Hermann Carl Vogel
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Hermann Carl Vogel was a German astrophysicist. He was born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony. From 1882 to 1907 he was director of the Astrophysical Observatory, Potsdam. He made extensive discoveries us
Hermann Carl Vogel
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam is a German research institute. It is the successor of the Berlin Observatory founded in 1700 and of the Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam founded in 1874. T
Hermann Carl Vogel
…German: ; 3 April 1841 – 13 August 1907) was a German astrophysicist. He was born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony. From 1882 to 1907 he was director of the Astrophysical Observatory, Potsdam. He made extensive discoveries using spectral analysis of the stars. Vogel was born in 1841 in Leipzig. His father was director of the united Bürgerschulen…
Main building in Babelsberg
Alte New Berliner Sternwarte at Linden Street
The Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam isn't used as observatory any more. Nowadays it hosts the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research as part of the Albert Einstein Science Park
The "Große Refraktor" of 1899, a double telescope with a 80cm (31.5") and 50 cm (19.5") lenses