Hermann Carl Vogel
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Hermann Carl Vogel
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| Born |
April 3, 1841 Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony |
| Died | August 13, 1907 (aged 66) Potsdam, German Empire |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Potsdam Observatory |
| Known for | Astronomical spectroscopy |
| Notable awards |
Valz Prize (1890) Henry Draper Medal (1893) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1893) Bruce Medal (1906) |
Hermann Carl Vogel (April 3, 1841 – August 13, 1907) was a German astrophysicist. He was born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony. From 1882 to 1907 he was director of the Astrophysical Observatory, Potsdam. He made extensive discoveries using spectral analysis of the stars.
Vogel was born in 1841 in Leipzig. His father was director of the united Bürgerschulen and founder of the Realschule in Leipzig. His siblings included Eduard Vogel (1829–1856), Africa explorer and astronomer; Elise Polko (1823–1899), poet and singer and Julie Dohmke (1827–1913), writer, publisher, translator. In 1862, Vogel began his studies at the Polytechnikum in Dresden and in 1863 went to University of Leipzig. In Leipzig he was assistant to Karl Christian Bruhns and took part in measurements of double stars carried out by Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolf Engelmann.
Vogel was awarded a doctorate in 1870 from Jena for work on nebulae and star clusters and went in the same year to the Sternwarte Bothkamp of Kammerherrn von Bülow, c. 20 km south of Kiel. Here he undertook his first spectral analyses on celestial bodies. Wilhelm Oswald Lohse became his assistant.
Vogel left the observatory in 1874, in order to work as an employee of the newly founded Astrophysical Observatory in Potsdam (AOP) dealing with the planning and the setting-up of the instruments of the institute. In this connection he conducted a study trip to Britain in the summer of 1875.
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