The Altona Observatory (German: Sternwarte Altona) was an astronomical observatory situated in the Palmaille, in Altona, Hamburg. The observatory was...

This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small...

after succeeded Bessel as director of the observatory there. In 1854 he became director of the Altona Observatory and editor of the Astronomische Nachrichten...

death). For the sake of the survey, Schumacher established the Altona Observatory at Altona, and resided there permanently. He cooperated with Carl Friedrich...

with it. In July 1841, the Hamburg Gymnasium made a visit to the Altona Observatory, where Schmidt looked through a larger telescope for the first time...

astronomical observatory of Kiel in 1846, and at the Altona Observatory in 1847. He rejected a job offer from the astronomical observatory "Rundetaarn"...

Gambey also realized a copy of the Toise of Peru which was kept at Altona Observatory. In the second half of the 19th century, the creation of the International...

Astronomische Nachrichten, and of the Altona Observatory. Friedrich Wilhelm Struve, founder and first director of Pulkovo Observatory at St. Petersburg, despite...

the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my...

period < 200 years). It was first discovered by Theodor Brorsen at the Altona Observatory on July 20, 1847, and again by Kaspar Schweizer (Moscow) on August...

Gambey also realized a copy of the Toise of Peru which was kept at Altona Observatory. In the second half of the 19th century, the creation of the International...

the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. The X-type asteroid has a rotation period of 11.2 hours. It was named after the city of Altona near Hamburg...

for the field of astronomy. Schumacher edited the journal at the Altona Observatory, then under the administration of Denmark, later part of Prussia,...

became a trainee at the Munich Optical Institute and in 1824, at the Altona Observatory after he showed Heinrich Christian Schumacher his paper on calculating...

Cornelius Petersen (28 July 1804 – 3 February 1854), the director of the Altona Observatory, Schur took numerous opportunities to acquaint himself with astronomy...

August Friedrich Peters worked at the observatory. The family moved to Königsberg in 1849 and later to Altona. He studied astronomy and mathematics at...

The Altona-Kiel Railway Company (German: Altona-Kieler Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, AKE) was a joint-stock company, established under the law of Denmark in...

botanical garden established. 1823 Hospital built in St. George. Altona Observatory founded by Heinrich Christian Schumacher. 1825 – February flood of...

in measuring the longitude difference between the Pulkovo Observatory and Altona Observatory. In his free time, Sabler polished lenses, successfully making...

Geodetic Arc in his honor. He was born to the aristocratic Struve family at Altona, Duchy of Holstein (then a part of the Denmark–Norway kingdoms), the son...

Otto Vasil'evich Struve (Отто Васильевич Струве). He headed the Pulkovo Observatory between 1862 and 1889 and was a leading member of the Russian Academy...

Adolph Cornelius Petersen in 1849 with the 18 cm refractor at the Altona Observatory. The cluster was also observed by Hermann Carl Vogel, without mentioning...

Schumacher, then professor in Copenhagen, but living in Altona (Holstein) near Hamburg as head of an observatory, carried out a triangulation of the Jutland peninsula...

chiefly at the new observatory of Altona, from 1821 to 1825. Thence he passed on to Gotha as director of the Gotha Observatory; nor could he be tempted...

is also provided by the MPC, unless otherwise specified from Lowell Observatory. A detailed description of the table's columns and additional sources...

Bad for no one Inscription on the old Nobistor [de] gatepost that divided Altona and St. Pauli nolens volens unwilling, willing That is, "whether unwillingly...

observed at Simeiz Observatory (Симеиз) in Crimea. Between 1937 and 1944, Belyavsky was the seventh director of the Pulkovo Observatory, where he succeeded...

Uppsala University from 1842 to 1875, and prefect of the university's observatory between 1825 and 1878. During his tenure, Svanberg traveled to Germany...

internationally renowned naval chronometer maker. He was particularly active in Altona, then part of Denmark but now in (Germany). He was born in Maastricht, the...

the Danish King Friedrich VI., which enabled him to set up the observatory in Altona near Hamburg, which was then in Denmark. His teacher in Göttingen...