Hermann Carl Vogel

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Hermann Carl Vogel was a 19th-century German astronomer renowned for pioneering spectroscopic methods to measure the radial velocities of stars.

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instanceOf German astronomer
astronomer
human
awardReceived Bruce Medal
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lalande Prize
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Saxony
countryOfCitizenship Germany
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1841-04-03
dateOfDeath 1907-08-13
educatedAt University of Leipzig
employer Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam
endTime 1907
era 19th century
early 20th century
familyName Vogel
fieldOfWork astronomy
astrophysics
stellar spectroscopy
givenName Hermann
hasAcademicDiscipline observational astronomy
spectroscopy
influenced development of astrophysical spectroscopy
influencedBy Gustav Kirchhoff
Robert Bunsen
William Huggins
knownFor early measurements of radial velocities of stars
pioneering spectroscopic methods to measure stellar radial velocities
spectroscopic study of binary stars
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Astronomical Society
middleName Carl
nativeLanguage German
notableWork spectroscopic determination of stellar radial velocities
spectroscopic observations of Algol
occupation astronomer
university teacher
placeOfBirth Leipzig
placeOfDeath Potsdam
positionHeld director of the Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam
residence Leipzig
Potsdam
sexOrGender male
startTime 1882
workLocation Potsdam

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