Wilhelm Dieckvoss

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Wilhelm Dieckvoss (born October 5, 1908 in Hamburg , † December 31, 1982 in Hamburg) was a German astronomer .

Life

Dieckvoss went to school in Hamburg and studied astronomy, mathematics and physics there from the summer of 1927, which he completed in 1934 with the dissertation Photographic-Photometric Investigations on Atmospheric Extinction . He then continued to work at the Hamburg-Bergedorf observatory as an assistant, honorary professor, and professor until he retired in 1975 and thereafter.

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His work concerns astrometry , proper motions of stars , rotation of galaxies and the Milky Way (determination of Oort's constants ), movement of the solar system around the Milky Way , variable stars , astrometry of small planets , comets , Pluto ; Verification of the relativistic deflection of light at the edge of the sun , determination of the speed of light , cosmology . He led the extensive work of the publication of the star catalogs AGK2 and AGK3 and carried out a considerable part himself, for which the entire sky visible in Hamburg was photographed and from these and older images for approx. 300,000 stars much more precise and consistent positions were obtained.

In 1938 he discovered the small planets (4297) Eichhorn and (5927) Krogh in Hamburg-Bergedorf .

Honors

The small planet (1706) Dieckvoss (three years orbital period) discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth in Heidelberg in 1931 was named after him.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Photographic-photometric studies on atmospheric extinction, AN 255,117 (1935), bibcode : 1935AN .... 255..117D
  2. ^ CV of Prof. Dieckvoss, bibcode : 1983MitAG..59 .... 7.
  3. ↑ AGK3 catalog (online data), bibcode : 1997yCat.1061 .... 0D
personal data
SURNAME Dieckvoss, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1982
Place of death Hamburg