Argelander

American  

[ahr-guh-lahn-duhr] / ˌɑr gəˈlɑn dər /

noun

1. Friedrich Wilhelm August 1799–1875, German astronomer.

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Example Sentences

“We have this enormous field of view,” said Reiko Nakajima, an astronomer at the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn in Germany, at the recent press conference.

From Scientific American • Nov. 8, 2023

In the preface to his translation of Al-Sufi’s work, Schjellerup mentions some remarkable discrepancies between the magnitudes assigned to certain stars by Ptolemy and Argelander.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard

Argelander now obtained an entirely concordant result from the large number of 390, determined with the scrupulous accuracy characteristic of Bessel's work and his own.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

Cél., found by Argelander to have a proper motion of 4·734′, and by Winnecke a parallax of O·511′.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

It should be stated, however, that κ Libræ was rated 5th magnitude by Argelander and Heis, and λ, 6th magnitude by the same excellent observers.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard