{"id":934,"date":"2023-05-26T12:20:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T12:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/?page_id=934"},"modified":"2026-09-27T08:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T08:14:29","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/?page_id=934","title":{"rendered":"Projects (selection)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Mapping Ancient Skies<\/h4>\n<p>(2024-2027)<\/p>\n<p>PI of project funded by Austrian Academy of Science.<\/p>\n<p>Guest Scientist at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Institute for the History of Knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>In the German academic system &#8220;Habilitations\u00e4quivalent&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>supervising students:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Youla Azkarrula (.id)<\/li>\n<li>Sadegh Faghanpour (Iran)<\/li>\n<li>Moritz R\u00e4tz (.de)<\/li>\n<li>Jakob Eyermann (.de)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0<br \/>(2024-2025)<\/h4>\n<p>PI of the project with Prof. H. Hunger, Vienna.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guest scientist at the University of Science and Technology of China.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guest scientist at Brown University, USA, Dept. Assyriology and Egyptology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guest scientist at Friedrich-Schiller-Universit\u00e4t Jena, Germany (Digital Humanities, Computer Science, German Studies, Assyriology and History of Science).<\/p>\n<p>European tandem project with Horowitz&#8217;s &#8220;Babylonian Star Heaven&#8221; at HUJ.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4><strong>All Skies Encyclopaedia<\/strong> (PI)<\/h4>\n<p>-forever-<\/p>\n<p>The International Astronomical Union (IAU) needs a repository to store information (historical sources as images and text, and historians&#8217; interpretations) on historical and indigenous names of stars and constellations. All humanities studies have the same\/ similar technical requirements and map their names to the modern IAU constellation names. Hence, I aimed for a shared repo project with global distribution of backup servers for secure data management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Modern Star Names<br \/>(IAU WGSN)<\/h4>\n<p>I am working on a data management concept for names, cultural backgrounds and etymologies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>solution:<br \/><strong>All Skies Encyclopaedia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/arktur2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"858\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/arktur2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/arktur2-1.jpg 724w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/arktur2-1-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Babylonian Star Heaven<br \/>PI task group Identifications<br \/>(2021-2024)<\/h4>\n<p>The project, funded by the Israel Science Foundation, is designed to produce a dictionary of Babylonian star names (collaboration of G. Kurtik and W. Horowitz). My co-project contributes revised identifications of star names, star clusters, constellations, and all types of asterisms.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jerusalem_goldDome_xs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1001\" height=\"663\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jerusalem_goldDome_xs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jerusalem_goldDome_xs.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jerusalem_goldDome_xs-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jerusalem_goldDome_xs-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Constellations of the World<br \/>(Stellarium Team Member,<br \/>since 2019\/&#8217;20)<\/h4>\n<p>The open-source planetarium software Stellarium features a growing number of \u201csky cultures\u201d, i.e. sets of constellations as a result of cultural and historical research. As a data curator, I tidy up the metadata and care for its better organisation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The descriptions as of January 2022 are included in this volume, &#8220;Astronomy in Culture &#8211; Cultures of Astronomy&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellarium_SCs-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"595\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellarium_SCs-1-1024x595.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellarium_SCs-1-1024x595.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellarium_SCs-1-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellarium_SCs-1-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellarium_SCs-1-1536x893.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellarium_SCs-1.jpg 1835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Applied and Computational Historical Astronomy<br \/>(2020-2021)<\/h4>\n<p>(solo organiser)<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;applied hist. astr.&#8221; refers to research in astronomy and astrophysics that combines modern and historical data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The contributions cover several sorts of studies in archaeology and the history of astronomy with computer simulations, as well as the use of historical data for modern research in astronomy and its history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Star Names and Star Lists<br \/>(since 2022-2024)<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Planetarium Babylonicum<\/strong> (PI)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Planetarium Sinicum<\/strong> (PI -&gt; Co-PI)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Naked Eye star Catalogue<\/strong> (PI)<\/p>\n<p>Together with colleague scholars distributed all over the world, I am developing a huge global encyclopaedia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Astronomy in Culture &#8211; Cultures of Astronomy\u00a0<br \/>(2021-2022)<\/h4>\n<p>(organiser and editor)<\/p>\n<p>The splinter meeting on this topic was organised in collaboration with Prof. em. Dr. Gudrun Wolfschmidt. The contributions to the volume in her series &#8220;Nuncius Hamburgensis&#8221; cover tangible and intangible astronomical heritage (e.g. observatories and constellations).