Maximilian Weisse

Maximilian Weisse , later Knight von Weisse , (born October 16, 1798 in Ladendorf ( Lower Austria ), † October 10, 1863 in Wels ) was an Austrian astronomer and director of the Krakow observatory .

Life

Maximilian Weisse was born on October 16, 1798 in Ladendorf. After attending the Vienna Academic Gymnasium , he studied law up to his doctorate in 1822. In his free time, he had studied mathematics and aimed to work in astronomy. In 1823 he became an assistant at the University Observatory in Vienna and in 1825 professor of astronomy at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and director of the observatory there. When he took up his post, he was awarded a doctorate in philosophy. He retired in 1861 and died of an abdominal disorder in 1863.

Scientific activity

Weisse published planetary tables, works on astronomical time and length determination and observations of the asteroids . His most important astronomical work is a two-part star catalog that was created on the basis of the zone observations that Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel carried out at the Königsberg observatory . Due to the unclear political situation in the dissolving Republic of Cracow , the first part appeared in Saint Petersburg in 1846 with a foreword by Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve as a publication of the Russian Academy of Sciences ; The second part followed in 1863.

Weisse continued to deliver numerous works on geomagnetism and meteorology , including tables for converting meteorological data.

Maximilian Weisse was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna and received personal nobility.

Works

Boards for reducing the barometer readings observed at different degrees of warmth to any normal temperature. Vienna 1827.
Boards for calculating the height differences from observed barometer and thermometer readings. Vienna 1827.
Coordinatae Mercurii, Veneris, Martis, Iovis, Saturni et Urani. Krakow 1829.
Correctiones temporis ex altitudinibus correspondentibus. Krakow 1829.
Positiones mediae stellarum fixarum in Zonis Regiomontanis a Besselio inter −15 ° et + 15 ° Declinationis observatarum, ad annum 1825 reductae. St. Petersburg 1846.
Positiones mediae stellarum fixarum in zonis Regiomontanis a Besselio inter + 15 ° et + 45 ° declinationis observatarum, ad annum 1825 reductae. St. Petersburg 1863.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : White, Maximilian Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 54th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1886, pp. 160–164 ( digitized version ).
Siegmund Günther: White, Maximilian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 596 f.

Web links

Publications by M. Weisse in the Astrophysics Data System
Augustin Reslhuber : Death notice. In: Astronomische Nachrichten , Volume 61 (1863), Issue 8, p. 113 (obituary to M. Weisse)

Individual evidence

↑ Kasimir Lawrynowicz : Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, 1784-1846 (= Vita Mathematica, Volume 9). Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Boston, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-7643-5113-6 . Pp. 118-119.

personal data
SURNAME	Weisse, Maximilian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Weisse, Maximilian von (full name); Weisse, Maximilian von; Weisse, Maximiliano; Weisse, Maksymilian; Weiss, Maximilian; Weisse, Max; Whites, Maximilian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 16, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ladendorf ( Lower Austria )
DATE OF DEATH	October 10, 1863
Place of death	catfish

[1] Kasimir Lawrynowicz : Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, 1784-1846 (= Vita Mathematica, Volume 9). Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Boston, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-7643-5113-6 . Pp. 118-119.