Gottfried Kirch (Kirche, Kirkius) (December 18, 1639—July 25, 1710) was a German astronomer. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 1710 ( MDCCX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study The son of a shoemaker in Guben, Saxonia, Kirch first worked as a calendar-maker in Saxonia and Franconia. Guben is a Town on the Lusatian Neisse river in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. The word Calendar consist of two words 1 Cal ( in Pashto means Year in Hindi and Persian is Sal- also means Year Franconia (Franken is a historic region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria and the area to its immediate west He began to learn astronomy in Jena, and studied under Hevelius in Danzig. Jena (pronunciation ˈjeːna is a university City in central Germany on the river Saale. Johannes Hevelius ( Latin) also called Johannes Hewel Johann Hewelke Johannes Höwelcke in German, or Jan Heweliusz (in Polish) Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland In Danzig in 1667, Kirch published calendars and built several telescopes and instruments. Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects and the collection of Electromagnetic radiation.
In 1686, Kirch went to Leipzig. This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong There, he observed the great comet of 1686, together with Christoph Arnold. A Great Comet is a Comet which becomes particularly bright and is very spectacular to a casual observer on Earth. Christoph Arnold ( December 17, 1650 – April 15, 1695) was a German amateur astronomer. At Leipzig, Kirch also met his second wife, Maria Margarethe Winckelmann (1670-1720), who had learned astronomy from Arnold. Maria Margarethe Kirch (née Winckelmann) ( 1670-02-25, Leipzig - 1720-12-29, Berlin) was a German Astronomer In 1688, he invented and charted the now obsolete constellation Sceptrum Brandenburgicum, the Brandenburg Scepter. Sceptrum Brandenburgicum (or Sceptrum Brandenburgium &ndash Latin for Scepter of Brandenburg) was a Constellation created This article lists the Margraves and Electors of Brandenburg during the period of time that Brandenburg was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire A sceptre or scepter is a symbolic ornamental staff held by a ruling Monarch, a prominent item of royal Regalia. Later, in 1699, he observed comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle but this observation was not recognized until later analysis by Joachim Schubart. 55P/Tempel-Tuttle (commonly known as Comet Tempel-Tuttle) was independently discovered by Ernst Tempel on December 19 1865 and by Horace [1]
In 1700, Kirch was appointed by Frederick I of Prussia as the first astronomer of the Prussian Royal Society of Sciences. Biography Born in Königsberg, he was the third son of Frederick William Elector of Brandenburg by his father's first marriage to Louise Henriette The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and from 1871 was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising
Kirch studied the double star Mizar, and discovered both the Wild Duck Cluster (Messier 11) (1681) and Globular Cluster M5 (May 5, 1702). The Wild Duck Cluster (also known as Messier 11, or NGC 6705) is an Open cluster in the Constellation Scutum. Globular Cluster M5 (also known as Messier Object 5 or NGC 5904) is a Globular cluster in the Constellation Serpens. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He also discovered the variability of the Mira variable Chi Cygni in 1686. Mira variables, named after the star Mira (ˈmairə are a class of pulsating Variable stars characterized by very red colors pulsation periods longer than 100 days Chi Cygni (χ Cyg / χ Cygni is a Variable star of the Mira type in the constellation Cygnus.
He died at Berlin at the age of seventy-one. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany.
Kirch crater, on the Moon, is named after him. Kirch is a small lunar Impact crater in the eastern part of the Mare Imbrium, a large Lunar mare in the northwest Quadrant of the The asteroid 6841 Gottfriedkirch is also named after him. Asteroids, sometimes called Minor planets or planetoids', are bodies—primarily of the inner Solar System —that are smaller than planets but 6841 Gottfriedkirch is an Asteroid. It is named after the German astronomer Gottfried Kirch (1639-1710
Kirch was married to the self-taught astronomer Maria Winkelmann. Maria Margarethe Kirch (née Winckelmann) ( 1670-02-25, Leipzig - 1720-12-29, Berlin) was a German Astronomer
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- Robert Burnham Jr. The following is a list of astronomical instrument makers, along with lifespan and country of work if available : Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Volume Two, p. 762)
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