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ACHA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"644\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ACHA.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ACHA.jpg 460w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ACHA-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">featuring the proceedings of a splinter meeting in the German Astronomical Society 2020<br>Book 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ACCA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"643\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ACCA.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ACCA.jpg 458w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ACCA-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">featuring the proceedings of a splinter meeting in the German Astronomical Society 2021<br>Book 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Transients<br \/>(2017-2025)<\/h4>\n<p>( )<\/p>\n<p>Ancient observers occasionally recognised variabilities in the (apparently static) night sky. In particular, East Asian astronomers recorded these observations because they were relevant to East Asian astral divination practices. Modern astronomy in the 19th and 20th centuries started to understand variabilities and eruptions of stars. Therefore, we can try to identify what ancient observers might have seen. In favourable cases, these identifications could possibly even contribute to modern astrophysics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Reconstruction of <br \/>Ptolemy&#8217;s armillary sphere<br \/>(2018-2019)<\/h4>\n<p>(supervised student)<\/p>\n<p>As a master&#8217;s thesis supervised by me, we constructed an armillary sphere based on the description in the Almagest and conducted test observations.<\/p>\n<p>The result is that observations are possible, but the instrument must be calibrated every few minutes during the night, and a planet is needed for this procedure. This makes the observation of the star catalogue a long-term project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Magnitudes in pre-telescopic star catalogues<br \/>(2019)<\/h4>\n<p>(supervised student)<\/p>\n<p>The brightness of stars is measured in the strange unit &#8220;magnitude&#8221; (size), which goes back to antiquity. It is first preserved in the Almagest but at that time not new. It is unknown who invented this unit and why, namely, how it was measured, but the usual suspect is Hipparchus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I supervised a master&#8217;s thesis in astrophysics on the topic of studying the error bars of magnitudes in the three pre-telescopic star catalogues. With a feasibility study, we proved that an observation of these magnitudes with grey wedges (and similarly in a twilight atmosphere) is possible. Additionally, I suggested that the magnitude was not measured in the sky but estimated using templates for star sizes on a globe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Comp-Astro_edited-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Comp-Astro_edited-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Comp-Astro_edited-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Comp-Astro_edited-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Comp-Astro_edited-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Comp-Astro_edited-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Comp-Astro_edited-2048x1024.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Protte-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"550\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Protte-1-1024x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Protte-1-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Protte-1-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Protte-1-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Protte-1-1536x825.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Protte-1-2048x1101.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mag-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"363\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mag-1024x363.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mag-1024x363.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mag-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mag-768x273.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mag-1536x545.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mag-2048x727.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Stars Above Horizon &#8211; Citizen Science (App Development)<br \/>(2018-2022)<\/h4>\n<p>(supervised students)<\/p>\n<p>For the visibility of stars in twilight, I wanted to have a smartphone app in order to collect data from many people (different eyes) and from all over the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One student of physics, in a project thesis, developed a prototype for a feasibility study (2018-2020).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Four students in a software development project in computer science developed the first released version in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One computer science student developed an upgrade released in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Meteorology Beyond Borders<br \/>(2022-2023)<\/h4>\n<p>(Co-PI \/ Collaborator)<\/p>\n<p>For Aristotle, &#8220;meteorology&#8221; was a term that designated everything in the heavens and air that is observed to be unstable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This concerns weather phenomena in the sky and in underground caves, as well as transient astronomical objects like comets, novae, and supernovae.