Arthur Scheller

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Arthur Heinrich Scheller , also Artur Scheller , (born May 3, 1876 in Proßnitz in Moravia , † September 23, 1929 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian astronomer .

Life

Arthur Scheller was born in Proßnitz in 1876 as the son of the secondary school teacher and later director Franz Scheller. He attended grammar schools in Opava , Olomouc and finally in Brno , where he graduated in 1893. He then studied at the German University in Prague mathematics, physics and astronomy, and in 1899 with a thesis Definitive orbit determination of Comet 1845 II (de Vico) Dr. phil. PhD. As early as 1897 he became an assistant at the Prague observatory and in 1898 he was a scientific assistant at the Hamburg observatory . There he worked with Richard Schorr  on systematic sky observations, in particular on the catalog of the northern polar zone between 80 and 81 °.

In 1902 he was adjunct at the German University in Prague, where he in 1909 with a thesis on the period of rotation of the sun for Astrophysics habilitated . Since the observation conditions in Prague had deteriorated rapidly, Scheller carried out several months of photographic observation series on the island of Lesina ( Hvar ) in 1912 and 1913 in order to investigate the light conditions of the moon. During the First World War he had to perform meteorological services at the Prague observatory, which served as a field weather station for air traffic.

In 1918 he was appointed to succeed Adalbert Preys as associate professor and head of the observatory at the University of Innsbruck . In 1925 he was appointed full professor. Since 1920 he was handicapped by a severe eye condition and finally became completely blind, so that observations and teaching had to be taken over by his assistant Viktor Oberguggenberger . In 1929 he retired early and died that same year. Oberguggenberger was appointed his successor.

Arthur Scheller was married and had two daughters.

Awards

For his work on comet 1845 II, Scheller received the Lindemann Prize of the Astronomical Society in 1902 , and the Rothschild Prize of the Vienna Academy of Sciences in 1912 for his work on the brightness of the moon phases .

Publications (selection)

  • Richard Schorr, Arthur Scheller: Zone observations of stars up to the ninth magnitude between 79 ° 50 'and 81 ° 10' north declination in 1855 on the meridian circle of the Hamburg observatory. Notifications from the Hamburg observatory in Bergedorf, Volume 2 (1901), pp. 1.III – 1.156
  • Richard Schorr, Arthur Scheller: Catalog of 344 stars between 79 ° 50 'and 81 ° 10' northern declination 1855 for the equinoctium 1900 based on zone observations on the Repsold's meridian circles of the Hamburg observatory in 1899 and 1900. Communications from Hamburg Observatory in Bergedorf, Volume 2 (1901), pp. 2.III – 2.115
  • Arthur Scheller: Investigation of the orbit of the Comet 1845 II. In: Astronomische Nachrichten, Volume 157 (1902), pp. 309-316
  • Arthur Scheller: About the rotation time of the sun. In: Memoranda of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, mathematical and scientific class, Volume 84 (1908)
  • Arthur Scheller: The brightness of the moon phases. In: Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, mathematical and natural science class, Dept. 2a, Volume 120 (1911), pp. 889–921
  • Arthur Scheller: The determination of the geographical length of the observatory with the help of radio telegraphic time signals from the Nauen station. In: Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, mathematical and natural science class, section 2a, volume 131 (1922)

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personal data
SURNAME Scheller, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scheller, Arthur Heinrich (full name); Scheller, Artur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Proßnitz , Moravia
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1929
Place of death innsbruck