Name Martin Brendel | Role Astronomer | |
Died September 6, 1939, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | ||
Otto Rudolf Martin Brendel (12 August 1862 – 6 September 1939) was a German astronomer. Born in Berlin-Niederschönhausen, he obtained the first successful photograph of the aurora borealis at Bossekop in northern Norway in 1892. He died in Freiburg.
The asteroid 761 Brendelia is named after Brendel.
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