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Otto von Littrow and his spectrograph
Author(s) -
Kerschbaum F.,
Müller I.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.200911219
Subject(s) - spectrograph , observatory , art history , astronomy , art , philosophy , physics , spectral line
This article sketches the short life and major accomplishments of the lesser known Littrow, namely Otto, the son of Karl Ludwig von Littrow and grand‐son of Joseph Johann von Littrow, both famous directors of the Vienna Observatory during the 19th century. It turns out that his major accomplishment, a new spectrograph design is still quite relevant today (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)