Bert van Sprang

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Bert van Sprang, Summer 1968, astro camp, Vierhouten

Bert van Sprang (June 1944) is the founder of the Dutch youth division ("JWG", or Jongerenwerkgroep) of the Dutch association of meteorology and astronomy ("NVWS", or Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde) in 1967. Activities carried out by Van Sprang for the JWG included the organization of astro camps, the setting up of a program to build telescopes cheaply, and the writing of many booklets on astronomy topics. He was also program leader of the planetarium in The Hague until it was destroyed by fire in February 1976. The main-belt asteroid 3098 van Sprang was named after him.

Bibliography

Govert Schilling & Bert van Sprang, De levensloop van de zon, Stichting De Koepel, 1979
Bert van Sprang, Wegwijs in het zonnestelsel, Stichting Universum, 1988, ISBN 90-800205-1-6

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