{"id":99575,"date":"2026-09-13T19:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/?p=99575"},"modified":"2026-09-13T19:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:03:44","slug":"nr-39-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/2026\/09\/13\/nr-39-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Nr 39 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ASTB:s historiska grupp ses f\u00f6rhoppningsvis i november<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>V\u00e5r trevliga historiska gruppering inom ASTB kommer f\u00f6rhoppningsvis att tr\u00e4ffas p\u00e5 UB i Lund f\u00f6r att f\u00e5 h\u00f6ra den osannolika historien om fyndet av<strong> Copernicu<\/strong>s bok. Tillsammans med  <strong>Klas Hylt\u00e9n-Cavallius<\/strong> ska \u00f6vertecknad f\u00f6rs\u00f6ka sno ihop ett program, vi har ju <strong>Ole R\u00f6mer<\/strong>-utst\u00e4llningen ocks\u00e5 i K\u00f6penhamn att rapportera fr\u00e5n liksom <strong>Tycho Brahe<\/strong>-jubileumsommaren p\u00e5 Ven. Plus lite annat l\u00e4st och h\u00f6rt av v\u00e5ra medlemmar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vi siktar in oss p\u00e5 en l\u00f6rdag eftermiddag f\u00f6rslagsvis n\u00e5gon timma med efterf\u00f6ljande  kaffe med dopp n\u00e5nstans i n\u00e4rheten av LUB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rekordm\u00e5nga astronomer doktorerar i &#8211; USA!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ett bra m\u00e5tt p\u00e5 hur popul\u00e4r v\u00e5r vetenskap \u00e4r bland yngre \u00e4r att m\u00e4ta antalet fil dr-utexaminerade. De svenska siffrorna b\u00f6r vi kunna vaska fram, men i USA \u00e4r det fr\u00e5gan om rekord: American Institute of Physicsa noterar att under det akademiska \u00e5ret 2024-25 tog 1065 astronomistundenter sin  Backelor degree (ung kandidatexamen) &#8211; 201 unga amerikaner noterades i rullorna f\u00f6r en avlagd och godk\u00e4nd  PhD samma akademiska \u00e5r. En 200-procentig \u00f6kning sedan 2008-09. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rekord p\u00e5 rekord p\u00e5 rekord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Den sifferfixerade kan t ex l\u00e4sa<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aip.org\/statistics\/roster-of-astronomy-departments-with-enrollment-and-degree-data-2025\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.aip.org\/statistics\/roster-of-astronomy-departments-with-enrollment-and-degree-data-2025\"> denna rapport.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/aip.brightspotcdn.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/aip.brightspotcdn.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99579\" style=\"width:386px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/aip.brightspotcdn.webp 368w, https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/aip.brightspotcdn-232x300.webp 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Astronomernas alla irrv\u00e4gar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>V\u00e5ra tyska kolleger inom <em>Astronomische Gesellschaft<\/em> har en alert astronomihistorisk gruppering som just denna helg, i M\u00fcnchen, m\u00f6tts f\u00f6r att diskutera klassiska irrv\u00e4gar och \u00e5terv\u00e4ndsgr\u00e4nder inom astronomin &#8211; allt fr\u00e5n astrologi och den geocentriska v\u00e4rldsbilden  till tankarna kring en allomfattande eter i universum till dagens l\u00f6sa hugskott och  tankar om str\u00e4ngteorier och multiversa. H\u00e4r \u00e4r jag sj\u00e4lv en stor anh\u00e4ngare av filosofen <strong>Karl Popper<\/strong> och hans falsificeringsbegrepp: Bara en vetenskaplig teori som \u00e4r m\u00f6jlig att motbevisa \u00e4r v\u00e4rd att befatta sig med. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En av de intressantaste \u00e5terv\u00e4ndsgr\u00e4nderna f\u00f6r mig sj\u00e4lv var 1800-talstysken <strong>Johann<\/strong> <strong>M\u00e4dlers<\/strong> id\u00e9 om att universum snurrade runt &#8211; Plejaderna. Och varf\u00f6r inte n\u00e4mna marxistf\u00f6reg\u00e5ngaren<strong> Friedrich Hegel<\/strong>, som trodde p\u00e5 rent filosofisk v\u00e4g att det inte kunde finnas n\u00e5gra sm\u00e5planeter mellan Marx och Jupiter? Tyskarna har onekligen lite att syna \u00e4ven n\u00e4r det g\u00e4ller att g\u00f6ra<strong> Copernicus<\/strong> till tysk och nazisternas faiblesse f\u00f6r den kosmiska isl\u00e4ran. Och vad menade nazi-nobelpreistagaren <strong>Philipp<\/strong> <strong>Lenard <\/strong>med sin anti-einsteinska &#8220;tyska fysik&#8221;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Synd man inte var d\u00e4r! Men en bok kommer s\u00e5 sm\u00e5ningom. Den \u00e5terkommer vi till.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cover-AKAG-munich.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cover-AKAG-munich-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99585\" style=\"width:516px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cover-AKAG-munich-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cover-AKAG-munich-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cover-AKAG-munich-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cover-AKAG-munich.jpg 794w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASTB:s historiska grupp ses f\u00f6rhoppningsvis i november V\u00e5r trevliga historiska gruppering inom ASTB kommer f\u00f6rhoppningsvis att tr\u00e4ffas p\u00e5 UB i Lund f\u00f6r att f\u00e5 h\u00f6ra den osannolika historien om fyndet av Copernicus bok. Tillsammans med Klas Hylt\u00e9n-Cavallius ska \u00f6vertecknad f\u00f6rs\u00f6ka sno ihop ett program, vi har ju Ole R\u00f6mer-utst\u00e4llningen ocks\u00e5 i K\u00f6penhamn att rapportera fr\u00e5n&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/2026\/09\/13\/nr-39-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">L\u00e4s mer &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nr 39 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99575"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99589,"href":"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99575\/revisions\/99589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astb.se\/cassiopeiabloggen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}