Minnaert's folly: a forgotten teaching observatory from the 1960s
Abstract
A deserted tower at the Uithof Campus of Utrecht University used to be an astronomical observatory, purpose-built for Marcel Minnaert's famous undergraduate course in practical astronomy. The tower, which was opened in 1964, has hardly been This paper reconstructs the history of Minnaert's ''Sterrentoren''.
- Publication:
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Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
- Pub Date:
- August 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019JAHH...22..238B
- Keywords:
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- Observatory;
- twentieth century astronomy;
- astronomy teaching;
- Minnaert;
- failures