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\"smh_gross_quad_550\"<\/a><\/figure>Dr. Dr. Susanne M Hoffmann, FRAS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

… is a cultural astronomer from Berlin, Europe (PhD defence in Berlin on the British Queen’s birthday).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diplom-Naturwissenschaftshistorikerin (Dipl.-Wiss.Hist.)
Diplom-Physikerin (Dipl.-Phys.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Domain Expert:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • History of Knowledge, Science and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Digital Cultural Astronomy <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Computational History<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Applied Historical Astronomy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Commission of Trust<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    • IAU <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Discoveries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • Nova 1408 <\/strong>with possible connection to CK Vul (publ. 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Proof that the Kugel Globe is<\/strong> not Greek but Indian<\/strong> (publ. 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Pleiades and Hyades on<\/strong> clay tablet VAT 7851<\/strong> (publ. 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Dating the division of the Taurus sign<\/strong> in Babylon (ADRT) to 320\u00b110 BCE (publ. 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Division<\/strong> of MUL.APIN’s Path of Enlil<\/strong> and agricultural calendar<\/strong> in the stars (publ. 2023, ’24)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Proofs that the Nebra Sky Disc shows stars in taut chains and not the Pleiades (publ. 2021,’22) <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • New data-driven method for the search on historical novae & supernovae (publ. 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Reconstruction of Hipparchus’s “lost” star catalogue <\/strong>and celestial globe (book 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Academic Topics \/ Academic Achievements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
        Content<\/th>Reference<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
        The IAU-All Skies Encyclopaedia (ASE)<\/strong><\/td>http:\/\/ase.exopla.net\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
        Hipparchus’s Celestial Globe<\/td>Monograph:<\/strong>
        Hipparchs Himmelsglobus \u2013 Ein Bindeglied in der babylonisch-griechischen Astrometrie?, Springer Verlag, Wiesbaden, New York, 2017 (online<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr>
        The Ancient (Greek) Star Catalogue<\/td>Hoffmann<\/strong> and Yang (2025). Data analytics for tracing methods of ancient astronomy. in Thuillard, M. (ed.), Probing the Past with Data Analytics and AI, Word Scientific (New Jersey\/ London\/ Singapore\u2026), 201-221

        Grasshoff, G., & Hoffmann<\/strong>, S. M. (2024). An astronomical analysis of the data in the pseudo-Hipparchus palimpsest in the Codex Climaci Rescriptus. Journal for the History of Astronomy<\/em>, 55<\/em>(3), 332-349. DOI<\/a>

        Hoffmann, S.M. (2022). Essay: On Ptolemy\u2019s stellar magnitudes,  426-429

        Protte, Ph and Hoffmann<\/strong> S.M (2020), Accuracy of  magnitudes in pre-telescopic star catalogues, AN, 341, 827-840<\/td><\/tr>
        Babylonian Star Catalogues & Uranography<\/td>Hoffmann, S.M. (2024). Standing and Sitting Gods of MUL.APIN, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 27(2), 261-272

        Hoffmann, S.M.<\/strong> and Krebernik, M. (2023): What do deities tell us about the celestial positioning system, in: R. Rollinger, I. Madreiter, M. Lang, C. Pappi (eds.). The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East, Papers held at the 64th Rencontre Assyriologique International and 12th Melammu Symposium July 16-20 2018, Innsbruck. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 539-579<\/td><\/tr>
        Archaeoastronomy:<\/strong>

        1. The Nebra Sky Disc

        2. Circular Enclosures<\/td>        		Hoffmann, S.M.<\/strong> (2023): Zeigt die Himmelsscheibe von Nebra ein Instrument der Zeitrechnung?, Codices Manuscripti & Impressi, Wien, 37-52

        Crocco, J., Hoffmann, S.M.<\/strong> and Vogt, N. Essay: What is depicted on the Nebra Disc?, 87-101

        Michel, Ch.; Hoffmann, S.M.;<\/strong> Schier, W. (2016): Built Knowledge \u2013 Spatial Patterns and Viewsheds of Middle Neolithic Circular Enclosures in the Northern Foreland of the Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, EditionTopoi<\/td><\/tr>
        The Giant Schupmann Telescope of Rathenow<\/td>Monograph:<\/strong>
        Das Riesen-Schupmann-Teleskop von Rathenow, Reihe: UhuraUraniae, Bd.4, Verlag tredition, Hamburg, 2015<\/td><\/tr>
        Constellations <\/td>Textbooks <\/strong>
        Hoffmann, S.M. (2021): Wie der L\u00f6we an den Himmel kam. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart

        Axel Mellinger and Susanne M Hoffmann<\/strong> (2002). Der Gro\u00dfe KOSMOS Himmelsatlas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart<\/td><\/tr>
        Research Papers<\/strong> (examples)
        Hoffmann and Horowitz (2025). Lion, Lioness and Wings: Studies of The Lion-Asterism(s?) of Ancient Mesopotamia, Archiv f\u00fcr Orientforschung (AfO) 56, 33-43

