J. Gerhard Lohse
J (acob) Gerhard Lohse (born January 10, 1851 in Fünfhausen , † January 2, 1941 in Oldenburg ) was a German-British astronomer .
After studying astronomy in Göttingen, Lohse went to Scotland in 1877, where he became second assistant at James Lindsay's observatory in Dunecht (first assistant was Ralph Copeland ). There he observed the Temple-Swift comet on November 8, 1880 . In 1884 he moved to the private observatory of James Wigglesworth in Scarborough ; where he was able to use the newly installed 15.5-inch reflector telescope from September 1, 1885.
In 1889 Wigglesworth died and the observatory was closed. Lohse went to Scotland again, this time as Copeland's first assistant at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh . He stayed there until the end of his active career, after which he returned to Germany.
Works
- Observations of Nova Cygni , MNRAS 47, 494 (1887).
Discoveries
The following observations from the years 1885 and 1886 are documented, which can be clearly attributed to Lohse with an NGC number :
- NGC 793 (Stars)
- NGC 1456 (stars)
- NGC 1655 (stars)
- NGC 1674 (stars)
- NGC 1675 (stars)
- NGC 2195 (stars)
- NGC 2412 (Stars)
- NGC 2518 ( Lenticular Galaxy )
- NGC 2519 (incomprehensible)
- NGC 2565 ( barred spiral galaxy )
- NGC 4345 = NGC 4319
- NGC 5884 (Stars)
- NGC 6344 (Stars)
- NGC 6353 (Stars)
- NGC 6731 (stars)
- NGC 6767 (stars)
- NGC 6792 ( barred spiral galaxy )
- NGC 7114 (Nova Cygni 1876 (Q Cyg))
Web links
- J. Gerhard Lohse. Wolfgang Steinicke, accessed on May 9, 2016 (English).
- Wolfgang Steinicke: Observing and Cataloging Nebulae and Star Clusters . Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp. 429 ff . ( online on GoogleBooks [accessed May 9, 2016]).
- Publications by JG Lohse in the Astrophysics Data System
Individual evidence
- ↑ The membership list ( PDF ) of the Royal Astronomical Society contains the entry "Jacob Gerhard Lohse, Fünfhausen, near Elsfleth, Germany" with the date of admission January 8, 1886.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lohse, J. Gerhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lohse, Jacob Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-British astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Funfhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 1941 |
| Place of death | Oldenburg |