Name: Hilmar W. Duerbeck
Email: hduerbec (at) vub.ac.be
Nationality: German
Title: Ph.D., Lecturer (U Bonn), Hon. Prof. (U Muenster)
Address: WE/OBSS (Astronomy)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 Brussel
Belgium
Private: Postfach 1268
D-54543 Daun/Eifel
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)6592 3963
FAX: +49 (0)6592 980854
Fields: Cataclysmic variables, Contact binaries, final helium
flash objects, history of astronomy and cosmology
Furthermore: Associate editor of
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Member of the editorial board of the
Journal of Astronomical Data
Member of the editorial board of
Acta Historica Astronomiae
Secretary of the
Working Group for the History of Astronomy in the Astronomische Gesellschaft
A list of publications can be found here.
A curriculum vitae can be found here.
A recent photo can be found here.
A somewhat older photo can be found here.
Here are a few links, some of which might be useful:
- In Hubble's shadow: early research on the expansion of the universe, by H.W. Duerbeck and W.C. Seitter, in Miklos Konkoly Thege: 100 Years of Observational Astronomy and Astrophysics, edited by C. Sterken and J. Hearnshaw, published by C. Sterken, VUB Brussel, 2001, p. 231-254. here
- A list of obituary notes of astronomers, compiled by H.W. Duerbeck, B. Ott and W.R. Dick, is found here
- A catalog and atlas of cataclysmic variables, kept by R. Downes with the assistance of R.F. Webbink, M.M. Shara, H. Ritter, U. Kolb, and H.W. Duerbeck is found here
- A popular archaeological paper on a Roman villa near the village of Strohn/Eifel (in German), submitted to Heimatjahrbuch Daun 2006, but blocked by the “top dog” P.H., can be found here.
