Author: Frederik Kaiser

This is the website of the study association L.A.D. 'F. Kaiser' of astronomy students in Leiden

Hide and Seek at the Old Observatory – 19th of March

Are you always lost in the Old Observatory? Or are you always the one who finds the way? Either way, you can make use of your skills in the Old Observatory Hide and Seek! Make your inner child come alive on the 19th of March, at 19:00 in the Old Observatory. Sign up here now!

Family Observatory Night – 12th of April

Drum rolls please 🥁🥁🥁 Mark your calendars for the Observity Committee’s next big event: the Family Observatory Night! 🔭✨ Have you always wanted to show your family and friends around in the Old Observatory or brag about the famous physicist and astronomers that used the telescopes there? Well, on the 12th of April you can😎.…
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The Dish Movie Night – 10th of March

As Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, our only link was a satellite dish in rural Australia with a few bugs (and a few hundred sheep).🐑 We watched ‘The Dish’ (2000) at the Old Observatory in Leiden on March 10th at 19:30🌑🌒🌓🌔. Although the movie featured less sheep than we had thought, we can highly recommend…
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Hortus Botanicus Tour – 3rd of March

On the 3rd of March, the scientific director of the Hortus Botanicus Leiden personally gave Kaiser members a tour through the oldest botanical garden of the Netherlands. We would like to thank Paul Kessler once again for all the details you gave about the plants and Hortus itself. It was a very fun tour!

Dies Borrel – 26th of February

Dear Kaiser members, On the 1st of March, Kaiser turned 32 years old!🎊🥳 To celebrate, we had Kaiser cake at the STRW coffee hour on the morning of the 26th of February, and the Dies Borrel in the evening. Thank you to all who came to celebrate with us! <3

Kaiser x Big Dipper Pubquiz – 21st of February

💫Kaiser x Big Dipper Crossover Episode!💫 On February 21st, teams of BSc, MSc, PhDs, Postdocs, Professors and more fought for their honor in a thrilling pubquiz! Harshit was our host, and he had 20 challenging questions ready for us based on constellations. In the end, only one team could be victorious, but all teams put…
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Space Oasis – 18th of February

Just imagine this: it’s 2125, and you wake up in your self-sustaining Martian habitat with fresh oxygen and plants growing in your pop-up greenhouse. All systems are good to go, so you put on your EVA suit and head outside👩‍🚀. You have mastered your way across all the rocks and ridges by now and head…
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Observing Night – 11th of February

With rain coming down, the Observity Committee turned the Observing Night into a Non-Observing Night on February 11th! We played card/board games, watched Wall-E and EVE falling in love and had a look at some of the telescopes at the Old Observatory 🙂

Astroborrel 2 – 3rd of February

On the 3rd of February, we had the second Astroborrel of the year in the Fusie! Next to drinks, snacks and much ‘gezelligheid’, the Spring Lectures Committee also announced their theme during the night🤩 Check out their socials to find out more about the upcoming Spring Lectures 🙂

Board Game Night – 15th of January

On January 15th, we had a delightful Board Game Night. Benthe used up many rows of Cluedo paper for her suspect system. Who can blame her, she had it right and secured first place in the end! Many kittens also exploded, so no, we cannot say no kittens were harmed in the process :/