The Astronomische Gesellschaft is an astronomical society established in 1863 in Heidelberg , the second oldest astronomical society after the Royal Astronomical Society .
6-873: In 1882, the Astronomische Gesellschaft founded the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams at Kiel , where it remained until during World War I when it was moved to the Østervold Observatory at Copenhagen , Denmark, to be operated there by the Copenhagen University Observatory . Around the turn of the 20th century the A.G. initiated the most important star catalog of this time, the Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog (AGK). The assembly in Danzig (now Gdańsk ) in August 1939
12-449: Is a non-profit organization , but charges for its IAU Circulars and electronic telegrams to finance its continued operation. The Central Bureau was founded by Astronomische Gesellschaft in 1882 at Kiel , Germany. During World War I it was moved to the Østervold Observatory at Copenhagen , Denmark , to be operated there by the Copenhagen University Observatory . In 1922, the IAU made
18-731: The International Astronomical Union (IAU), the CBAT distributes IAU Circulars . From the 1920s to 1992, CBAT sent telegrams in urgent cases, although most circulars were sent via regular mail ; when telegrams were dropped, the name "telegram" was kept for historical reasons, and they continued as the Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams . Since the mid-1980s the IAU Circulars and the related Minor Planet Circulars have been available electronically. The CBAT
24-741: The Central Bureau its official Bureau Central des Télégrammes Astronomiques (French for Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams), and it remained in Copenhagen until 1965, when it moved to the Harvard College Observatory , to be operated there by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. It has remained in Cambridge, Massachusetts to this day. The HCO had maintained a western-hemisphere Central Bureau from 1883 until
30-807: The following awards and prizes: The Hanno and Ruth Roelin Prize is also awarded at the society's annual meeting, but it is administered by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy . Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams The Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams ( CBAT ) is the official international clearing house for information relating to transient astronomical events . The CBAT collects and distributes information on comets , natural satellites , novae , supernovae and other transient astronomical events. CBAT also establishes priority of discovery (who gets credit for it) and assigns initial designations and names to new objects. On behalf of
36-406: Was the last until a meeting at Göttingen in 1947, when it was re-commenced as Astronomische Gesellschaft in der Britischen Zone . The post-war editorial board consisted of Chairman Albrecht Unsöld (Kiel), Otto Heckmann , J. Larink , B. Straßl , Paul ten Bruggencate , and also Max Beyer representing the amateurs of the society. With dates of appointment: The astronomical society awards
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