Hans-Heinrich Voigt
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Hans-Heinrich Voigt (18 April 1921[1] – 17 November 2017) was a German astronomer and director of the Göttingen Observatory.[2][3]
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Hans-Heinrich Voigt | |
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Born | (1921-04-18)April 18, 1921 Eitzendorf, Germany |
Died | November 17, 2017(2017-11-17) (aged 96) Göttingen, Germany |
Known for | Abriß der Astronomie |
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Fields | Astronomy , Astrophysics |
Institutions | Göttingen Observatory |
Thesis | Dämpfung und Mitte-Rand-Variation der Flügel der Mg-Serie 31P-n1D auf der Sonne |
Doctoral advisor | Paul ten Bruggencate |
Doctoral students | Werner Landgraf |
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Voigt was ordinary professor of astronomy at the University of Göttingen and directed the Göttingen Observatory from 1963 to 1986, when he retired.[4][5] He was a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and its president from 1978 to 1979.[6] In 1993 he received the Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal.
He died on 17 November 2017 at the age of 96 in Göttingen.[7] In 1988 an asteroid was named 4378 Voigt after him.[5]