Hans-Heinrich Voigt

Hans-Heinrich Voigt (18 April 1921[1] – 17 November 2017) was a German astronomer who was Director of the Göttingen Observatory.[2][3]

Hans-Heinrich Voigt
Born(1921-04-18)April 18, 1921
Eitzendorf, Germany
DiedNovember 17, 2017(2017-11-17) (aged 96)
Göttingen, Germany
Known forAbriß der Astronomie
Awards
  • Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-
    Medaille (1993)
  • Göttinger Akademie der
    Wissenschaften member
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy , Astrophysics
InstitutionsGöttingen Observatory
ThesisDämpfung und Mitte-Rand-Variation der Flügel der Mg.-Serie 31P-n1D auf der Sonne
Doctoral advisorPaul ten Bruggencate
Doctoral studentsWerner Landgraf

Voigt was the director of the Göttingen Observatory from 1975 to 1983.[4] He was a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and was its president from 1978 to 1979.[5] In 1993 he received the Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal.

In 1988 an asteroid was named 4378 Voigt after him.[4]

He died on 17 November 2017 at the age of 96 in Göttingen.[6]

Works
  • Outline of Astronomy (1974) [7]
  • Das Universum (1994) [8]
  • Abriß der Astronomie (2012) [9]

References
  1. http://www.whoswho.de/bio/hans-heinrich-voigt.html
  2. "History of the Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen". Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  3. "Literature by and about Hans-Heinrich Voigt in the catalog of the German National Library". Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1. Springer. p. 376. ISBN 9783540002383.
  5. "Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Profile". Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  6. "Astronom Voigt gestorben". Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  7. Voigt, Hans-Heinrich (1974). Outline of astronomy. Leyden: Noordhoff. ISBN 9789001712709.
  8. Voigt, Hans-Heinrich (1994). Das Universum : Planeten - Sterne - Galaxien ; mit 8 Tabellen. Stuttgart: Reclam. ISBN 9783150052280.
  9. Voigt, Hrsg. Hermann J. Röser; Hrsg. Hans H. (2009). Abriß der Astronomie (6., wes. überarb. u. erw. Aufl. ed.). Weinheim, Bergstr: WILEY-VCH. ISBN 9783527407361.
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