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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

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)

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

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

The above method is essentially that of Argelander.

From A Plan for Securing Observations of the Variable Stars by Pickering, E. C.

The beautiful comet of 1811 requires, according to Argelander, a period of 3065 years for its revolution, and the colossal one of 1680 as much as 8800 years, according to Encke's calculation.

From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von