Vienna Observatory

Vienna Observatory

Universitäts-Sternwarte Wien (Vienna Observatory) is an astronomical observatory in Vienna, Austria. It is part of the University of Vienna. The first observatory was built in 1753/1754 on the roof of one of the university buildings.

A new observatory was built between 1874 and 1879, and was finally inaugurated by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1883. The main dome houses a refractor with a diameter of 68 centimeters and a focal length of 10.5 meters. At that time, this was the world's largest telescope.

Directors

* Maximilian Hell, 1756–1792
* Franz de Paula Triesnecker, 1792–1817
* Johann Josef von Littrow, 1819–1840
* Karl Ludwig von Littrow, 1842–1877
* Edmund Weiss, 1877–1908
* Kasimir Graff, 1928–1938
* Bruno Thüring, 1940–1945
* Kasimir Graff, 1945–1949
* Josef Hopmann, 1951–1962
* Josef Meurers, 1962–1979
* Karl Rakos, 1979–1981
* Werner Tscharnuter, 1981–1984
* Michel Breger, 1984–1986
* Paul Jackson, 1986–1994
* Michel Breger, 1994–2005
* Gerhard Hensler, 2006–

External links

* [http://www.astro.univie.ac.at/ Home page]
* [http://stecf.org/~ralbrech/amico/papers/albrechtr/albrechtr.html History]
* [http://www.salzgeber.at/foto/9.html Photo]


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