*************************************************************************** * * * ELEKTRONISCHE MITTEILUNGEN ZUR ASTRONOMIEGESCHICHTE * * * * Herausgegeben vom Arbeitskreis Astronomiegeschichte * * in der Astronomischen Gesellschaft * * * * Nr. 68, 10. Dezember 2003 * * * * Redaktion: Wolfgang R. Dick und Hilmar W. Duerbeck * * * *************************************************************************** Inhalt ------ 1. Peter Brosche: Stiftung fuer Geschichte der Astronomie 2. The Society for the History of Astronomy 3. Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy 4. Foerderpreis der DGGMNT 5. Gamow Memorial Conference 6. Solar Eclipse Conference 7. Anfrage zu astronomischen Tafeln um 1700 Danksagung Impressum ........................................................................... Item 1 EMA Nr. 68, 10. Dez. 2003 ........................................................................... Stiftung fuer Geschichte der Astronomie --------------------------------------- Von Peter Brosche, Daun (Aus: "Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte" Nr. 19, Januar 2002, S. 1; Kontoangabe aktualisiert.) Eine solche Stiftung habe ich kuerzlich unter dem Namen "Seeberg-Stiftung" mit dem kleinen Start-Kapital von 50 TDM gegruendet. Sie ist eine unselbstaendige Stiftung. Ich bin der Ernst-Abbe-Stiftung in Jena dafuer dankbar, dass sie die Funktion des Treuhaenders uebernommen hat. Fuer die naechsten drei Jahre werden alle Ertraege in das Stiftungsvermoegen fliessen - also bitte noch keine Foerderantraege stellen! Das ist eher ein Scherz, denn jeder kann sich die Hoehe normaler Zinsen selbst ausrechnen. Es wird also das erste Ziel sein, das Kapital auf 100 TDM zu bringen. Mit den einigen tausend Mark Zinsen, die dann zur Verfuegung stehen, koennen wir aber schon etwas anfangen. Ich denke vor allem an Druckkostenzuschuesse, die fuer unsere Aktivitaeten ja essentiell sind. Ein allgemeiner Beweggrund fuer die Gruendung war der, ueberhaupt einen Anfang zu machen, damit eine Art Hafen vorhanden ist, wohin potentielle Zustifter und Spender in petto vielleicht schon zugedachte Mittel senden koennen. Wir halten Ausschau nach ihnen! Die gemeinnuetzige Natur der Stiftung wurde mit der vorlaeufigen Bescheinigung des Finanzamtes Gera vom 20.6.2001 anerkannt (Steuer-Nr. 161/142/26118). Das Konto der Seeberg-Stiftung bei der Filiale Jena der Deutschen Bank (BLZ 820 700 00) hat die Nr. 3940 111. ........................................................................... Item 2 EMA Nr. 68, 10. Dez. 2003 ........................................................................... The Society for the History of Astronomy ---------------------------------------- (Aus: Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy, No. 53, November 17, 2003, Item 1) As 2003 begins to wind down, the Society for the History of Astronomy is looking back on a time of worthwhile progress and significant achievements. Founded on June 29, 2002 at Wadham College, Oxford, by Stuart Williams, FRAS and well-known astronomy historian Dr. Allan Chapman of Wadham College, with the able assistance of Ken Goward, FRAS, the UK's new national society for the history of our great science has already passed a few milestones in its short but memorable history! The SHA's first Council was elected at the Founding Meeting, and consisted of Chair Emily Winterburn, Secretary Stuart Williams, FRAS, Treasurer Ken Goward, FRAS, and Councillors Roger Jones, Kevin Kilburn, FRAS and Dr. Nick Kollerstrom. Honorary Councillors Hon. President Dr. Allan Chapman and Hon. Vice Presidents Sir Patrick Moore and Dr. Michael Hoskin were appointed shortly thereafter. The Society began in earnest by setting up an Archive at the Library of the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, under the supervision of Institute Librarian and SHA member, now Archivist, Mark Hurn. In parallel with this, a Members' Lending Library was founded by professional Librarian Madeline Cox, FRAS. Both have gone from strength to strength in following months and will be developed in 2004. A Newsletter and Website were created by Callum Potter, the Society's Editor, both essential tools of communication and outreach to SHA members and the public, especially as 90% of SHA members use email. The