ASTROTRAILER
A project to foster understanding among nations, through the uniting enthusiasm for the beauty of our universe, over finished national, political and religious borders away.

ASTROTRAILER
A project  international supported (non material) by John Dobson (the icone and idol for many amateur astronomers around the globe) and the Sidewalkastronomers in San Francisco as well as by Mike Simmons (president of AWB) and the organisation Astronomers Without Borders.

ASTROTRAILER
The further development of the "Sidewalkastronomy-Philosophy"

ASTROTRAILER
A step forward to the realization of John Dobson's message: " Have telescopes, will travel ! "
His credo: "If each human being owning a telescope, would offer a look to other people through his telescope, it could succeed that each human being on this world could catch a some deeper glimpse to our universe into the miracle world of stars, at least once. " A sight to the infinite wideness of the universe, a sight to there from from where we are. - We all are children of the stars!

& ASTROTRAILER will travel ;-)

ASTROTRAILER
A mobile small observatory equipped with lightintense optics, connected, with most modern CCD - & video-technology  to screen computer-operated live-pictures to big LCD-Screens as well using efficient video projectors to screen live-videostreams to big video-walls.
Past are the times when the observers had to queue in line for a gaze through the okular.
The gaze to the stars turns into a simultaneous community-experience. The present-day technology makes it possible. Efficient video-cameras transmit  pictures of starclusters, nebulas and galaxies, at which can be looked by many people at the same time.

ASTROTRAILER
By the help of modern technology the dream of John Dobson gets a step closer again!
ASTROTRAILER = SIDEWALKASTRONOMY V2.0

SIDEWALKASTRONOMY V2.0
Knowledge transfer as RoadShow & Infotainment - to faszinate people - to bring people to the astonishment - to make a gaze possible away from the everyday experiences, to lead back people there, where everything began!
 

ASTROTRAILER & SIDEWALKASTRONOMY V2.0 a possible way? An utopia? A fantasy?

But my sure decision is to put ASTROTRAILER into action!

The enthusiasm, consent and support of other astronomy enthiusiasts around our globe motivates me to work on at this project with the clear goal to travel with my ASTROTRAILER, to spread the ideas and the message of Astronomers Without Borders and to put this practically into action. The positive experiences of my last trip with my "1. AWB-Car" under the motto: "From Orient to Occident - ONE PEOPLE, ONE SKY" will flow in fully into this project. Above all the experiences with "Astronomy on the fly" (sidewalkastronomy along the road) I would like to develop with ASTROTRAILER. Following is a downloadlink to a German written report, published at the biggest German Astromagazine "Sterne und Weltraum" http://www.astronomie-heute.de/artikel/1060387 .

ASTROTRAILER - THE LOGICAL CONTINUATION OF AN IDEA
The experience, as one is picked up by the people, if one doesn't come into a host country as traveler with empty hands, to bring children and adults to astonishment, to mediate knowledge, to entertain people meaningfully, like a driving showman or traveling-cinema-operator, has inspired me to go one step further on my future trips.
The goal is to earn no money, but assuming it gratefully, if somebody wants to make available to give me a roof over the head or a meal, because  the idea and the performance pleased him.

ASTROTRAILER - A DREAM? A VISION?
NO - I began already with the realization, although I don't have any money for this project :-(
I found already a motorcycle-trailer as basis for this vehicle, a company, that prepares corresponding special-parts for me - for the roofing and "special-folding-dome" - and in spring, I will get started with the work, using my old electric-welding-appliance to advance the construction. I also organized some used solar panels and accumulators for an as self-sufficient as possible operating..........for me it's a charming idea to run the equipment using the energy of a star - the biggest one we have in our range - THE SUN :-)
I have set up this project modular, so improvements of the equipment are always possible.
In the initial equipment some old parts from my old astro-equipment will be used for the first operating of ASTROTRAILER..

Further I have started a building-stone-campaigne and I try to convince  people with this idea during my lectures and presentations and in personal conversations and I hope people support my project. Non-material, financial, practically with performance, with payment in kind, with technical support & Equipment..... EVERYTHING IS WELCOME!

Everybody who wants to support my project in any way, please contact me: on_tour@gmx.at

HERE is a first list of my supporters.

  
"Building Stone" of my campaign  -  front view + rear

Subsequent a coarse function- and constructionsketch. Here you can see the new concept of a  folding-box-"dome."