Public Events
Various events take place at the AIP on the Babelsberg campus or at its historic site on Potsdam's Telegrafenberg. In addition, virtual formats are accessible from all over the world.
Long Night of Astronomy
The AIP will participate in the Long Night of Astronomy on 13 September 2025 with a lecture by Dr Peter Weilbacher at the Zeiss Großplanetarium in Berlin and with short video contributions to the live stream.
Day of Open Monuments
On the Day of Open Monuments, 14 September 2025, the AIP will open the Einstein Tower on the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Members of the Großer Refraktor e.V. association will also open the Great Refractor, the fourth-largest refracting telescope in the world, and offer guided tours of the Telegrafenberg as well as explanations about the telescope.
Babelsberg Starry Nights
This year, some public lectures from the Babelsberg Starry Night series are going to take place live at the Babelsberg research campus. The dates for the live events are: 18.03., 23.05., 14.10. and 18.11.2025.
Our popular lecture is also still continued online. Usually on the third Thursday of each month, a new lecture by an AIP scientist is broadcast on the YouTube channel Urknall, Weltall und das Leben or videowissen. The dates, speakers and topics as well as links to the previously published lectures can be found on this website (German):
https://www.aip.de/babelsberger-sternennaechte/
This link can also be found in our flyer, the dates are also entered in the AIP Calendar.
Please note: nearly all the talks are given in German.
Observation evenings in the Great Refractor
The Great Refractor on Telegrafenberg can be experienced in action during winter from November 2025 to February 2026: Visitors get to look at the stars through the historical telescope during our observation evenings. The dates are listed here: Dates Observation evenings
Girls' Day / Zukunftstag Brandenburg
The Girls' Day and the Zukunftstag Brandenburg for school students to took place on 3 April 2025. More information is available at the page Information for schools.