Head of department : X
(Dr. Herman Hensberge is in
charge)
The activities are distributed among two sections. They concern
traditionally:
- Physics of stellar atmospheres
- Astrophysics of galactic and extragalactic objects
but research topics nowadays are:
- Hot stars (website: HOTSTAR)
- Planetary Nebulae (info
at: Planetary
Nebulae)
- Asteroseismology ( see website of the Belgian Asteroseismology
Group: BAG )
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