Newsletter will continue to be developed in 2004 by a new editorial team. Our outreach to local astronomical societies and the Regions was begun successfully by Kevin Kilburn, FRAS, of Manchester Astronomical Society, and has been strongly followed up by Martin Lunn, MBE, of Yorkshire Museum, who replaced Kevin on Council during summer 2003. The Society's Survey of the Astronomical Geography of the UK, a core element of its work, was swiftly set up by SHA Councillor Roger Jones with the assistance of Stuart Williams, FRAS. The Survey aims to reveal the depth of local history of astronomy in particular across the UK over coming months and years. The SHA held its first Members' Meeting on November 2, 2002 at Soho House in Handsworth, Birmingham, 18th century home of Matthew Boulton and The Lunar Society, where new discoveries by SHA member Andrew Lound relating to Boulton's astronomy and his connections with William Herschel were revealed for the first time. Reaching more than a hundred members across the UK and beyond by the end of the year, the SHA went on to hold its historic first AGM & Conference on February 22, 2003 at the old Royal Observatory Greenwich and National Maritime Museum in February. The Conference provided the first opportunity for Members' research papers to be presented and saw the formal launch of the SHA Survey. As a matter of principle, the Society makes its meetings accessible nationwide, and in 2004 the AGM & Conference moves to the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, heading further north in 2005. The Society was delighted to be invited to organise Session 51: History of Astronomy, at the National Astronomy Meeting in Dublin on April 10, 2003. This successful session, chaired by SHA Chair Emily Winterburn, Curator of Astronomy at the Royal Observatory Greenwich and co-organised by SHA Secretary Stuart Williams, FRAS, set the tone for future such sessions and the SHA has been invited to do the same at NAM 2004, being held at the Open University in Milton Keynes. A fine social event was held on July 5, 2003 with the SHA's first Annual Picnic, returning to the home of its founding at Wadham College, Oxford. Future Annual Picnics, celebrating the founding, will alternately tour the UK, with the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton, Woolsthorpe Manor, being the venue proposed for 2004, and the Picnic will return to Wadham College in 2005. The SHA has made a point of participating in events dedicated to 'grass roots' astronomy, and has fielded stands at the British Astronomical Association Exhibition Meetings, Federation of Astronomical Societies Conferences, Leeds AstroMeets and Orwell Astronomical Society events since its foundation, now with a spectacular new 'Baroque' display, complete with William Herschel organ music! These public appearances will continue in similar vein and we look forward to making many more new friends around the UK as a result. National Astronomy Week 2003 was very enjoyable for the SHA. The Society was particularly pleased to be invited to organise a morning Open Session at the Centenary Astro Day of Manchester Astronomical Society on August 30, following lectures organised jointly with The Planetary Society at Soho House, Handsworth, the previous weekend. The Open Session of talks and presentations by SHA members provided a wonderful opportunity to prove the SHA's commitment to the Regions and the chance for SHA members to meet like-minded friends from the historic Manchester AS and the rest of the north of England. It was also the occasion of the official Public Launch of the SHA Survey and its online presence on the SHA website. Finally, the SHA ends the year with a special visit of the SHA Council and guests to the Royal Astronomical Society Library at Burlington House in December. We aim to foster cordial relations with the RAS at all times, as well as the other national, regional and local groups. We have already affiliated to the British Astronomical Association, and will in future be maintaining a working relationship with the Historical Section of the BAA. We would welcome contact with any group with which we have common interests, and new members of course continue to be welcome. The Society for the History of Astronomy