Hey you!โ๏ฟผโ๐ Are you ready to get coconut malled? Join us as we celebrate DLF’s birthday with a Mario Kart showdown!๐ฅณ Dust off your racing gloves and prepare for an afternoon of nostalgic fun and friendly (and maybe slightly competitive) rivalry. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a casual karting enthusiast, all skill levels are…
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On the 3rd of April, we had the BiB BiB! You can become part of the next Kaiser board: apply here Don’t hesitate to send us questions about being board if you have any! ๐
Are you always lost in the Old Observatory? Or are you always the one who finds the way? On the 19th of March, we tested all our skills by playing Hide and Seek at the Old Observatory! In the end, everyone was found (eventually) ๐
Drum rolls please ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ Mark your calendars for the Observity Committeeโs next big event: the Family Observatory Night! ๐ญโจ 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 can๐.…
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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).๐ We watched โThe Dishโ (2000) at the Old Observatory in Leiden on March 10thย atย 19:30๐๐๐๐. Although the movie featured less sheep than we had thought, we can highly recommend…
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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!
Dear Kaiser members, On the 1st of March, Kaiser turned 32 years old!๐๐ฅณ 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
๐ซKaiser x Big Dipper Crossover Episode!๐ซ 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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Just imagine this: itโs 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 outside๐ฉโ๐. You have mastered your way across all the rocks and ridges by now and head…
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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 ๐
