Dear colleagues

It is my great pleasure to announce that the Astronomical
Institute of the University of Bern (AIUB) will celebrate this
November a double anniversary: 200 years ”Alte Sternwarte Bern”
(old Observatory Bern) and 100 years ”Astronomisches Institut”
(Astronomical Institute).

In 1822, the first observatory ”Uraniae” was built at the current
location of the building of Exact Sciences of the University of
Bern, Switzerland, exactly where later on the origin of the Swiss
National Survey was located. In 1922, the Observatory ”Muesmatt”
was built and officially inaugurated as the Astronomical Institute
of the University of Bern (AIUB) on November 25, 1922.

On Friday, November 25 and on Saturday, November 26, 2022, the
double anniversary will be celebrated with a ceremony, a
scientific symposium, and exciting activities for the general
public on-site. In addition, a commemorative publication
(”Festschrift”) will be available (in German). More details of the
program may be found at href=”https://www.aiub.unibe.ch/about_us/news__events/double_anniversary/index_eng.html”>https://www.aiub.unibe.ch/about_us/news__events/double_anniversary/index_eng.html

The program of Friday, November 25 will be in English and will be
streamed:

25 November, 10:00 UTC - 11:00 UTC: Welcome Addresses and
Greetings

25 November, 12:00 UTC - 16:30 UTC: Scientific Talks

To follow this part of the event from remote, a live stream will
be provided on 25 November from 09:45 UTC - 17:00 UTC at style=”font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif”> class=”moz-txt-link-freetext”
href=”https://tobira.unibe.ch/!s/:c440feaa-393b-4874-89e3-25a8bc48a622”>https://tobira.unibe.ch/!s/:c440feaa-393b-4874-89e3-25a8bc48a622

style=”font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif”>Best
regards,

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 Adrian Jaeggi                     Astronomical Institute, University of Bern
 adrian.jaeggi@aiub.unibe.ch       Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
 http://www.aiub.unibe.ch/         Tel: +41 31 6848596
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