Woldemar Götz
Woldemar Götz (* 1930 ; † 1996 ) was a German astronomer .
Götz tried to study physics after graduating from high school, but was not accepted. In 1949 he came to the Sonneberg observatory and worked there initially as a computer evaluating the data on variable stars.
From 1952 onwards, together with Wolfgang Wenzel and Gerold Richter, he carried out independent research on star spectra of variable stars for decades . In addition, he studied precision engineering as a distance learning course and completed this training in 1960. In 1980 he did his PhD on the behavior of young variable stars . In 1986 he finally became head of the Sonneberg observatory.
He felt that the scientific council's assessment of the Sonneberg observatory was inappropriate rule, and on the day of the committee's visit he sent all employees on compulsory leave. The panel of experts headed by Gerhard Haerendel did not understand this protest, so that the empty observatory unfolded an unintended disastrous effect: the Science Council recommended that the observatory be closed. At the intervention of Woldemar Götz, the 1991 decision to close the observatory was postponed for another three years.
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| SURNAME | Götz, Woldemar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1930 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1996 |