*************************************************************************** * * * ELEKTRONISCHE MITTEILUNGEN ZUR ASTRONOMIEGESCHICHTE * * * * Herausgegeben vom Arbeitskreis Astronomiegeschichte * * in der Astronomischen Gesellschaft * * * * Nr. 20, 27. Maerz 1997 * * * * Redaktion: Dr. Wolfgang R. Dick * * * *************************************************************************** Inhalt ------ 1. History of Astronomy at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union 2. The 6th SEAC Conference, Gdansk 1997: First Circular 3. Annual Meeting of the North American Sundial Society: Announcement 4. Ausstellungen 5. Tagungen 1997/98 Impressum ........................................................................... Item 1 EMA Nr. 20, 27. Maerz 1997 ........................................................................... History of Astronomy at the XXIIIrd General Assembly ---------------------------------------------------- of the International Astronomical Union --------------------------------------- Date and place: August 18-30, 1997, Kyoto International Conference Hall (KICH), Takaraga-ike, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan JD = Joint Discussion JD 8: STELLAR EVOLUTION IN REAL TIME Among Co-Supporting Commissions: 41 (History of Astronomy) Contact Address: Dr. Edward F. Guinan, Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA, Phone: 1 610 519 4823, Fax: 1 610 519 6132 (University) & 1 610 325 9788 (Home), E-mail: guinan@ucis.vill.edu, and Robert Koch, e-mail: rhkoch@sas.upenn.edu From the preliminary programme: Friday August 22 afternoon Part I - Stellar Evolution - Observation, Theory, and History Stellar Evolution from Historical Data: J. Hearnshaw (New Zealand) The Problem of "Red" Sirius- Evolutionary or Spurious? K. Brecher (USA) and other papers Because of the the severe time limitations of this JD, some important topics could not be included. To help alleviate this problem and to broaden the scope of the JD, there will be a poster session connected with this meeting. Papers are invited on topics that relate to the theme of observational and theoretical aspects of stellar evolution that can be discerned from the scrutiny of historical data as well as telescopic observations made over the last 200 yrs. In particular papers on historic supernovae and novae, the problem of the "Red Sirius", Eta Carinae, P Cygni, and related topics, as well as solar variability will be especially welcome. An appreciation of the poster papers will made during the oral sessions. JD 17: HISTORY OF ORIENTAL ASTRONOMY Supporting Commission: 41 (History of Astronomy): a joint commission of IAU and IUHPS Co-Supporting Commission: 46 (Astronomy Education) SOC: S. M. R. Ansari (Chairperson, India), S. Debarbat (France), S. J. Dick (USA, Co-Chairperson), B. Hidayat (Indonesia), O. Gingerich (USA), Y. Maeyama (Germany), Il-S. Nha (Korea), D. Pingree (USA), Y. Sobouti (Iran) & Xi Zezong (China) Contact addresses: Prof. S. M. R. Ansari, c/o Physics Dept. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India, Phone: 91 571 40 1952 (res.), Fax: 91 571 40 0105, 40 0848 or 40 0466, Telex: 564 230 AMU IN or Dr. S. J. Dick, US Naval Observatory, Washington, DC 20392-5420, USA, Phone: 1 202 762 1438, Fax: 1 202 762 1461, E-mail: dick@ariel.usno.navy.mil Preliminary programme: Monday August 25 morning: Sessions I & II Oriental Astronomy during the Ancient and Medieval Period Development of Astronomy in Ancient China: Y. Maeyama (Germany) Islamic Astronomy in in China: B. van Dahlen (Netherlands/Japan)/ An Arabic commentary on al-Tusi's Tadhkirah and its Sanscrit translation: T. Kusuba (Japan) Assimilation of observational instruments of Islamic Astronomy in Indian Astronomy: V.N. Sharma (USA) Ancient Indian Astronomy in China: J. Xiao-Yuan (China) Korean Star Maps of the 18th Century: Il-S. Nha (Korea) Eclipse records in early Korean History: F.R. Stephenson (UK) The Samguk Sagi and Koryo-sa Knowledge of Starry Sky and agricultural activities in Indonesia: A review: B. Hidayat (Indonesia) The Projection Method of the Star Map in the Song Dinasty: K. Miyajima (Japan) Monday August 25 afternoon: Session III Oriental Astronomy during the Ancient and Medieval Period (Cntd) Astronomical development in the Orient down to the 12th-13th centuries: Kwan-Yu Chen (USA) On the Vedanga Astronomy: Y. Ohashi (Japan) Spherical trigonometry in the Astronomy of Medieval Kerala School: K. Plofker (USA) The solar altitude below horizon at dusk and dawn according to Ancient Chinese astronomical records: W. Shou-Xian (China) Burmese Star maps: M. Nishiyama (Japan) Session IV: Modern Astronomy in the Orient The Drkpaksasarani: A Sanskrit version of de la Hire's Tabulae Astronomicae D. Pingree (USA) Modern Astronomy in Indo-Persian sources: S.M.R. Ansari (India) Takamine and Saha: Contacts with western Astrophysics: D.H. DeVorkin (USA) East Asian historical records and modern Astronomy: Xi Zezong (China) Astronomy education in the East: S. Isobe (Japan) Tuesday, August 26, 9:00-10:30: Session I Keplers's Laws in China: K. Hashimoto (Japan) Possible identification of some periodic comets before AD 1760: Zh. Weifeng (China) Contemporary Astronomy in Iran: A status report: Y. Sobouti (Iran) Changing historical trends in Astronomy education in Australia and New Zealand: W. Orchiston (New Zealand) History of Oriental Astronomy: An overview: S. Nakayama (Japan) JD 20: ENHANCING ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Among Co-Supporting Commissions: 41 (History of Astronomy) Contact Address: Dr. A. H. Batten, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, 5071, W. Saanich Rd, Victoria, B.C., Canada V8X 4M6, Phone: 1 250 363 0009, Fax: 1 250 363 0045, E-mail: batten@dao.nrc.ca JD 23: THE LEONID METEOR STORMS: HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES Among Co-Supporting Commissions: 41 (History of Astronomy) Contact address: Prof I.P.Williams, Astronomy Unit, Queen Mary & Westfield College, Mile End Rd, London E1 4NS, UK, Phone: 44 171 975 5452, Fax: 44 181 981 9587, E-mail: I.P.Williams@qmw.ac.uk From the preliminary programme: Wednesday August 27 morning History of the Leonid Meteor Storms Early observations of the Leonids and other storms in east Asia: I. Hasegawa (Japan) Observations of the Leonids over the last millennium: S. Dick (USA) Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle: its orbit and history: D.K. Yeomans (USA) The Leonids and the comet history and theory: I.P. Williams (USA) For inquiries concerning the XXIIIrd General Assembly in general and the Scientific Programme, please contact: Prof. Immo Appenzeller, General Secretary, International Astronomical Union (IAU), 98 bis, bd Arago, F 75014 Paris, France, Phone: 33 1 43 25 8358, Fax: 33 1 43 25 2616, E-mail: iau@iap.fr For all inquiries concerning registration and local arrangements in Kyoto except hotel/tour reservations, please contact: Prof. T. Fukushima, Chair, Local Organizing Committee, the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU, National Astronomical Observatory, 2-21-1, Ohsawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan, Phone: 81 422 34 3027, Fax: 81 422 34 3027, E-mail: iau97@tenmon.or.jp The URL of the LOC WWW page is: http://www.tenmon.or.jp/iau97/ For all inquiries concerning hotel/tour reservations in Kyoto, please contact: Japan Travel Bureau, Inc., International Travel Division, Convention Center (CD100993-543), 5-5-2, Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo135, Japan, Phone: 81 3 5620 9429, Fax: 81 3 5620 9499, E-mail: jtbiau@mxd.meshnet.or.jp Source (and more information): IAU Information Bulletins No. 78 and 79 URLs: http://www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de/iau/IB78.html http://www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de/iau/IB79.html ........................................................................... Item 2 EMA Nr. 20, 27. Maerz 1997 ........................................................................... The 6th SEAC Conference, Gdansk 1997: First Circular ---------------------------------------------------- Societe Europeenne pour l'Astronomie dans la Culture European Society for Astronomy in Culture THE 6TH SEAC CONFERENCE, GDANSK 1997 (Tuesday the 2nd to Saturday the 6th of September, 1997) First Circular The Organizing Committee: Honorary President: M. Andrzej Zbierski, Director of the Central Maritime Museum, Gdansk President: Dr. Mariusz Ziolkowski, Warsaw University Secretaries: Mgr. Marek Wysoczynski, Central Maritime Museum, Gdansk Dr. Arnold Lebeuf, Jagiellonian University, Krakow Arkadiusz Soltysiak, Warsaw University Members of the Organizing Committee: Dr. Elzbieta Siarkiewicz, Warsaw University Dr. Stanislaw Iwaniszewski, State Museum of Archaeology, Warsaw Mgr Robert M. Sadowski Contacts: * Dr. Arnold Lebeuf, SEAC Conference, Department of the Historical Anthropology, Warsaw University, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28, Warsaw, Poland Fax: (48-22) 826-90-30, (48-22) 826-75-20 E-mail: * Dr. Marek Wysoczynski, SEAC Conference, Central Maritime Museum, ul. Szeroka 67/68, 80-835 Gdansk, Poland Fax: (48-58) 31-84-53 * Dr. Mariusz Ziolkowski, phone (48-22) 620-03-81 ext. 129 E-mail * Arkadiusz Soltysiak E-mail Dear Colleagues, Over the past two decades we, the Europeans, as well as their guests from other continents had had many opportunities, apart from the Oxford International Conferences, to meet together to present results of their work and discuss them in numerous cities and countries, originally solely on the private and independent initiatives of various organizers. Let us recall here at least a few of those events: * 1988: The First National Symposium on Archaeoastronomy, Academy of Sciences, Tolbukhin, Bulgaria * 1989: Archeologia e Astronomia, Institute of Archaeology and Oriental Studies, University of Venice and Astronomical Observatory in Padova, Italy * 1990: Current Problems and Future of Archaeoastronomy, State Archaeological Museum and Department of the Historical Anthropology, Warsaw, Poland * 1991: Archaeoastronomy, Lorand Eotvos Astronomical Observatory, Budapest and King Stephan Museum, Szekesfehervar, Hungary * 1992: Time and Astronomy at the Meeting of Two Worlds (conference on the 500th anniversary of the "discovery" of America), Warsaw University and Town of Frombork, Poland * 1994: The Inspiration of Astronomical Phaenomena, The Vatican Astronomical Observatory, Castel Gandolfo, Italy * 1994: Archeologia e Astronomia, Academia dei Lincei, Rome, Italy * 1996: Problems of Archaeoastronomy, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia However, Prof. Carlos Jaschek who, having already since 1986 established succesfully the regular conferences being held at Strasbourg Observatory under name of Astronomie et Sciences Humaines, had put forward many years ago the idea to bring into life an association which would be able to unite all the hitherto dispersed efforts in order to preserve records of our past achievements as well as to facilitate current exchange of thoughts and regular publication of the works of all our colleagues. For this purpous, he called at Strasbourg for an enlarged meeting in 1992 where were established the basis of SEAC. That is why, although it was not until during the next meeting in Bulgaria in 1993 when the said association became officially constituted under the french name of Societe Europeenne pour l'Astronomie dans la Culture (SEAC) with the votes of its founding members, we shall justly consider Prof. C. Jaschek as the founder of our society and the meeting of 1992 at Strasbourg as the 1st SEAC Conference. It was our intention to hold conferences each year in different country, alternatively in the West or in the East, to facilitate contacts between scholars of the both parts of the continent, so long separated. * 1992: Astronomie et Sciences Humaine, the 1st founder's SEAC conference, Strasbourg Observatory and the European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, France * 1993: Astronomical Traditions in Past Cultures, the 2nd SEAC conference, Smolyan Astronomical Observatory, Smolyan, Bulgaria * 1994: SEAC `94, Astronomy and Culture, the 3rd SEAC conference, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany * 1995: SEAC `95, the 4th SEAC conference, Sibiu University, Sibiu, Romania * 1996: SEAC `96, the 5th SEAC conference, Salamanca University, Salamanca, Spain * 1997: SEAC `97, the 6th SEAC conference is to be held in Gdansk, Poland on initiative of Dr. Mariusz Ziolkowski of the Department of Historical Anthropology, Warsaw University and the Central Maritime Museum in Gdansk We invite you to take part in that meeting and present the most recent results of your work in that area. Due to the location and time of our conference (Gdadsk, the great harbour on the Baltic Sea, will celebrate in 1997 a millenium anniversary of its foundation and of the martyrdom of St. Adalbertus, the baptist of that land), we believe it only right to focus its scope on the three principal subjects: * the stars and the sea * the celestial maps from antiquity to Johan Hevelius * medieval astronomy Of course, the papers on other subjects referring to the astronomy in culture will also be accepted and located separately in the special session. As in all previous cases, the conference proceedings will be