Vienna Observatory

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.

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–

See also

  • List of largest optical refracting telescopes

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