Astronomy

Things I am currently involved in:

• Astronomical phenomena
• Astrometry, especially
• Orbit determination of the maior planets by simple means,
• Determination of the sun's parallax,
• Measurements of trigonometric parallaxes of stars, for instance of Barnard's star and 61 Cyg  

  

  (click on the picture to get a larger demonstration of parallactic and proper motion!)   

• Astronomy On-Line: Measuring the Distance to the Sun
• Astronomy On-Line: Measuring the Distance to the Sun - Final Report
• Experiments for physics teachers
• Astronomical Laboratory Exercises (click here to get a pdf version of the answers!)
• Photographing the moon and measuring its distance
• Roemer's method of determing the speed of light
• Observing, Photographing and Evaluating the Transit of Venus 2004
• Theory of Relativity:
• The appearance of fast moving objects

• International Year of Astronomy 2009
• The horizontal Position of the Sun and the Shape of the Earth
• The Distance to the Moon
• The transit of Venus 2012

Publications:

Lectures:

Lecture "Der Mond, das unbekannte Objekt" for the Uni-Kolleg

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  Editor: Udo Backhaus   last change:  16.01.2012