published. The conference will be held in english and french. * the deadline for applications is March 31, 1997 * the confirmations will be mailed back together with a provisional invitation, necessary for the candidates in their applying for grants or other sources of financing * the final approval will be decided upon by the Organizing Committee and communicated to all the concerned before April 15 * the approval shall not come into effect until reception of the inscription fee (25 Ecus or equivalent) which should reach us before May 15, the final date to confirm the hotel reservations. The 6th SEAC Conference, Gdansk, Poland Application Form Full name: Professional affiliation: Exact current address, phone, fax, email: Tentative title (together with a short abstract on the separate sheet, if necessary) Taking into account the expected high level of activities in Gdadsk in the year of its celebration we have managed to book only 50 places in the hotel, so please let us know your choice as soon as possible. Accommodations will be provided by MIRAMAR, a three stars class hotel. * Single room: 22 Ecus * Double room: 26 Ecus * Double with bathroom: 34 Ecus ........................................................................... Item 3 EMA Nr. 20, 27. Maerz 1997 ........................................................................... Annual Meeting of the North American Sundial Society: Announcement ------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers The North American Sundial Society will hold its annual meeting on 11-14 September 1997 in Chicago. Highlights will include visits to the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum (Chicago) and the Time Museum (Rockford) in order to inspect their early time-finding instruments. A tour of modern sundials in the Chicagoland area is also planned. The program committee invites papers on all aspects of dialling, including the history, culture, design, fabrication, and science of sundials. Exhibits and short show-and-tell demonstrations are also welcome. Abstracts (up to 500 words) must be submitted by June 1st. For details, please contact: Sara Schechner Genuth, National Museum of American History, Room 1040, MRC 605, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560; fax (202) 786-2851; internet sgenuth@sil.si.edu. The North American Sundial Society was established in 1994 and publishes a quarterly journal, "The Compendium," in both print and digital formats. The first two annual meetings were held in Washington, D.C. and Toronto. Membership is international and currently stands at close to 400. For more information about NASS and membership, please contact: George McDowell, 24 Indian Lane, One West, Baltimore, MD 21210; telephone (410) 528-1282 and (410) 435-8306; internet 104076.1373@compuserve.com. ........................................................................... Item 4 EMA Nr. 20, 27. Maerz 1997 ........................................................................... Ausstellungen ------------- Till 26 March 1997 the Museum of the History of Science at Oxford, UK, displayed the exhibition "The Noble Dane: Images of Tycho Brahe". It was centred on an historical genre painting from the mid-nineteenth century, recently restored, but moved on to consider the image of Tycho in a variety of forms and senses. An on-line Web version is still availabe at http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/tycho/ The celebration of the Three Galileos will continue through June 15, 1997, with an exhibition, "Voyage to the Cosmos", in Padua, Italy. The exhibition is housed in the 13th century Palazzo del Raggion, a medieval hall with walls covered by an astrological cycle painted in the 15th century. The show covers our astronomical conquests from the first telescopic observations by Galileo Galilei, to the technological wonders of the TNG and other modern telescopes, up to the last astounding feats of space exploration with spacecraft and probes. Informatics and virtual reality also have a major role in the exhibition, as well as real-time connections with astronomical sites for remote conferences. Highlights of the exhibition include a replica of Galileo's telescope, a 1/10th scale model of the Galileo spacecraft and a book of Galileo's results, printed in 1630. Additional information in Italian about the exhibition is available at http://tregalilei.interbusiness.it/. An exhibition based on the pioneering voyage of