Argelander
[ahr-guh-lahn-duh r]
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noun
Frie·drich Wil·helm Au·gust [free-drikh vil-helm ou-goo st] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈaʊ gʊst/, 1799–1875, German astronomer.
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According to Argelander the constellation contains fifteen stars.
A Field Book of the StarsWilliam Tyler Olcott
This is more than three times the Argelander number to the ninth magnitude.
The entire heavens has been covered by Argelander in the northern hemisphere, and Gould in the southern—over 700,000 stars in all.
AstronomyDavid Todd
Herschel and Argelander have independently invented what appears to be the true method to be followed.
A Plan for Securing Observations of the Variable StarsE. C. Pickering
This comet has an elliptic orbit, and its period, according to Argelander, is 3065 years.
Comets and MeteorsDaniel Kirkwood