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Joseph Johann von Littrow Joseph Johann von Littrow (13 March 1781, Horšovský Týn () – 30 November 1840, Vienna) was an Austrian astronomer. In 1837, he was ennobled with the title Joseph Johann Edler von Littrow. He was the father of Karl Ludwig Edler von Littrow a ...
(1781-1840), Austrian astronomer **
Littrow projection The Littrow projection is a map projection developed by Joseph Johann von Littrow in 1833. It is the only conformal, retroazimuthal map projection. As a retroazimuthal projection, the Littrow shows directions, or azimuths, correctly from any po ...
, a map projection invented by Joseph Johann Littrow, also called the Weir Azimuth diagram **
Littrow (crater) Littrow is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater that is located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side, on the east edge of Mare Serenitatis. Its diameter is 29 km. The crater is named after Bohemian astronomer Joseph Johann von L ...
, a lunar crater named for astronomer Joseph Johann von Littrow **
Taurus–Littrow Taurus–Littrow is a Moon, lunar valley located on the Near side of the Moon, near side at the coordinates . It served as the landing site for the United States, American Apollo 17 mission in December 1972, the last crewed mission to the Moon ...
, a valley on the Moon named after the Littrow crater and the Taurus mountain range * Karl L. Littrow, Austrian astronomer, son of Joseph Johann Littrow * Auguste von Littrow, German-Austrian author and women's movement leader * Heinrich von Littrow, Austrian cartographer and writer * Otto von Littrow (1843-1864), son of Karl and Auguste von Littrow ** Littrow angle **
Littrow prism In optics, a Littrow prism, or Littrow mirror, originally part of a Littrow spectrograph (after Otto von Littrow), is a retro-reflecting, dispersing prism arranged in such a way that an incident light beam which enters at the Brewster angle underg ...
, an optical device developed by Otto von Littrow used with lasers and in spectroscopy ** Littrow expansion * Lea von Littrow (1860-1925), Austrian painter, daughter of Heinrich von Littrow {{disambiguation, surname German-language surnames