Günter D. Roth

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Günter D. Roth (* 28. September 1931 in Munich , † 1. September 2016 ) was a German merchant , amateur astronomer and author of numerous popular science and reference books in the fields of astronomy and planetary science .

Life

As a businessman, Günter D. Roth managed a chemical-technical company in Munich. As a 13-year-old schoolboy, he had found access to astronomy through a family friend and carried out his first celestial observations with a borrowed three-inch refractor. He devoted himself in particular to the observation of planets . In the early 1950s he took part in the founding of the Vereinigung der Sternfreunde eV (VdS), whose management he took over in 1957. Since the founding of the magazine Sterne und Weltraum in 1962, he has worked there in various functions, initially as editor and representative of amateur astronomers, later as co-editor and from 1982 to 1999 also as publisher. With his numerous books and magazine articles, he brought many star friends closer to the enthusiasm for this hobby.

Works

  • Planetary observation manual
  • Recognize and observe stars and planets
  • Cosmos - history of astronomy - astronomers, instruments, discoveries
  • Stars and constellations - The most important constellations of the northern and southern skies
  • Stars and planets (with sky maps and newly developed star pointers)
  • The BLV Wetterkunde , 15th edition, BLV Buchverlag, 2017.

literature

  • Günter D. Roth: Behind the scenes. In: Stars and Space. Volume 38, No. 1, 1999 ISSN  0039-1263 , p. 3
  • Günter D. Roth on his 80th birthday. In: Stars and Space. Volume 50, No. 10, 2009 ISSN  0039-1263 , p. 104
  • Günter D. Roth et al .: The development phase of "SuW". In: Stars and Space. Volume 51, No. 4, 2012 ISSN  0039-1263 , pp. 36-37
  • U. Reichert: Obituary: Günter D. Roth (1931-2016). In: Stars and Space. Volume 55, No. 11, 2016 ISSN  0039-1263 , p. 90

Individual evidence

  1. ^ SZ commemoration of Günther D. Roth. Retrieved September 8, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Stars and Space. November 2016, p. 90.
  3. ^ SZ commemoration of Günther D. Roth. Retrieved September 8, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Roth, Günter D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German astronomer and author of numerous popular science books
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 2016