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    The Altona Observatory (German: Sternwarte Altona) was an astronomical observatory situated in the Palmaille, in Altona, Hamburg. The observatory was...
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  • 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...
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    after succeeded Bessel as director of the observatory there. In 1854 he became director of the Altona Observatory and editor of the Astronomische Nachrichten...
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    death). For the sake of the survey, Schumacher established the Altona Observatory at Altona, and resided there permanently. He cooperated with Carl Friedrich...
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    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...
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    astronomical observatory of Kiel in 1846, and at the Altona Observatory in 1847. He rejected a job offer from the astronomical observatory "Rundetaarn"...
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    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...
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    Astronomische Nachrichten, and of the Altona Observatory. Friedrich Wilhelm Struve, founder and first director of Pulkovo Observatory at St. Petersburg, despite...
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  • the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • for the field of astronomy. Schumacher edited the journal at the Altona Observatory, then under the administration of Denmark, later part of Prussia,...
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    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...
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    Wilhelm Schur (category People from Altona, Hamburg)
    Cornelius Petersen (28 July 1804 – 3 February 1854), the director of the Altona Observatory, Schur took numerous opportunities to acquaint himself with astronomy...
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    The Altona-Kiel Railway Company (German: Altona-Kieler Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, AKE) was a joint-stock company, established under the law of Denmark in...
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    August Friedrich Peters worked at the observatory. The family moved to Königsberg in 1849 and later to Altona. He studied astronomy and mathematics at...
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  • botanical garden established. 1823 Hospital built in St. George. Altona Observatory founded by Heinrich Christian Schumacher. 1825 – February flood of...
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  • in measuring the longitude difference between the Pulkovo Observatory and Altona Observatory. In his free time, Sabler polished lenses, successfully making...
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    Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (category People from Altona, Hamburg)
    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • is also provided by the MPC, unless otherwise specified from Lowell Observatory. A detailed description of the table's columns and additional sources...
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  • 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...
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  • observed at Simeiz Observatory (Симеиз) in Crimea. Between 1937 and 1944, Belyavsky was the seventh director of the Pulkovo Observatory, where he succeeded...
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    Uppsala University from 1842 to 1875, and prefect of the university's observatory between 1825 and 1878. During his tenure, Svanberg traveled to Germany...
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    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...
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    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...
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