Wilhelm Oswald Lohse

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Photo of the sun by Wilhelm Oswald Lohse

Wilhelm Oswald Lohse (born February 13, 1845 in Leipzig , † May 14, 1915 in Potsdam ) was a German astronomer .

Lohse was the son of a master craftsman in Leipzig. After attending schools in Leipzig, he went to the polytechnic in Dresden . He later moved to the University of Leipzig , where he received his doctorate in 1865 .

In 1870 he worked as assistant to Hermann Carl Vogel at the private observatory Bothkamp of Chamberlain von Bülow near Kiel . Here he dealt with spectroscopy and astrophotography .

In 1874 he followed, together with Vogel, a call to the Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam (today Astrophysical Institute Potsdam ), which was not yet completed at that time. In the meantime he worked at the Berlin observatory . In 1877 the observatory of the Potsdam Institute was put into operation. In 1882 Lohse was named "Observator" there, later named "Main Observator".

Mars surface according to Lohse (1888). The terms for “lakes” and “oceans” are no longer in use today

In particular, Lohse carried out observations of the planets Mars and Jupiter and made a detailed map of Mars . In addition, he observed double stars , about which he published a paper in 1909. He led spectroscopic studies of stars by where he the spectrum of the star with the spectral lines of metals compared, which he in the laboratory for emission of light stimulated.

Lohse died in Potsdam in 1915 after a long illness.

In his memory, the Lohse craters on Earth's moon and Lohse on Mars were named after him.

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SURNAME Lohse, Wilhelm Oswald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig , Kingdom of Saxony
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1915
Place of death Potsdam , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire