Gottfried Kirch (German: [ˈkɪʁç]; also Kirche [ˈkɪʁçə], Kirkius; 18 December 1639 – 25 July 1710) was a German astronomer and the first "Astronomer Royal"...

Kirch may refer to: Darrell Kirch, AAMC president Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710), German astronomer Maria Margarethe Kirch (née Winckelmann) (1670–1720)...

Great Comet of 1680, Kirch's Comet, and Newton's Comet, was the first comet discovered by telescope. It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch and was one of the...

Through Arnold, Maria met the famous German astronomer and mathematician Gottfried Kirch, who was 30 years her senior and had received training in astronomy...

globular cluster in the constellation Serpens. It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1702. M5 is, under extremely good conditions, just visible to the...

northwest quadrant of the Moon. It was named after German astronomer Gottfried Kirch. This is a relatively solitary formation with the nearest comparable...

parent body of the Leonid meteor shower. In 1699, it was observed by Gottfried Kirch but was not recognized as a periodic comet until the discoveries by...

stars in the constellation Scutum (the Shield). It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1681. Charles Messier included it in his catalogue of diffuse objects...

for scepter of Brandenburg) was a constellation created in 1688 by Gottfried Kirch, astronomer of the Prussian Royal Society of Sciences. It represented...

Wissenschaften). The Society had no observatory but nevertheless an astronomer, Gottfried Kirch, who observed from a private observatory in Berlin. A first small observatory...

was born in Guben, Germany the son of the astronomers Gottfried Kirch and Maria Margaretha Kirch. Christfried had already participated in the solar observations...

Geminiano Montanari notices that Algol's brightness varies 1686 — Gottfried Kirch notices that Chi Cygni's brightness varies 1718 — Edmund Halley discovers...

Lister, English naturalist and physician (died 1712) December 18 – Gottfried Kirch, German astronomer (died 1710) approx. date – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur...

listed here. The constellation Sceptrum Brandenburgicum is named by Gottfried Kirch. A French Jesuit scientific mission led by Jean de Fontaney arrives...

Electoralium Saxonicorum Crossed Swords of the Electorate of Saxony 1684 Gottfried Kirch Globus Aerostaticus Globi Aerostatici Hot air balloon 1798 Jérôme Lalande...

year 1686 in science and technology involved some significant events. Gottfried Kirch notices that Chi Cygni's brightness varies. John Ray begins publication...

Maria Kirch discovered a comet in the early 1700s, but is often overlooked because at the time, the discovery was attributed to her husband, Gottfried Kirch...

Bibcode:2008MNRAS.385L..20V. doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00424.x. Kirch, Gottfried (1682) Annus II. Ephemeridum Motuum Coelestium Ad Annum Aerae Christianae...

Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, French explorer (born c. 1639) July 25 – Gottfried Kirch, German astronomer (born 1639) September 23 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer...

Margaretha Kirch (bapt. 26 July 1703 – 5 May 1759) was a German astronomer from Berlin. Kirch was the daughter of the astronomers Gottfried Kirch and Maria...

ARI has a rich history. It was founded in 1700 in Berlin-Dahlem by Gottfried Kirch. It had its origin in a patent application by Frederick I of Prussia...

significant events. 14 November NS – Great Comet of 1680 observed by Gottfried Kirch, the first comet discovered by telescope. English comparative anatomist...

Charles. November 14 – The Great Comet of 1680 is first sighted by Gottfried Kirch, the first comet discovered by telescope. November 17 – The Green Ribbon...

May 5 – Globular cluster Messier 5 (M5, NGC 5904) is discovered by Gottfried Kirch and his wife Maria Margarethe. David Gregory publishes the first textbook...

Isidoro de Atondo y Antillon, Spanish admiral (d. 1689) December 18 – Gottfried Kirch, German astronomer, first 'Astronomer Royal' in Berlin (d. 1710) December...

Alexander the Great is crowned pharaoh of Egypt. 1680 – German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered...

astronomer. Her chance to be a practising astronomer came when she married Gottfried Kirch, Prussia's foremost astronomer. She became his assistant at the astronomical...

Observatory he began his duties as assistant of the first director Gottfried Kirch and after the latter's death in 1710, he succeeded him as director...

Christine Kirch (1696 in Guben, Holy Roman Empire – 6 May 1782), was a German astronomer. She was the daughter of the astronomers Gottfried Kirch and Maria...

May 5 – Globular cluster Messier 5 (M5, NGC 5904) is discovered by Gottfried Kirch and his wife Maria Margarethe. May 6 – Cloudesley Shovell is promoted...