<\/p>\n<p>In close collaboration with the classicist Dr. Giouli Korobili, this website was developed for the presentation of the scientific results of our projects on &#8220;Geoanatomy&#8221; and &#8220;Transients&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Ptolemy&#8217;s constellations in Stellarium<br \/>(2019-2020)<\/h4>\n<p>(supervised students)<\/p>\n<p>Four high school students (supervised by me) developed the stick figures of constellations as described in the Almagest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This was a one-year project and first exercise in working with data and ancient Greek text for them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They were awarded a special prize from the Thuringian State Ministry of Culture in January 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/app_suggest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/app_suggest-1024x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/app_suggest-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/app_suggest-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/app_suggest-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/app_suggest.jpg 1263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">released in AppStore and GooglePlay in 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MBB_title.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1011\" height=\"827\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MBB_title.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MBB_title.jpg 1011w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MBB_title-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MBB_title-768x628.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1011px) 100vw, 1011px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">launched Feb. 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellariumAlmagest-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellariumAlmagest-1-1024x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellariumAlmagest-1-1024x570.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellariumAlmagest-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellariumAlmagest-1-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellariumAlmagest-1-1536x855.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stellariumAlmagest-1.jpg 1873w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">released 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>ZODIAC goes planetarium<br \/>(Babylonian and Egyptian Sky)<br \/>2022<\/h4>\n<p>(Collaborator)<\/p>\n<p>For the opening of the ZODIAC conference in Berlin at the Berlin Planetarium, I prepared a full-dome talk presenting the visualisations of some Babylonian constellations and the Dendarah zodiac as a non-purely Egyptian one.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Travelling in Egypt in the framework of a DAAD exchange project, I met friendly Egyptologists who gave me a tour in Esna and Dendarah. Compared to my work on the reconstruction of Babylonian constellations, this led to some suggestions for a new version of the circular Dendarah zodiac.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/koordNetze-man_bunt_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"722\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/koordNetze-man_bunt_b-1024x722.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/koordNetze-man_bunt_b-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/koordNetze-man_bunt_b-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/koordNetze-man_bunt_b-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/koordNetze-man_bunt_b-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/koordNetze-man_bunt_b.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Planetarium Dantis: <br \/>Astronomie in Dante Alighieri<br \/>2022<\/h4>\n<p>(Collaborator)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dante_3pics_4web_s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dante_3pics_4web_s-574x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dante_3pics_4web_s-574x1024.jpg 574w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dante_3pics_4web_s-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dante_3pics_4web_s-768x1371.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dante_3pics_4web_s-861x1536.jpg 861w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dante_3pics_4web_s.jpg 869w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dante mentions the constellations of The Horn and The Wagon close to the celestial pole, and his birthday constellation of Gemini, The Twins. We visualized his view of the Earth with a 1:1 replica of the Behaim Globe and found an island at the antipode of Jerusalem where the purgatory is located.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Planetarium Usage in University Education<br \/>2022<\/h4>\n<p>(PI)<\/p>\n<p>In Germany, planetariums are visited on excursions by elementary school classes but not used in higher education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As modern &#8220;Digital Dome Theatres&#8221;, they have developed far from their original purpose of displaying and educating about astronomy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, as part of the project &#8220;Planetarische Universit\u00e4t&#8221;, I tested various ways to use planetariums for university purposes. In addition to hosting conferences with dome talks, I also used the dome for special visualisations in class (e.g., the motion of the Moon). With my students in history of science (and earlier, with teacher training classes), I visited the planetariums in Jena, Nuremberg, and Ursensollen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/zodiac2022_019-1024x768-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/zodiac2022_019-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/zodiac2022_019-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/zodiac2022_019-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/zodiac2022_019-1024x768-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">September 2022<br>Dr. Monika Staesche, Prof. Dr. Dr. Mathieu Ossendrijver, &amp; me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dante_team2022_s.