Argelander
Americannoun
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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
He went to Germany, then the only country in which astronomy was pursued in its most advanced form, studied under Gauss and Argelander, and took his degree at Göttingen in 1848.
From The Reminiscences of an Astronomer by Newcomb, Simon
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
Argelander on the comet of 1811, 109; on the motion of the solar system, 146, 149; on the light of the Aurora, 195, 196.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
The latest observation of the parent nucleus was that of Argelander, April 27, at Bonn.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
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