I am amateurastronomer and member of the Astronomical Society of Linz (Austria) - LAG -since 1979. During many years I did there various jobs concerning public astronomical work. Some examples: Under my financial leadership a public observatory has been built in Linz/Austria, a planetary educational trail was established, further on a external observing site out of the city in dark skies has been erected, a big aequatorial sundial was realised and I did some public astronomical lectures and publications, and for some years I have been chairman of the society ..... but this is history for me. I consigned my functions to younger and very dedicated people. Today Herbert Raab ( the author of the well known software "Astrometrica") is the chairman and dedicated astrophotographers and amateurastronomers like "stargazer" (Dietmar Hager) or Erich Meyer/Erwin Obermeir (IAU Observatory Code: 540 Linz) are making their great contributions to astronomy worldwide.
Some private additionally informations about me: In my dayjob I am working for a big Austrian public traffic enterprise in the field of an IT-Systemmanager. I am not only networking computers, but also I acquired some social skills I can use additionally in my job and also for private use and social networking. I am trainer for group-facilitation and further I have a qualified schooling in adult-education. Very helpful skills to share astronomical knowledge and causal relations to a broad class of population.
Today for me the universal appeal of astronomy is still fascinating. It's astonishing to see how astronomy has changed, to see the big technological progress and to deal with the new challenge and to be a part of a big community around the world, a world of information nearly without borders. Not only for our big community, but for all human beings our nightsky is worth to be protected and to be saved for our next generations. Our One Dark Sky ist the biggest World Heritage Site we have - let's protect it together and let's struggle against light pollution ! One of my contributions to reach this goal are my efforts to spread information to as many people as possible. This little webpage, free hosted on a public-server of Linz, is also a little step in doing this. Sharing my/our "Astronomical Excitement" with family, children and friends will be the best contribution to reach this goal. Further I am fully sharing the mission and goal of Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) and their dedication to foster understanding and goodwill across national and cultural boundaries by creating relationships through the universal appeal of astronomy. Further to this aspect I hold the role "Ambassador & National Coordinator" for this worldwide organisation. For me to make this mission alive, I am planning some tours to arabic countries (one of the cradles of astronomy), travelling with my astro-equipped car to foreign countries and cultures, trying to get connected by sharing the fascination of our ONE SAME SKY !
Further, beeing an elected Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, I have signed the Universal Ethical Code for Scientists and I am anxious to fullfill these conditions in my daily life and my astronomical functioning.
for the historic collaboration on sharing our OneSky (1. AWB - Remote Observing
Session 25. Sept.2009)
for a report written in German of the 1. international AWB - Remote
Observing Event.
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