Otto August Rosenberger
Otto August Rosenberger (born August 10, 1800 in Tukums in Latvia , † January 23, 1890 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German astronomer .
In 1811 he moved from Latvia to Königsberg with his father, a doctor . He studied astronomy at the university there from 1819 to 1825 under Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel , whose assistant he was for several years. In 1826 he went to the University of Halle as an associate professor of applied mathematics and observer at the observatory , where he was appointed full professor in 1831. He held lectures until 1879. He died on January 23, 1890.
Since the condition of the Halle observatory did not favor astronomical observations, Rosenberger's astronomical activity in Halle was limited to his lectures on computational work, one of which (in volume 6 of the Astronomical News ) the Lappish degree measurement , the other (in volume 8– 13 of the Astronomical News ) concerns Halley's Comet . The latter in particular, which, according to Bessel's judgment, is the most careful and successful calculation of the orbit of this comet, made Rosenberger's name known in wider circles.
In 1837 he was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society . The Rosenberger lunar crater is named after him.
Rosenberger's son was the physician Georg August Wilhelm Julius Rosenberger .
Web links
- Entry on Otto August Rosenberger in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
- Publications by OA Rosenberger in the Astrophysics Data System
- NN: Obituary: Rosenberger, OA Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 51 (1891), p. 202 (English)
- A. Wangerin: Death notice. Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 123 (1890), p. 415 (obituary to OA Rosenberger)
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Otto August Rosenberger. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosenberger, Otto August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosenberger, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tukums , Latvia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1890 |
| Place of death | Halle (Saale) |