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Ernst Hartwig

1851 - 1923

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Carl Ernst Albrecht Hartwig (14 January 1851 in Frankfurt – 3 May 1923 in Bamberg) was a German astronomer. On 20 August 1885, Hartwig discovered a new star, SN 1885A (S Andromedae), in the Andromeda Galaxy, which was the first supernova that was ever seen that was outside the Milky Way. He is also credited for the discovery and co-discovery of three parabolic and hyperbolic comets, namely C/1879 Q2, C/1880 S1 and C/1886 T1. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Hartwig has received more than 13,897 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Hartwig is the 391st most popular astronomer, the 4,310th most popular biography from Germany and the 56th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ernst Hartwig ranks 391 out of 644. Before him are Alenush Terian, George Henry Peters, Nathaniel Bliss, Janet Akyüz Mattei, George O. Abell, and Christen Sørensen Longomontanus. After him are Albrecht Unsöld, Joseph Johann von Littrow, Hendrik van Gent, Marcel Minnaert, Julius Schiller, and Friedrich Tietjen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Ernst Hartwig ranks 72. Before him are Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Jane Dieulafoy, Stanisław Witkiewicz, Viggo Johansen, Ruperto Chapí, and Gérard Leman. After him are David Starr Jordan, Friedrich von Scholtz, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Thérèse Schwartze, Spyridon Lambros, and Carl Locher. Among people deceased in 1923, Ernst Hartwig ranks 84. Before him are Gunnar Nordström, Józef Bilczewski, Georg Marco, Guy de la Chapelle, Ōsugi Sakae, and Tommaso Salvadori. After him are Vatslav Vorovsky, Georg von Rosen, Michel de Klerk, Wilhelm Killing, Tomás Bretón, and Stefanos Dragoumis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Hartwig ranks 4,310 out of 7,253. Before him are Josef Gauchel (1916), Brigitte Horney (1911), Eberhard Diepgen (1941), Julius Rietz (1812), Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834), and Heinz Kubsch (1930). After him are Karl Ferdinand Sohn (1805), Johann Beckmann (1739), Felix Jacoby (1876), Theodor von Heuglin (1824), Georg Muche (1895), and Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Ernst Hartwig ranks 56. Before him are Joseph Helffrich (1890), Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835), Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (1765), Georg Marcgrave (1610), Paul Götz (1883), and Brian G. Marsden (1937). After him are Albrecht Unsöld (1905), Julius Schiller (1580), Friedrich Tietjen (1834), Richard Schorr (1867), Ludwig Biermann (1907), and Otto Heckmann (1901).

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