Adolf Hnatek
Adolf Hnatek (born June 7, 1876 in Vienna ; † October 16, 1960 there ) was an Austrian astronomer .
From 1928 Hnatek was curator, from 1932 associate professor for astronomy at the University of Vienna and for many decades at the university observatory . He was a pioneer of the spectrophotometry of stars by comparing the relative energy densities (determinable from the photographic plates) at different wavelengths and then determining the temperature from the comparison with the black body spectrum of a comparative star. He wrote an article on this subject in the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences in 1928 .
literature
- Thomas Widorn: Hnatek, Adolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 279 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Hnatek in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by A. Hnatek in the Astrophysics Data System
Individual evidence
- ↑ JB Hearnshaw Measurement of Starlight , p. 308
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hnatek, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1960 |
| Place of death | Vienna |