Vienna Observatory
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Universitäts-Sternwarte Wien (Vienna Observatory) is an astronomical observatory in Vienna, Austria. It is part of the University of Vienna. The first observatory was built in 1753/1754 on the roof of one of the university buildings.
A new observatory was built between 1874 and 1879, and was finally inaugurated by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1883. The main dome houses a refractor with a diameter of 68 centimeters and a focal length of 10.5 meters. At that time, this was the world's largest telescope.
[edit] Directors
- Maximilian Hell, 1756–1792
- Franz de Paula Triesnecker, 1792–1817
- Johann Josef von Littrow, 1819–1840
- Karl Ludwig von Littrow, 1842–1877
- Edmund Weiss, 1877–1908
- Kasimir Graff, 1928–1938
- Bruno Thüring, 1940–1945
- Kasimir Graff, 1945–1949
- Josef Hopmann, 1951–1962
- Josef Meurers, 1962–1979
- Karl Rakos, 1979–1981
- Werner Tscharnuter, 1981–1984
- Michel Breger, 1984–1986
- Paul Jackson, 1986–1994
- Michel Breger, 1994–2005
- Gerhard Hensler, 2006–
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