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News from our Members

Australian Prime Minister about “Ginan”

2025 July – WGSN shared recording on our social media channels … 

WGSN went social

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New Work Strategy

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Releases of Star Names

Please find our complete and always up to date list of adopted star names and etymologies in our Catalog of Star Names and Catalog of Exoplanet Names (CEN).

Changes of Constellations

Lecture on Greco-Babylonian Constellations.

(Dr. Dr. Susanne M Hoffmann, 2024)

Changes of Constellations

Conference Talk on Chinese Constellations.

(Dr. Boshun Yang, 2023)

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Pandemic Talks

title of talk (First Astronomers)

First Astronomers

2022 Arthur and Hilda Winch Annual Lecture

given by Professor Duane Hamacher, PhD (Australia)

screenshot of the online event: four women discussing

International Day of Women in Science

Dr. Danielle Adams, PhD (USA)

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Development of Astronomy in India

Dr. B. S. Shylaja

title of talk (Meteorite Impacts and the End of the World)

Meteorite Impacts and the End of the World

Public Talk by Professor Duane Hamacher, PhD (Australia)

Pluto (dwarf planet, 2006)

Ketkar and the Discovery of Pluto

The Indian astronomer Ketkar had predicted Pluto (and another planet) much more precise than the American and European people…

title of talk: Indigenous Astronomers

Indigenous Astronomers

Indigenous astronomy in Mer Associate Professor Duane Hamacher at University of Melbourne (Australia)

Pictures in the Sky

2014 – Royal Society (UK), talk by Ian Ridpath

When we walked on the Moon

2023 – Bath Astronomers Monthly Talk by Ian Ridpath

screenshot from talk on constellations (linked to youTube)

Ungewöhnliche Sternbilder 

2022 (GERMAN) – Streifzug durch andere Kulturen: Vortrag (Dr. Dr. Susanne M Hoffmann)

screenshot from talk on constellations (linked to youTube)

Wie der Löwe an den Himmel kam

2021 (in German) book presentation:

(Dr. Dr. Susanne M Hoffmann)

AG-Meeting “Astronomy in Culture”

2021 a splinter meeting at the Annual conference of the German Astronomical Society (AG) was dedicated to the topic “Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy”

AG-Meeting “Applied and Comp. …”

2021 a splinter meeting at the annual meeting of the German Astronomical Society (AG) was held with the topic “Applied and Computational Historical Astronomy”