Walter Bernheimer

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Walter Ernst Bernheimer (born December 8, 1892 in Vienna ; † December 14, 1937 there ) was an Austrian astronomer.

Life

Bernheimer attended grammar school in Innsbruck with the Matura in 1910 and after completing his military service (one-year volunteer) studied physics, mathematics and astronomy in Innsbruck, where he was also at the observatory. He was drafted in the First World War and most recently headed a field weather station as first lieutenant. From 1919 he continued his studies in Vienna and Uppsala and received his doctorate in Vienna in 1922 and became an extraordinary assistant at the Vienna University Observatory .

In 1927 he took part in a solar eclipse expedition to Lapland.

In 1928 he completed his habilitation in Vienna and gave lectures at the University of Vienna on photometry, colorimetry and radiation problems. In 1931 he became a full assistant at the university observatory and in 1931/32 he was a Rockefeller scholar in Lund, where he worked with Knut Emil Lundmark . In 1935 he became an associate professor at the University of Vienna and researched solar physics in Florence.

He dealt with the photometry of stars, star clusters and galaxies and solar physics (temporal change in solar constant, solar corona, short-wave radiation from the sun). He recognized the organization of galaxies in larger structures beyond local groups (metagalaxies).

He worked on the manual of physics and manual of astrophysics, member of the Danish and Swedish astronomical societies and the Astronomical Society in Leipzig. He served on the Galaxies and Solar Radiation and Atmosphere Commissions of the International Astronomical Union.

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SURNAME Bernheimer, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bernheimer, Walter Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1937
Place of death Vienna