Captain Cook in the Endeavour opens at the Queen's House in the grounds of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (London, UK) at Easter 1997. The exhibition - "Captain Cook and the Endeavour" (24 March to 21 September 1997) - is a blend of original artefacts used by Cook on his first voyage of discovery and stunning paintings of newly discovered lands by British artist and draughtsman, William Hodges. - In July 1768, Cook set sail in Endeavour to observe the Transit of Venus on Tahiti, but also with secret instructions to investigate the existence of the Great South Land. By 1769, Cook had reached New Zealand, where he charted the north and south islands before continuing west. In April 1770, he sighted the east coast of what we now know as Australia, anchoring in Botany Bay. Cook was the first European to accurately chart the Pacific and to open up Australia and New Zealand to later settlement. His navigational skills were exceptional, even before the invention of Harrison's chronometer. His concern for the health of his crew ensured no one died of scurvy and in choosing to convert a Whitby collier he made a sound decision - Endeavour proved an excellent vessel for exploration. - Among the exhibits in Cook and the Endeavour are Cook's personal journal of the voyage; charts so accurate that they can still be used today; an intricate scale model of Endeavour featuring each crew member and the stores taken on board. Additional navigational instruments will be on display at the Old Royal Observatory. - The exhibition coincides with the arrival at Greenwich of the full-size working replica of HM Bark Endeavour. The ship will be on display and open for visitors at Greenwich Pier from 28 March to 13 April 1997, before beginning a 14-port tour of the UK. Endeavour is currently bound for Britain, sailing from Australia via South Africa. To mark the opening of Cook and the Endeavour, a statue of Captain Cook by sculptor Anthony Stones will be unveiled by a special guest in the Museum grounds. Opening hours: Daily 10:00-17:00 Sourcea: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/ee/exhib/index.html http://www.nmm.ac.uk/wn/pr/endexhib.html Noch bis 11. Mai 1997 zeigt das Mainfraenkische Museum in Wuerzburg, Deutschland, die Sonderausstellung "Zeit und Raum: Sonnenuhren und wissenschaftliche Instrumente", die auch astronomische Instrumente umfasst. Katalog: 25 DM + 7 DM Versandkosten (gegen Verrechnungsscheck) Anschrift: Mainfraenkisches Museum, Festung Marienberg, 97082 Wuerzburg, Tel. 0931-43016 Oeffnungszeiten: Di - So 10 - 17 Uhr ........................................................................... Item 5 EMA Nr. 20, 27. Maerz 1997 ........................................................................... Tagungen 1997/98 ---------------- Weitere Tagungen in den Jahren 1997 und 1998 wurden in den vorangegangenen Ausgaben angekuendigt. Fuer eine komplette Liste aller bisher gemeldeten Tagungen siehe: http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/hist_astr/ha_meet.html 21 March 1997, London, UK Symposium on the Foundations of Newtonian Scholarship, including history of astronomy Place: Royal Society Information: Prof. M. Nauenberg, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA, e-mail: michael@mike.ucsc.edu URL: http://physics.ucsc.edu/people/personal/nauenberg.html 4.-5. April 1997, Berlin, Deutschland Interdisziplinaere Fachtagung zu Karl Friedrich Zoellner, dem ersten deutschen Astrophysiker Ort: Archenhold-Sternwarte Berlin-Treptow Information: Klaus Staubermann, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RH, England, Fax +44-1223-334554, e-mail kbs20@cus.cam.ac.uk 11-12 April 1997, London, UK Conference "The Centenary of the Electron", sponsored by the British Society for the History of Science, the Royal Society and the Science Museum. Information: Wing Commander Geoffrey Bennett, 31 High St, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, Oxon SN7 8LH, UK, tel: 01367 710223, fax: 01367 718963, email: G.Bennett@hidex.demon.co.uk 25.-27. April 1997, Pulsnitz und Radeberg, Deutschland Regionaltagung der Vereinigung der Sternfreunde e.V. (VdS) Im Programm u.a.: J. Hamel "Alte Kometendrucke", K.-G.Steinert "Johannes Classen und die Sternwarte Pulsnitz"; Eroeffnung der Meteoritenausstellung in Pulsnitz (Sammlung Classen) Anmeldung: Astroclub Radebeul e.V., Auf den Ebenbergen 10a, D-01445 Radebeul, Tel./Fax 0351/8381907 28 April - 4 May 1997, Aussois, France New Perspectives On Solar prominences, A Memorial Colloquium to Lucien d'Azambuja Contact address: D.M. Rust, The Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, USA, Phone: 1 301 953 5414, Fax: 1 301 953 6670, E-mail: david.rust@jhuapl.edu 30.-31. Mai 1997, Bremerhaven, Deutschland Seminar "Die Entwicklung von Navigation, Kuesten- und Seevermessung in der Technikgeschichte" Tagungsgebuehr: 120,- DM Informationen: VDV-Bildungswerk, FG Geschichte des Vermessungswesens, Heinz Juergen Lagoda, Westfaelische Str. 30, D-47169 Duisburg, Tel. 0203/59 82 47 9-12 September, Mykolayiv, Ukraine International Conference "The Role of Ground-Based Astrometry in the Post-HIPPARCOS Period", to be held in honour of the 175th anniversary of the Mykolayiv [Nikolaev] Astronomical Observatory. The history of the observatory is one of the programme topics. Organizing Committee: Ukraine, 327030, Mykolayiv, Observatorna 1, Mykolayiv Astronomical Observatory, fax: (380512) 35 25 56, e-mail: mao175@mao.nikolaev.ua URL: http://aries.usno.navy.mil/ad/iau/nikol.html 26.-28. September 1997, Regensburg, Deutschland 80. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik zum Thema "Experiment - Instrument" Informationen: Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel, Lehrstuhl fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Universitaet Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Tel. +49-941-943-3661/59, Fax +49-941-943-4992, E-mail: Christoph.Meinel@psk.uni-regensburg.de 26.-28. September 1997, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Deutschland Tagung: "Astronomie, Astrologie und Geschichte" Wie ernst "Astrologie" heute zu nehmen ist und welche Bedeutung ihr Philipp Melanchthon beimass, soll in einem interdisziplinaeren Disput geklaert werden. Informationen: Evangelische Akademie Sachsen-Anhalt, Schlossstr. 15, D-06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg 25.-27. September 1998, Wolfenbuettel, Deutschland 81. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik zum Thema "Antikenrezeption in Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik" Informationen: Herzog August Bibliothek, PF 1364, D-38299 Wolfenbuettel, Tel.: 05331/808-0, Fax: 808-266 ........................................................................... Impressum --------- Elektronische Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte (EMA) Herausgegeben vom Arbeitskreis Astronomiegeschichte in der Astronomischen Gesellschaft Redaktion: Dr. Wolfgang R. Dick Alle nicht namentlich gekennzeichneten Mitteilungen sind redaktionelle Beitraege. Aufsaetze sowie Mitteilungen fuer die Rubriken werden gern entgegengenommen. Der Bezug der EMA ist kostenlos. Abonnenten und Leser werden um gelegentliche freiwillige Spenden an den Arbeitskreis gebeten. Die Elektronischen Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte duerfen unbegrenzt weiterverbreitet werden, sofern dafuer keine Gebuehr erhoben wird. Ein oeffentliches Abgebot in WWW-Servern, BBS etc. ist gestattet, sofern die Redaktion informiert wird. Die Reproduktion von Auszuegen in elektronischen oder Druckmedien ist nur mit Genehmigung der Redaktion gestattet. Die Elektronischen Mitteilungen ergaenzen die gedruckten Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte, die derzeit halbjaehrlich erscheinen: Preis: 1,50 DM/Ausgabe zzgl. Versandkosten Ausserhalb der BRD: kostenfrei, Spenden erwuenscht Bezug: Einsendung von 2,50 DM (Einzelheft) oder 5,- DM (Nr. 10-11) in Briefmarken an die Redaktion Redaktion: Dr. W. R. Dick, Otterkiez 14, D-14478 Potsdam, Tel.: (+331) 863199 Kostenlose Probeexemplare koennen bei der Redaktion angefordert werden. Anschriften des Arbeitskreises Astronomiegeschichte: URL: http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/aa/aa.html Vorsitzender: Prof. Dr. Peter Brosche, Observatorium Hoher List der Sternwarte der Universitaet Bonn, D-54550 Daun, Tel.: (+6592) 2150, Fax: (+6592) 985140 Sekretaer: Dr. Wolfgang R. Dick, Institut fuer Angewandte Geodaesie, Aussenstelle Potsdam, Postfach 60 08 08, D-14408 Potsdam, Tel.: (+331) 316 618, E-mail: wdi@potsdam.ifag.de Spendenkonto der Astronomischen Gesellschaft: Konto-Nr. 333 410 41, Sparkasse Bochum (BLZ 430 500 01) Ueberweisungen aus dem Ausland: Konto Nr. 162 18-203, Postgiroamt Hamburg, BLZ 200 400 20 Alle Einzahlungen bitte mit Vermerk "Fuer Arbeitskreis Astronomiegeschichte" ***************************************************************************