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Hermann Carl Vogel
Hermann Carl Vogel was a German astrophysicist. He was born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony. From 1882 to 1907 he was director of the Astrophysical Observatory, Potsdam. He made extensive discoveries using spectral analysis of the stars.
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Born 3 April 1841 · Died 13 August 1907 · Q58812
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1907· 1 entry
Died 1907-08-13.
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1906· 2 entries
Won Bruce Medal (1906).
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Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1906).
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1895· 1 entry
Hermann Carl Vogel was awarded the Pour le mérite für Wissenschaft und Künste and was, among others, a member of the following learned societies:
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1893· 2 entries
Won Henry Draper Medal (1893).
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Won Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1893).
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1892· 1 entry
Vogel produced radial velocity data for 51 stars
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1889· 1 entry
That it was a binary star; thus, Algol was one of the first known spectroscopic binaries (and it is also known to be an eclipsing binary with a third star now known to rotate around the binary system)
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1875· 1 entry
Demonstrated the effect in the acoustic area with a whistle of a German Borsig-Lokomotive
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1874· 1 entry
In order to work as an employee of the newly founded Astrophysical Observatory in Potsdam (AOP) dealing with the planning and the setting-up of the instruments of the institute
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1871· 1 entry
Was the first to establish Sun's rotational period using the Doppler effect
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1870· 1 entry
From Jena for work on nebulae and star clusters and went in the same year to the Sternwarte Bothkamp of Kammerherrn von Bülow, c
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1862· 1 entry
Vogel began his studies at the Polytechnikum in Dresden and in 1863 went to University of Leipzig
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1841· 1 entry
Born 1841-04-03.
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1827· 1 entry
“I have found a paper of mine among some others in which I call architecture 'petrified music.' Really there is something in this; the tone of mind produced by architecture approaches the effect of music.”
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1824· 1 entry
“No matter how far our spiritual culture may continue to progress, no matter how much the natural sciences may grow, becoming ever more profound and more inclusive, no matter how much the human spirit may will to expand, that human spirit will never escape from the majesty and ethical sublimity of Christianity, as it shimmers and shines in the Gospels.”
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