Johann Heinrich von Mädler
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Johann Heinrich von Mädler was a German astronomer.
Johann Heinrich von Mädler
Title page to a 1861 first edition copy of "Der Wunderbau des Weltalls oder Populäre Astronomie"
Tartu Observatory
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The Tartu Observatory is the largest astronomical observatory in Estonia. On 1 January 2018, Tartu Observatory was joined again to the University of Tartu, and the observatory is now an institute of t
Johann Heinrich von Mädler
…Encke appointed Mädler an observer at the Berlin Observatory, and he observed with its 240-mm refractor. In 1840, Mädler was appointed director of the Dorpat (Tartu) Observatory in Estonia (then Russian Empire), succeeding Friedrich Wilhelm Struve who had moved to Pulkovo Observatory. He carried out meteorological as well as…
Main Building of the Tartu Observatory.
Tartu Observatooriumi panoraam
The old observatory building in Tartu. 58°22′43.64″N 26°43′12.61″E / 58.3787889°N 26.7201694°E / 58.3787889; 26.7201694 (Tartu Old Observatory)