does not plan to rest on its laurels. There is much to do in 2004, which will see the launch of our annual journal 'The Antiquarian Astronomer' under the Editorship of Callum Potter. We will continue to tour the UK and proceed apace with our national Survey, the first of its kind in the history of astronomy. We exist to help preserve astronomy's history for posterity, and look to the future with great anticipation and enthusiasm. CONTACT: Stuart Williams, FRAS, Secretary, SHA, 26 Matlock Road, Bloxwich, WS3 3QD, UK (please enclose a stamped s.a.e. if a reply is required). Email: secretary@shastro.org.uk Website: www.shastro.org.uk [Source: Society for the History of Astronomy, Press Release, 6 October 2003] ........................................................................... Item 3 EMA Nr. 68, 10. Dez. 2003 ........................................................................... Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy ------------------------------------------------------------ (Aus: Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy, No. 54, November 24, 2003, Item 7) The 21st International Congress of History of Science (ICHS) was held in Mexico, July 8-14, 2001. The Congress was sponsored by the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS), which in turn is adhered to UNESCO through the International Scientific Union (ICSU). ICHS is held every fourth year. The next Congress will be held in China in 2005. As a matter of fact, ICHS is organised with the help of a large number of symposia and meetings of its scientific sections. At the 21st Congress, 67 symposia were organised, 28 sectional meetings and 4 special sessions. More than 1000 historians of science contributed in the Mexico Congress. The international community of historians of science cannot become individually members of the IUHPS. Its constitution allows only countries (through national committees) and history of science associations/academies as members. At present, 49 countries adhere to it. For the individual historians of science, there are a number of historical commissions, that are a sort of working-groups of specialised research fields, and the members of which interact among themselves. For instance, there are 11 historical commissions before the Mexico Congress. At the General Assembly (GA) of IUHPS (i.e. the business meetings of the Executive Council and General Body of IUHPS), which is held at each ICHS, the presidents of the Historical Commissions are also elected, besides the election of the Executive Council. Proposals of new commissions are also approved at GA. At the 21st ICHS in Mexico two new commissions were created, namely, "Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy" (President, S.M. Razaullah Ansari, Aligarh /India), and "Commission for the History of Science and Cultural Diversity" (President, Paulus Gerdes, Mozambique). The proposal for the creation of the Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy (CHAMA) was moved by Prof. S.M.R. Ansari (Aligarh/India). He stated the rationale underlying the proposal of this commission as follows: "The main aim and objective of this Commission is to bring under its purview research in the astronomical heritage of all cultural areas of the world. This idea is in consonance with the theme of this 21st Congress, namely, Science and Cultural Diversity. As historians of science, we know that astronomy was the most significant science during the ancient and medieval period. The majority of the world historians of astronomy are expert not only of astronomy, but they are also scholars of classical languages: Chinese, Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic and Persian etc., in the sources of which enormous amount of astronomical data is locked in. For these historians of astronomy particularly a forum is required, so that its members could interact among themselves, and acquaint themselves particularly with the work-in-progress of their colleagues. To achieve this end, this Commission is proposed." The Commission wishes to organise under its auspices a Symposium at the 22nd ICHS (China), in 2005. Further it publishes a Newsletter, under the Editorship of Prof. Ansari, and Ms. Anne Tihon, the Secretary of the Commission, who is