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Argelander

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[ahr-guh-lahn-duhr] / ˌɑr gəˈlɑn dər /

noun

  1. Friedrich Wilhelm August 1799–1875, German astronomer.


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“We have this enormous field of view,” said Reiko Nakajima, an astronomer at the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn in Germany, at the recent press conference.

From Scientific American Nov. 8, 2023

This is the star Beta Lyrae which was observed by Goodricke, Argelander, Belopolsky, Schur, Markwick and by many others.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)

Argelander, Prof., master of observational astronomy, 318, 319.

From The Reminiscences of an Astronomer by Newcomb, Simon

Within the area of the Square Argelander counted thirty naked-eye stars.

From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler

As Hansen was Germany's greatest master in mathematical astronomy, so was the venerable Argelander in the observational side of the science.

From The Reminiscences of an Astronomer by Newcomb, Simon

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