Johannes Feitzinger

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Johannes Feitzinger

Johannes Viktor Feitzinger (born March 2, 1939 in Troppau ) is a German astrophysicist and former director of the observatory and planetarium in Bochum .

Life

After being expelled from the Sudetenland , Johannes Feitzinger graduated from high school in Aschaffenburg in 1959 . The study of astrophysics and mathematics, he graduated at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics in Tübingen and ended it with the doctorate in 1972 with the work of the dynamic interaction between the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds at Gerhard Elwert . In 1974 he became a research assistant at the Astronomical Institute of the Ruhr University in Bochum , and after his habilitation in 1979 he was appointed professor in 1984.

In 1986 he was appointed director of the observatory and planetarium in Bochum, and at the same time he was professor of astronomy / astrophysics at the Ruhr University in Bochum. Feitzinger was co-initiator and founding member of the Council of German Planetariums in 1987, member of the Academic Council of the Humboldt Society for Science, Art and Education, member of the New York Academy of Sciences, member of the International Astronomical Union and there representative of German astronomy in the specialist group for astronomy Teaching (as elected delegate of the Council of German Observatories), member of the International Scientific Astronomical Society Germany. He was twice spokesman for the Council of German Planetariums for two years each and then deputy. Feitzinger was on the editorial board of the magazine Astronomy and Space Travel in Classes from 1990 to 2018. He wrote for the monthly magazine Astronomy and Space Travel in Classes, Friedrich / Klett Verlag from 1989-2019. He wrote the preview of the starry sky of the month in the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung from 1992–2012.

Johannes Feitzinger has been retired since 2004. For 2019 he was awarded the Bruno H. Bürgel Prize .

Fonts

  • On the way on the Milky Way. The exploration of our galaxy , Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 1993
  • The Milky Way. Inside views of our galaxy , Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2002
  • Galaxies & Cosmology Structure and Development of the Universe, Kosmos Verlag - 2007
  • Disc, sphere, black hole The scientific conquest of the cosmos. Editor: Uwe Schultz, Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1990, Munich. Several editions as Insel-Taschenbuch No. 1804, 1996 and the following years. Contribution by Feitzinger: From galaxy to galaxy - The infinity of the universe.
  • From the earth to the planets The solar system. Editor: V. Kasten, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2002. Contributions by Feitzinger: How do the seasons come about? , The moon illusion and the compressed sky.
  • From the stars to the galaxies The Milky Way and the cosmos. Editor: V. Kasten, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2003. Contributions by Feitzinger: The southern heavenly pole, the southern cross and Ptolemy. ' What is the Milky Way? , The Magellanic Clouds , The Local Group , Spiral Structure in Star Systems .
  • Handbook for Sternfreunde , publisher: GD Roth, Vol. 1 and 2, Springer Verlag, 1989, Berlin, several editions. Contribution by Feitzinger: Extragalactic Objects, Vol. 2, p. 541-588.
  • In the beginning there was no god Patmos Verlag 2004, co-author: Johannes Feitzinger
  • Stars and Space Vol. 8 of the Bergmann - Schäfer series, textbook for experimental physics. Publisher: W. Raith, de Gruyter Verlag, Berlin, 2002, several editions. Co-author: Johannes Feitzinger
  • Compendium of Practical Astronomy Vol. 1 - 3, Springer Verlag, Berlin, New York, 1994. Contribution by Feitzinger: Extragalactic Objects, Vol. 3, p. 199-244.
  • Handbook of Practical Astronomy , editor: Günther D. Roth, Springer Verlag Heidelberg, 2009. Contribution by Feitzinger: Extragalactic Objects, pages 667–695
  • Cosmic Horizons Spectrum, Academic Publishing 2001
  • The fascination of the cosmos - planets, stars, black holes , Sentker, Andreas; Wigger, Frank (Ed.), ZEIT - Wissen Edition 2008, co-author: Johannes Feitzinger

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Council of German Planetariums
  2. ↑ Astronomy and space travel in class
  3. ↑ Preview of the starry sky of the month
personal data
SURNAME Feitzinger, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feitzinger, Johannes Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German astrophysicist and long-time director of the observatory and planetarium in Bochum
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Troppau