interstellarum
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| description | Journal of Practical Astronomy |
| Area of Expertise | astronomy |
| publishing company | Oculum-Verlag GmbH, Erlangen |
| First edition | 1994 |
| attitude | 2015 |
| Frequency of publication | bi-monthly |
| Editor-in-chief | Ronald Stoyan |
| executive Director | Ronald Stoyan |
| Article archive | Issue archive |
| ISSN |
0946-9915 |
interstellarum was a German magazine for practical astronomy and was published every two months by Oculum-Verlag , Erlangen . The content was aimed at astronomers and amateur astronomers . From January 2016 to the end of 2018 the magazine was published in an expanded form under the title Adventure Astronomy .
In addition to the six regular issues, two themed issues were published each year, one of which was dedicated to telescopes , binoculars and accessories. The second was reserved for changing topics. In addition, the editorial team published a book program, including the series interstellarum Astro-Praxis with instructions for amateur astronomers.
interstellarum was founded in 1994 as a magazine for deep-sky observation by Jürgen Lamprecht, Ronald Stoyan and Klaus Veit. Interstellarum was published quarterly up to issue 19. Issue no. 20 saw a reorientation towards all areas of amateur astronomy. Since then, interstellarum has been published every two months with increasing success and has also been available in magazine stores since 2004. In addition to Ronald Stoyan, Dr. Frank Gasparini, Daniel Fischer and Paul Hombach on the editorial team.
From 2011 to 2014 there was the video podcast interstellarum-Sternstunde , which appeared six times a year parallel to the issues of the magazine. In January 2012, the interstellarum celestial calendar , the first app from an astronomical magazine worldwide, was also published. The interstellarum editorial team also announced the astrophotographer of the year photo competition every year , with more than 1400 submissions for the 2013 competition.
At the end of 2014, a successful crowdfunding for a restart with the magazine's Startnext platform was initiated. With more than 125,000 euros in support, it is one of the most successful crowdfunding in the German-speaking print sector. After four issues up to number 100 had appeared in 2015, the paper was continued from the beginning of 2016 to the end of 2018 under the new name Adventure Astronomy .
In 2014 and 2015 the interstellarum - Celestial Almanac was published for the following year with a weekly instead of the usual monthly overview in the tradition of the discontinued calendar for astronomers - from 2016 to 2018 also with the changed name Adventure Astronomy - Celestial Almanac.