Otto von Littrow and his spectrograph

Autor(en)

Franz Kerschbaum, Isolde Müller

Abstrakt

This article sketches the short life and major accomplishments of the lesser known Littrow, namely Otto, the son of Karl Ludwig von Littrow and grand-son of Joseph Johann von Littrow, both famous directors of the Vienna Observatory during the 19th century. It turns out that his major accomplishment, a new spectrograph design is still quite relevant today.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Astrophysik

Journal

Astronomische Nachrichten

Band

330

ISSN

0004-6337

Publikationsdatum

2009

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

107003 Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, 103003 Astronomie

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/952f29ed-a059-4d33-b1b7-71aff736bf60