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1001\" height=\"751\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dante_team2022_s.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dante_team2022_s.jpeg 1001w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dante_team2022_s-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dante_team2022_s-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">October 2022<br>PD Dr. K.-Ph. Ellerbrock, B. Z\u00f6ll, Prof. Dr. E. Costadura, me, Prof. em. Dr. D. Blume<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ursensollen_026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1001\" height=\"751\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ursensollen_026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ursensollen_026.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ursensollen_026-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ursensollen_026-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">July 2022<br>Prof. M\u00e4ndl, Dr. Ch. Reiss and me (with students)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Hipparchs Himmelsglobus\u00a0<br \/>(Hipparchus&#8217;s Celestial Globe)<br \/>(2013-2015)<\/h4>\n<p>(PI)<\/p>\n<p>Hipparchus is publicly known as one of the greatest astronomers in antiquity: a brilliant observer who a) discovered a &#8220;new star&#8221;, b) proved the existence of the precession of the equinoxes, c) made the first star catalogue and d) described a new method to make celestial globes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He lived in a time (2nd century BCE) when Babylonian mathematics was taken over by Greek astronomers, which caused suspicion that he might have used Babylonian data for his groundbreaking innovations. My new analysis supports this idea, but the missing link has not yet been found.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>History of the 88 Modern Constellations<br \/>(2020-2021)<\/h4>\n<p>(PI)<\/p>\n<p>The constellations used in modern astronomy are an accurate division of the sky. They are based on historical constellations that had never been canonical before the 1920s. Some were invented by astronomers in the early modern era, but none were invented by &#8220;old men at campfires&#8221; just for fun, as planetariums often suggest. The systematic transfer and transformation of the constellation images from mnemograms (for seasons) to deities and into the modern images is outlined in this book.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rathenower Riesenfernrohr<br>(Rathenow&#8217;s Giant Telescope)<br>2008<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(PI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city of Rathenow is located in the middle between Berlin and Hanover. This town hosts the world&#8217;s biggest Schupmann telescope of the type &#8220;Brachymedial Typ B&#8221; (Schupmann 1899). In 2008, the telescope was dismantled and rebuilt at another place within the town. I documented this project for the public and studied the oral history of the telescope and its maker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/hippGlobe_book.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"643\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/hippGlobe_book.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/hippGlobe_book.jpg 456w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/hippGlobe_book-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(dissertation)<br>Book 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/loewe_am_himmel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"1001\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/loewe_am_himmel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/loewe_am_himmel.jpg 751w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/loewe_am_himmel-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">compendium (didact. reduced)<br>(profiles of 2-4 pages per constellation)<br>Book 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rath.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rath.jpg 324w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rath-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(project 2008, thesis: 2010)<br>Book: 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Farnese Globe in Dome<br \/>(2017)<\/h4>\n<p>(PI)<\/p>\n<p>The marble globe of the Atlas Farnese, a statue from antiquity rediscovered in the 16th century in one of the villas of the Farnese family close to Rome, carries a relatively accurate celestial atlas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My attempt to make them available for planetarium use led to some new results for the interpretation of the globe.<\/p>\n<p>The images are also available as &#8220;sky culture&#8221; in Stellarium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Leiden Aratea in Dome<br \/>(2020)<\/h4>\n<p>(PI)<\/p>\n<p>The Carolingian manuscript of the Aratea is preserved in two versions: one from Leiden and one from Metz. In collaboration with the Jena art historian Prof. Dr. Dieter Blume, I arranged the medieval paintings in the dome in order to make them usable for planetarium shows and talks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The images are also available as &#8220;sky culture&#8221; in Stellarium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>The MUL.APIN-Planetarium<br \/>(2016-2017)<\/h4>\n<p>(PI)<\/p>\n<p>MUL.APIN is the earliest known compendium of astronomy. It is written in the Akkadian language on clay tablets, dating probably to around 1000 BCE (with earlier dates for its components). It contains a &#8220;catalogue of asterisms&#8221; with which we can reconstruct the Babylonian constellations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, these constellations have never been canonical &#8211; so some identifications are rather uncertain or ambiguous (change of time).