Observatoire de Strasbourg
The Observatoire de Strasbourg is an observatory in Strasbourg , France. It was built in 1881 based on a design by Hermann Eggert and is now part of the University of Strasbourg . It houses a planetarium and is surrounded by the university's botanical garden.
Well-known astronomers who worked at the Strasbourg observatory: Ernst Becker , Julius Bauschinger , André Danjon , William Lewis Elkin (1855–1933), Ernest Esclangon , Ernst Hartwig (1851–1923), Carlos Jaschek (1926–1999), Pierre Lacroute (1906–1993), Otto Tetens , Carl Wilhelm Wirtz , Walter Wislicenus .
The modern extension (1999) of the observatory houses the Strasbourg planetarium . The Center de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg is also located at the Strasbourg Observatory.
literature
- André Heck: Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory and its Multinational History . In: André Heck (Ed.): The Multinational History of Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory . Springer, Dordrecht 2005, ISBN 1-4020-3643-4 , pp. 1-61.
Web links
- Observatory homepage on the University of Strasbourg website
- Planetarium homepage on the University of Strasbourg website
- Observatory and refractor of the Kaiser Wilhelm University of Strasbourg in the holdings of the Architecture Museum of the TU Berlin
Coordinates: 48 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ N , 7 ° 46 ′ 5 ″ E