Miklos von Konkoly-Thege

Miklos von Konkoly-Thege (b.20/1/1842 - d.17/2/1916) was an astronomer and land-owner ( noble). ^{[1] [2]}

History

He studied astronomy and physics at the universities of Budapest and Berlin. After his studies he continued to visits of the observatories of Göttingen, Greenwich, Heidelberg and Paris. During 1871 Konkoly-Thege constructed a telescope within his castle-residence, and in 1874 constructed an observatory in his palace park within Ógyalla; observations from here were used by Radó Kövesligethy to produce the Ógyallan Catalogue of Spectra. ^[2]

Handbooks

Praktische Anleitung zur Anstellung astronomischer Beobachtungen mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Astrophysik, nebst einer modernen Instrumentenkunde, Braunschweig, 1883 ^[2]

Praktische Anleitung zur Himmelsphotographie nebst einer kurzgefassten Anleitung zur modernen photographischen Operation und der Spectralphotographie im Cabinet, Halle, 1887 ^[2]

Handbuch für Spectroscopiker in Cabinet und am Fernrohr. Halle, 1890 ^[2]

Internal links

Konkoly Observatory

References

1. ^ fsz.bme.hu retrieved 09:58
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} "THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE KONKOLY OBSERVATORY". Magda Vargha and Zoltán Kolláth. http://www.konkoly.hu/staff/kollath/thefirst.html. Retrieved 09:59 13/10/11.