The Annual Meetings of the Liechtenstein Scientific Society  and  the Astronomic Working Circle took both place on Nov 5^th 2019  in Schaan near the Observatory „Cassiopeia“. By chance, all relevant decisions could be voted then! Nobody could guess that some months later, all meetings were going to be cancelled due to the corona-pandemic. Among the decisions unanimously voted was the final confirmation of Liechtenstein’s application for  2 international contests, the „Teachers Award“ of the EPS [1],  and the „Exoplanet Naming Process“ of the IAU (International Astronomical Union) [2].

The publication of the results of the Exoplanet Contest gave rise to a festive event in the physics lecture hall in Vaduz (19.12.2019). Dr. Daniel Miescher, the Head of the Office of education, awarded several participants. Newspapers reported about it, an the event was broadcast on the national Radio [3]. During the New Year’s greetings ceremony (09.01.2020) at Vaduz castle, I had the honour to explain to reigning Prince Hans-Adam II (whom I knew is always very interested in science), some details about the newly named Star and Exoplanet [4].

We participated in several international meetings, lectures and surveys (this year by videoconference): „National outreach coordinators“ (04.02), EPS council (29.05), Union des Physiciens (13.06) ,  „Science teaching  at distance“ (19.10), „Best practices in science communication“ (23.10).

In a gap between two sanitary lock-downs, a  workshop on the Newton-Cassegrain telescope in Schaan could be attended (09.09.2020) but it was difficult to hold social distancing, thus there were no more such events.

We started „real-time events“ by means of WhatsApp video: an excursion showing the petrifying springs in the alpine forest (Apr. 2020), a glance to  mountain illuminations and celestial objects on National Day (15.08.2020) [5], a unique observation opportunity of the Great Jupiter-Saturn conjunction during a short cloudless moment (22.12.2020).

Currently we are preparing a chronicle and new internet platforms. The possibilities of new media we discovered this year are indeed very interesting, so we will develop them in the future.

C. Deicha, Liechtenstein’s nominee for the EPS Teacher’s Award giving a lecture in Vaduz  ( 19.12.2019)

[1] Nominated: Dr. Cyril Deicha