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
About midway between this and Argelander is a very brilliant little crater.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Thomas Gwyn Elger
But in 1837 Argelander employed 390 proper motions as materials for the treatment of the same subject; and L. Struve had at his disposal, in 1887, no less than 2800.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
The movements and perturbations of the comet of 1811 were no less profoundly studied by Argelander than its physical constitution by Olbers.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
Cél., found by Argelander to have a proper motion of 4·734′, and by Winnecke a parallax of O·511′.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
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