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference Opening 2017<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(two Babylonian sky cultures available in Stellarium since 2018)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/farnese_inDome2018_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"931\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/farnese_inDome2018_b-1024x931.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/farnese_inDome2018_b-1024x931.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/farnese_inDome2018_b-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/farnese_inDome2018_b-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/farnese_inDome2018_b-1536x1396.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/farnese_inDome2018_b.jpg 1551w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">photograph: Jena 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/leidenAratea_inDome_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"922\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/leidenAratea_inDome_b-1024x922.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/leidenAratea_inDome_b-1024x922.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/leidenAratea_inDome_b-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/leidenAratea_inDome_b-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/leidenAratea_inDome_b-1536x1382.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/leidenAratea_inDome_b.jpg 1551w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">photograph: Jena 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/babConst_inDome-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"941\" src=\"http:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/babConst_inDome-1024x941.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/babConst_inDome-1024x941.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/babConst_inDome-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/babConst_inDome-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/babConst_inDome-1536x1411.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uhura-uraniae.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/babConst_inDome-2048x1882.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">collaboration with Planetariums M\u00fcnster and Berlin: Babylonian constellations in the dome.<br>Show: 2016 (M\u00fcnster),<br>Conference Talk 2017 (Jena),<br>further use: Berlin 1+2, Jena<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<h1>Long ago&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>modelling Wolf-Rayet stars<\/h4>\n<p>student assistent in a group of theoretical astrophysics\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>modelling microlensing light curves<\/h4>\n<p>thesis in theoretical astrophysics:<br \/>observability of moons of exoplanets at large distances\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>teaching relativity<\/h4>\n<p>supervised and co-supervised numerous BA- and MA-theses for the development of teaching units on special and general relativity<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Tourismuspreis (2006)<br \/>Karawane der Astronomie<\/h4>\n<p>walking tours in the desert, one week, no water for washing etc., only sand dunes, a mattress and dromedaries for the luggage&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>lessons of astronomy in the evening and meditation during the day&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Theatre Play in Planetarium<br \/>(2003)<\/h4>\n<p>to use the sky display in the scenery of a theatre play is a great combination of scientific correctness in edutainment&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>The Earth&#8217;s circumference at school excursion (1997)<\/h4>\n<p>During a school excursion to Greece, we made measurements of the length of the shadow of some pencils to determine the height of the Sun. Comparing this value to the one from a friend who measured the same day in Berlin, we determined the circumference of the Earth with this ancient method.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Invented Astronomisches Sommerlager (ASL)<\/h4>\n<p>Inspired by the massive success of an international astronomical youth camp held for the total solar eclipse of 1999, I, together with other astronomy students, founded a regular German-speaking youth camp in 2000 and developed it into an annual event from 2000 to 2006.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, I organised the first Berlin Space Camps; in 2008, an excursion to observe the total solar eclipse in Siberia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Established VEGA e.V.<\/h4>\n<p>To create a better framework and more free environment for young astronomers, I established the body corporate VEreinigung f\u00fcr juGendarbeit in der Astronomie VEGA e.V. The association was entered in the register of associations at the Berlin District Court in 2004.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4>Stiftung (Foundation)\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>When I stopped being &#8220;young&#8221; myself (e.g., grew older than 29 Earth years), I aimed to create a legal body to support my successors among young astronomers in organising youth camps like the ASL and other VEGA activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For long time, I haven&#8217;t participated in any of the youth work activities, but I am tremendously happy, that the organisations still exist and support young people to discover the universe.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mapping Ancient Skies (2024-2027) PI of project funded by Austrian Academy of Science. Guest Scientist at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Institute for the History of Knowledge. 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