Argelander

[ ahr-guh-lahn-duhr ]

noun

1. Frie·drich Wil·helm Au·gust [free, -d, r, i, kh, , vil, -helm , ou, -g, oo, st], 1799–1875, German astronomer.

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

A team led by Hendrik Hildebrandt of the Argelander Institute for Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, and Massimo Viola of Leiden University in the Netherlands examined galaxy images taken by the European Southern Observatory's VLT Survey Telescope in Chile as part of the Kilo-Degree Survey.

From Nature

Although it is dwarfed by the largest instruments elsewhere, “an awful lot of state-of-the-art science is still being carried out with 2- to 4-meter telescopes,” says Hendrik Hildebrandt, an astronomer at the Argelander Institute for Astronomy in Bonn, Germany.

From Science Magazine

Modern photometric measures confirm the estimates of Al-Sufi and Argelander.

From Project Gutenberg

In the majority of cases, however, Al-Sufi agrees well with Argelander and Heis, but there are in some cases differences which suggest a change in relative brightness.

From Project Gutenberg