a well-known historian of Greek astronomy. The Newsletter will be published in electronic version as well as printed publication. The Commission requests all historians of astronomy, particularly of ancient and medieval period, to register themselves and to send the President / Secretary information regarding their work-in-progress, publications and news items for the Newsletter. For contact, e-mail addresses are: Raza.Ansari@gmx.net, Raza.Ansari@vsnl.com, and tihon@ori.ucl.ac.be. Postal addresses: President: Prof. S.M. Razaullah Ansari, Roshan Villa, Muzammil Manzil Compound, Dodhpur, Aligarh 20002, India, Tel. +91-571-703952, fax: 400466 Secretary: Anne Tihon, Universite Catholique de Louvain, 28 rue Ferme du Coq, Court-St-Etienne, 1490, Belgium Website of CHAMA: http://chama.fltr.ucl.ac.be/ [Based on text provided by S.M. Razaullah Ansari and Anne Tihon, also printed in more extended form in Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 5, 2002, p. 102] ........................................................................... Item 4 EMA Nr. 68, 10. Dez. 2003 ........................................................................... Foerderpreis der DGGMNT ----------------------- Die Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaften und Technik e.V. (DGGMNT) vergibt im Jahr 2004 zum dritten Mal ihren Foerderpreis. Durch den Foerderpreis sollen Forschungsarbeiten von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftlern (in der Regel nicht aelter als 40 Jahre) aus dem Gebiet der Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik anerkannt und gefoerdert werden. Der Foerderpreis besteht aus einem Beitrag von 1.250,- Euro sowie einer Urkunde der DGGMNT. Zur Teilnahme aufgefordert und berechtigt sind junge Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus allen Gebieten der Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaften oder Technik. Die eingereichten Arbeiten sollen einen innovativen Beitrag zur Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik leisten; dies gilt gleichermassen fuer theoretisch, methodisch oder empirisch ausgerichtete Arbeiten. Die Forschungsergebnisse sollen aktuell und daher nicht aelter als zwei Jahre sein. In der Regel sollen die Arbeiten in deutscher Sprache abgefasst sein. Der Bewerbung sind zwei Exemplare beizulegen. Die Bewerbungen muessen bis zum 31.12.2003 beim Vorsitzenden des Preisvergabekomites der DGGMNT (Prof. Dr. Helmuth Albrecht, Institut fuer Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte der TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Reiche Zeche, Fuchsmuehlenweg 9, 09596 Freiberg) eingegangen sein. [Quelle: Christoph Meinel an Diskussionsgruppe "Wissenschaftsgeschichte in Deutschland", oldenburg@listserv.ngate.uni-regensburg.de, 5.12.2003] ........................................................................... Item 5 EMA Nr. 68, 10. Dez. 2003 ........................................................................... Gamow Memorial Conference ------------------------- (Aus: Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy, No. 54, November 24, 2003, Item 5) Astrophysics and Cosmology after Gamow - Theory and Observations International Gamow Memorial Conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of George Gamow Odessa, Ukraine, August 8-14, 2004 ORGANIZERS: Odessa National University, Department of Astronomy of the Odessa National University, Ukrainian Astronomical Association, Euro-Asian Astronomical Society, Odessa Astronomical Society, Russian Gravitational Society SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Chairman: Professor G.S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan (Moscow, Russia) Vice-chairmen: Professor S.A. Silich (Puebla, Mexico - Kiev, Ukraine), Professor A.I. Zhuk (Odessa, Ukraine) Scientific committee members: N.G. Bochkarev (Moscow, Russia), R. McCray (Boulder, Colorado, USA), P.I. Fomin (Kiev, Ukraine), Pedro Gonzales-Diaz (Madrid, Spain), J. Franco (Mexico), N.S. Kardashev (Moscow, Russia), A.A. Konovalenko (Kharkov, Ukraine), R. Lovelace (Cornell University, USA), V.N. Melnikov (Moscow, Russia), V.N. Rudenko (Moscow, Russia), J. Silk (Oxford, UK), A.A. Starobinsky (Moscow, Russia), R. Terlevich (Puebla, Mexico), J.C. Wheeler (Austin, Texas, USA), V.G. Zhotikov (Moscow, Russia) Conference secretary: O.D. Toropina (Moscow, Russia) GAMOW MEMORIAL COMMITTEE: Chairman: Rector of a Odessa National University, professor V.A. Smyntyna Memorial committee members: A.M. Cherepashchuk (Moskow, Russia), A.D. Chernin (Moscow, Russia ), J. Einasto, (Tartu, Estonia), I.R. Gamow (Colorado University, USA), V.G. Karetnikov (Odessa, Ukraine), V.N. Obridko (Moscow, Russia), J. Palous (Prague, Czech. Republic), I.B. Pustylnik (Tartu, Estonia), M.I. Ryabov (Odessa, Ukraine), V. Trimble (IAU), M. Valtonen (Turku, Finland), I.A. Vakarchuk (Lviv, Ukraine), Ya.C. Yatskiv (Kiev, Ukraine) INVITED SPEAKERS: V.A. Belinski (Italy - Russia), V.S. Beskin (Russia), S. Blinnikov (Russia), V.M. Chechetkin (Russia), M. Demianski * (Poland), A.D. Dolgov (Italy - Russia), V.P. Frolov (Canada - Russia), D.V. Galtsov (Russia), M.Yu. Khlopov (Russia), I. Khriplovich (Russia), C. Kiefer (Germany), T. Lozinskaya (Russia), S. Moiseenko (Russia), I.D. Novikov * (Denmark - Russia), R. Ruffini (Italy), A. Silbergleit * (Stanford, USA), M. Shapiro, J. Soda (Japan), D.G. Yakovlev (Russia). * - to be confirmed CONFERENCE SESSION: 1. Memorial meeting (Convener - A. Chernin) 2. Cosmology and Gravitation (Convener - A. Zhuk) 3. Large-Scale Structure of the Universe (Convener - V. Lukash) 4. Gravitational Lenses in the Universe (Convener - M. Sazhin) 5. Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Observations and Acretion Theory (Convener - M. Prokhorov) 6. Nucleosynthesis in Stars, Starbursts and Interstellar Medium (Convener - N. Bochkarev) 7. High Energy Astrophysics (Convener - B. Hnatyk) Please send title and abstract of your talks to the convener of the session where you would like to present your talk (by Email - addresses see on conference web site). The choice between the oral talk and poster will be done by the convener, where your wishes will be taken into account as far as possible. SUPPORT OF THE CONFERENCE: Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Scienses, European INTAS Fund, UNESCO, International Astronomical Union, European Astronomical Society, American Astronomical Society, American Physical Society REGISTRATION FEE: - participant registered before March 1, 2004: 240 USD - participant registered after March 1, 2004: 280 USD For Eastern European Countries: - participant registered before March 1, 2004: 120 USD - participant registered after March 1, 2004: 160 USD For NIS Countries: - participant registered before March 1, 2004: 25 USD - participant registered after March 1, 2004: 35 USD The conference fee includes Proceedings, coffee breaks, ... Payment is possible on a bank account or by cash upon arrival. More information and registration form: http://www.iki.rssi.ru/gmic100/ Other Gamow memorial events: - Gamow's days at Odessa State University, St. Petersburg State University, Colorado University and Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (March 2004) - Establishment of a memorable medal in Odessa State University (March 2004) - Gamow memorial plate mounting (March 2004) - Establishment of the Gamow Center and Planetarium at Odessa State University [Sources: http://www.iki.rssi.ru/gmic100/english/first.htm; http://www.iki.rssi.ru/gmic100/english/project.htm] ........................................................................... Item 6 EMA Nr. 68, 10. Dez. 2003 ........................................................................... Solar Eclipse Conference ------------------------ The next international Solar Eclipse Conference 2004 (SEC2004) will be held on 2004 August 20-22 at Open University, Milton Keynes, England. The main objective of the conference is to bring together professionals and amateurs to discuss all aspects of solar eclipses. Two days of lectures will be given in each of the following disciplines: predictions, mathematics, solar physics, weather forecasting, eye safety, diameter measuring, edge and central, and ancient eclipse research. Both past and future solar eclipses will be discussed, as well as the 2004 transit of Venus. The Open University has its headquarters at Walton Hall, in Milton Keynes which is midway between London and Birmingham, and Oxford and Cambridge. It is necessary to make prior arrangements if you wish to attend SEC2004 or to make a presentation, lecture, or poster display. Please contact Patrick Poitevin (solareclipsewebpages@btopenworld.com). The programme will include also several lectures on historic topics: Leo Dubal (France): "Questioning Ancient Eclipse Records" Pierre Guillermier (France): "Eclipse Paintings in the XVIth and XVIIth centuries: The Pieter Paul Rubens' Christ on the Cross and the Antoine Caron's Dionysius the Areopagite" Peter Hingley (UK): "Picturing Eclipses, 1478 - 2000" Eli Maor (USA): "Jeremiah Horrocks and the 1639 Transit of Venus" Eckehard Schmidt (Germany): "Nuremberg - its history of solar eclipses" F. Richard Stephenson (UK): "Historical eclipses: then and now" Robert van Gent (The Netherlands): "Eclipse Cycles" More information is available at the conference's web site: http://solareclipsewebpages.users.btopenworld.com/SEC_files/SEC2004.html [Source: conference's web site, see above] ........................................................................... Item 7 EMA Nr. 68, 10. Dez. 2003 ........................................................................... Anfrage zu astronomischen Tafeln um 1700 ---------------------------------------- Dipl.Ing. Yaaqov Loewinger (Tel Aviv / Israel) ist an der Antwort zu folgenden Fragen interessiert: "Um 1717 schrieb ein Frankfurter Jude namens Joseph Kosman ein hebraeisches Buch ueber die juedischen Braeuche seiner Stadt. Unter anderem notierte er die an Sonnenaufgang/-untergang gebundenen Gebetszeiten in Frankfurt am Main. Ich fragte mich: woher nahm er diese Zeiten? Es scheint mir unwahrscheinlich, dass er diese selber berechnete! Daher suche ich ein bekanntes Standardwerk um 1700 im Raum Frankfurt am Main, das diese Daten enthielt. Dabei interessiert mich auch: - mit welcher Sonnenformel man zu jenen Zeiten arbeitete; - ob man die Refraktion schon beruecksichtigt hatte, und wie? - ob man in Deutschland, in gaengigen Almanachen, im Allgemeinen die Daten der Sonnenmitte oder des oberen Randes der Sonne beruecksichtigte (wie z.B in der franzoesischen Connaissance des Temps)." Wer kennt einen Kalender aus der Zeit um 1700, der Sonnenaufgang/-untergang fuer Frankfurt am Main angab? Wer kann die weiteren Fragen beantworten? Bitte senden Sie Ihre Antwort direkt an Herrn Loewinger (judithl@post.tau.ac.il), mit einer Kopie an die Redaktion. Die postalische Anschrift und Telefon/Fax von Herrn Loewinger kann die Redaktion auf Anfrage mitteilen. ........................................................................... Danksagung ---------- Fuer die direkte Zusendung von Informationen danken wir S.M. Razaullah Ansari, Peter Brosche, Bernd Pfeiffer, Eckehard Schmidt, Anne Tihon und Stuart Williams. ........................................................................... Impressum --------- Elektronische Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte (EMA) Herausgegeben vom Arbeitskreis Astronomiegeschichte in der Astronomischen Gesellschaft Redaktion: Dr. Wolfgang R. Dick und Dr. Hilmar W. Duerbeck Archiv bisheriger Ausgaben: http://www.astrohist.org/aa/ema/ 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 in der Regel halbjaehrlich erscheinen: Preis: 1,- Euro/Ausgabe zzgl. Versandkosten Ausserhalb von Deutschland: kostenfrei, Spenden erwuenscht Bezug: Einsendung von 1,50 Euro (Einzelheft) oder 3,- Euro (Nr. 20-21) in Briefmarken an die Redaktion Redaktion: Dr. W. R. Dick, Anschrift siehe unten Kostenlose Probeexemplare koennen bei der Redaktion angefordert werden. Anschriften des Arbeitskreises Astronomiegeschichte: URL: http://www.astrohist.org/ Vorsitzender: Prof. Dr. Peter Brosche, Observatorium Hoher List der Sternwarte der Universitaet Bonn, D-54550 Daun, Tel.: +49(0)6592 2150, Fax: +49(0)6592 985140, e-mail: pbrosche@astro.uni-bonn.de Sekretaer: Dr. Wolfgang R. Dick, Vogelsang 35 A, D-14478 Potsdam, e-mail: wdick@astrohist.org Spendenkonto der Arbeitskreises Astronomiegeschichte: Empfaenger: Astronomische Gesellschaft, Konto-Nr.: 310 330 402, Volksbank Coesfeld-Duelmen, BLZ 401 631 23 Ueberweisungen aus dem Ausland: Konto Nr. 16218-203, Postbank Hamburg, BLZ 200 100 20 Einzahlungen auf letzteres Konto bitte mit Vermerk "Fuer Arbeitskreis Astronomiegeschichte". ***************************************************************************