Littrow may refer to:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Karl L. Littrow
Karl Ludwig Edler von Littrow (18 July 1811 – 16 November 1877) was an Austrian astronomer.
Born in Kazan, Russian Empire, he was the son of astronomer Joseph Johann Littrow. He studied mathematics and astronomy at the universities of Vienna an ...
, Austrian astronomer, son of Joseph Johann Littrow
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Auguste von Littrow
Auguste von Littrow, ''née'' Bischoff von Altenstern (13 February 1819 in Prague – 23 March 1890 in Vienna) was a German-Austrian author and women's movement leader.
She was the daughter of the physician Professor Ignaz von Bischoff-Altens ...
, German-Austrian author and women's movement leader
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Heinrich von Littrow
Heinrich von Littrow (26 January 1820 in Vienna – 25 April 1895 in Abbazia, today Opatija, Croatia) was an Austrian cartographer and writer, and a convinced advocate of the universalist mission of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
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Heinrich ...
, Austrian cartographer and writer
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Otto von Littrow
Otto von Littrow (14 February 1843, Vienna – 7 November 1864, Vienna) was an Austrian astronomer and physicist. He is known for his contributions in spectrometer instrumentation.
Son of astronomer Karl L. Littrow and women's movement leader Au ...
(1843-1864), son of Karl and Auguste von Littrow
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Littrow angle
A blazed grating – also called echelette grating (from French ''échelle'' = ladder) – is a special type of diffraction grating. It is optimized to achieve maximum light efficiency in a given diffraction order. For this purpose, maximum ...
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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
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Littrow expansion Littrow expansion and its counterpart Littrow compression are optical effects associated with slitless imaging spectrographs. These effects are named after Austrian physicist Otto von Littrow.
In a slitless imaging spectrograph, light is focused w ...
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Lea von Littrow
Leo von Littrow (17 March 1860 – 11 May 1925) was an Austrian- Fiuman painter known for her landscapes and marine paintings.
Biography
Leo von Littrow was born as Leontine Camilla von Littrow in Trieste and was always called "Leo" from an earl ...
(1860-1925), Austrian painter, daughter of Heinrich von Littrow
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