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Ludwig Biermann Award
The Ludwig Biermann Award is an annual prize awarded by the German (German Astronomical Society) to an outstanding young astronomer. The prize is named in honour of the German astronomer Ludwig Biermann and was first awarded in 1989, three years after his death. Nominees for the award must be under the age of 35. The monetary value of the award is 2500 €, and it is intended to enable the awardee to make one or more research visits to an institute of their choice. Usually, only a single prize is awarded per year, but in a few cases, two prizes have been awarded. Past winners of the Ludwig Biermann Award See also * List of astronomy awards * Prizes named after people References {{authority control Astronomy prizes German science and technology awards Awards established in 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astronomische Gesellschaft
__NOTOC__ The ''Astronomische Gesellschaft'' is an astronomical society established in 1863 in Heidelberg, the second oldest astronomical society after the Royal Astronomical Society. History In 1882, the ''Astronomische Gesellschaft'' founded the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams at Kiel, where it remained until during World War I when it was moved to the Østervold Observatory at Copenhagen, Denmark, to be operated there by the Copenhagen University Observatory. Around the turn of the 20th century the A.G. initiated the most important star catalog of this time, the ''Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog'' (AGK). The assembly in Danzig (now Gdańsk) in August 1939 was the last until a meeting at Göttingen in 1947, when it was re-commenced as ''Astronomische Gesellschaft in der Britischen Zone''. The post-war editorial board consisted of Chairman Albrecht Unsöld (Kiel), Otto Heckmann, J. Larink, B. Straßl, Paul ten Bruggencate, and also Max Beyer representing the amate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
