When Utrecht astronomy
moved in 1987 from Sterrewacht
Sonnenborgh
to the
Buys Ballot Laboratory
in campus
“De Uithof”, at my suggestion it renamed itself “Sterrekundig
Instituut Utrecht” (SIU). The classical spelling was maintained when
the official spelling changed later to sterrenkundig, just as in
“Sterrewacht Leiden”, because spelling changes should not affect given
names. (I prefer the singular anyhow because one star suffices for a
lifetime of astronomical research.)
Thus, the SIU started in November 1987. It ceased
to exist
in early 2012, ending
370 years of astronomy at
Utrecht University.
Archived 2011 SIU webpage
Archived 2002 SIU webpage
