The Kuffner observatory is one of two telescope-equipped public astronomical observatories situated in Austria's capital, Vienna. It is situated in the...
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Kuffner or Küffner may refer to: Kuffner (surname) 12568 Kuffner (1998 VB5), a Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1998 Kuffner observatory, one of two telescope-equipped...
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stars. From 1891 until his death in 1916 he was director of the Kuffner observatory in Vienna. Among other things, he measured the parallax of a number...
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reached almost down into Ottakring. This Kuffner observatory is his most important surviving legacy. Kuffner named asteroids 242 Kriemhild and 243 Ida...
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· Glenn van de Ven List of largest optical refracting telescopes Kuffner Observatory (Established in the 1886, also in Vienna) List of Jesuit sites The...
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distance scale to the stars. A large heliometer was installed at Kuffner Observatory (In Vienna) in 1896, and was used for measuring the distance to other...
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pp. 5–16 (2004). Look up heliometer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Photos from the largest heliometer in the world (Kuffner-Observatory, Vienna)...
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This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and...
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aperture.The second largest refracting telescope in the world is the Yerkes Observatory 40 inch (102 cm) refractor, used for astronomical and scientific observation...
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Henri Poincaré's theories. From 1897, he worked as assistant at the Kuffner Observatory in Vienna. His work here concentrated on the photometry of star clusters...
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deriving of orbits and astronomical constants) was the major work of observatories. Fixing a telescope to move only in the meridian has advantages in the...
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summit of the Gallitzinberg Schloss Wilhelminenberg Kuffner observatory Heuriger "10er Marie" Palais Kuffner Muhammet Akagündüz, footballer at SV Ried Arik...
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website, art and project space located in the Palais Niederösterreich Kuffner observatory Ottakring Science Astronomy Leopold Museum Neubau Art Modern Austrian...
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positions. They were previously widely used in astronomical observatories and naval observatories to measure star positions in order to compile nautical almanacs...
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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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Moriz von Kuffner, a Viennese industrialist and sponsor of astronomy. Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute...
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in 1880. From 1881–1887 he worked at the Observatory of Vienna and from 1888–1896 at the Kuffner observatory in Vienna. He attained the Doctorate in 1884...
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Veterinary Medicine Vienna. Further to the South and downhill are the Kuffner observatory which offers the public opportunities for stargazing; and where the...
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Education centers in Vienna – the Planetarium Wien, the Kuffner Observatory and the Urania Observatory. He teaches the introduction to physics at the Medical...
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to a large telescope with a lens, usually the largest refractor at an observatory with an equatorial mount. The preeminence and success of this style in...
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Neumann's major work includes (in Vienna unless otherwise noted): Kuffner Observatory, 1886 Liebenberg Memorial, 1887 Habsburgwarte, 1889 Liberec City...
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Vienna April 6–20: Exhibition in and in front of Vienna Planetarium, Kuffner-Observatory, old city-hall of Vienna, in cooperation with the University of Vienna...
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List of minor planets: 12001–13000 (redirect from 12568 Kuffner)
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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Mont Blanc (section Janssen observatory)
and the director of the Meudon astrophysical observatory, considered the construction of an observatory at the summit of Mont Blanc. Gustave Eiffel agreed...
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astronomer Johann Palisa at the Vienna Observatory. It was his 45th asteroid discovery. Ida was named by Moriz von Kuffner, a Viennese brewer and amateur astronomer...
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maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Guides, Rough; Humphreys, Sara; Küffner, Stephan (2016-09-20). The Rough Guide to Ecuador & the Galápagos Islands...
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with the discovery of 1162 numbered minor planets he made at Višnjan Observatory during 1996–2001. In addition, he is credited with the co-discovery of...
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worked as an assistant at the Göttingen observatory until 1896 when he moved to Vienna working with Moritz Kuffner. He moved to Leipzig in 1898 and to Kiel...
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Cégep de Sherbrooke Light pollution research activities Austria: Verein Kuffner Sternwarte (How many stars?) North America SELENE (New York) Virginia Outdoor...
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Chamonix, the Grands Mulets and at the observatory itself. In 1893, Pierre Janssen constructed an astronomical observatory on the top of Mont Blanc, partially...
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