        Hoffmann, S.M.<\/strong> und Blume, D. (2023): \u201e<\/strong>\u2019l volger del ciel\u201c<\/strong> in Deutsches Dante-Jahrbuch: Dante und die Stadt. Kommunale Kultur und literarische \u00d6ffentlichkeit. Blume: \u201cDantes Sterne\u201d (43-53), Hoffmann: \u201cPlanetarium Dantis\u201d 1-42 (DOI<\/a>), DeGruyter, 1-53

        Geymeier, M. & Hoffmann, S.M.<\/strong> (2023): Das Sternbild Horologium im Kontext seiner Zeit, Codices Manuscripti & Impressi, Wien, 53-66

        Gullberg, J, Hoffmann, S.M.<\/strong> and Gullberg, S.R. (2022). Painting Babylonian: New Constellations in Stellarium, 171-191

        Hoffmann, S.M.<\/strong> and Horowitz, W. (2022). How to identify \u201cThe Plough\u201d MUL.APIN, epinnu? 148-170

        Hoffmann, S.M.<\/strong>, Vickers, D. and Geymeier, M. (2022). Constellation Cetus: Whale or Monster? , 287<\/td><\/tr>
        Historical Globes & Maps<\/td>Hoffmann (2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies \u2013 The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169.

        Latu\u00dfeck, A. and Hoffmann, S (2017): Ein n\u00fctzliches Unternehmen, Albireo-Verlag, K\u00f6ln<\/td><\/tr>
        Historical Novae and Supernovae<\/td>Bo-Shun YANG, N. Vogt and Hoffmann,<\/strong> S.M. (2025). Was there a (super)nova in 1408? DOI<\/a>

        Bo-Shun YANG and Hoffmann,<\/strong> S.M. (2024). Identification of Z Cam\u2019s Historical Counterpart: The Quest for an Ancient Nova, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, xx(x), xxx-xxx,         DOI<\/a><\/em>

        Hoffmann S.M. and Vogt N (2022): A Search for recurrent novae among Far Eastern guest stars, New Astronomy, Vol 92, 101722

        Hoffmann S.M., Vogt, N. (2020): A search for the modern counterparts of the Far Eastern guest stars 369 CE, 386 CE and 393 CE, MNRAS, 197, 2, 1419\u20131433

        Hoffmann, S.: What information can we derive from historical Far Eastern guest stars for modern research on novae and cataclysmic variables? MNRAS 490, 3, 2019, 4194-4210

        Vogt, N., Hoffmann<\/strong>, S., Tappert, C.: On the possibilities of classical nova identifications among historical Far Eastern guest star observations, AN, 2019, 8, 752-759.<\/td><\/tr>
        Visualisation\/ Planetarium <\/td>Hoffmann, S.M. (2021): Historical Constellations in the Planetarium. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Vol. 15 , Symposium S367: Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy, December 2020, Cambridge University Press, 474 \u2013 475

        Hoffmann, S.M. (2021): Reconstruction of ancient constellations in the planetarium dome, The Planetarian, June, p. 12-20; cont. p. 74

        Zotti, G.; Hoffmann, S.M.<\/strong>; Wolf, A.; Ch\u00e9reau, F., Ch\u00e9reau, G. (2020), The simulated sky: Stellarium for cultural astronomy, JSA, 6.2, 221-258 (invited paper)

        Hoffmann, S.M. (2020): Babylonian Constellations in Stellarium 0.19.*, in: Draxler, Lippitsch, Wolfschmidt (eds.), Harmony and Symmetry \u2013 Proceedings of SEAC Annual Meeting 2018 (held at Graz), Hamburg 2020, 156-172

        Hoffmann, S.M. (2019): Visualisieren f\u00fcr die Erkenntnis \u2013 \u00fcber die Funktion computergenerierter Bilder, in: Wolfschmidt, Gudrun: Vom Abakus zum Computer \u2013 Geschichte der Rechentechnik, Teil 1, Nuncius Hamburgensis, Bd. 21, 411-435<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        Academic Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
        Domain<\/th>academic degree<\/th>specialisation<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
        History of Science<\/td>Diplom-Naturwissenschaftshistorikerin (Dipl.-Wiss.Hist<\/strong>)
        Dr. phil.<\/strong><\/td>        		astronomy
        astronomy<\/td><\/tr>
        Physics<\/td>Dipl.-Phys.<\/strong><\/td>astronomy<\/td><\/tr>
        Education<\/td>Dr. paed.<\/strong><\/td>physics & astronomy<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        vocational training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        • science journalist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • planetarian<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • project manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Activities \/ positions of honour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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          • International Astronomical Union,\n
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            • Working Group on Star Names<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Office for Astronomical Outreach<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Commission C5 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • data curator for constellations in the Stellarium team<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • member of board: Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (based in China)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • member of board: CAP-Journal (based in Japan)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • member of board: Journal of Skyscape Archaeology (based in the UK)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • collaborator of State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Germany)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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