William Doberck 香港最早期的天文學家
本帖最後由 mca 於 2018-11-27 22:50 編輯With the permission of Professor P. Kevin MacKeown of the HKU, his paper
WILLIAM DOBERCK – DOUBLE STAR ASTRONOMER is shared here for those interested:
https://forum.hkas.org.hk/Web/Doberck-DoubleStarAstronomer.pdf
Abstract: We outline the role of astronomy in the career of William Doberck (1852–1941). After taking a PhD in astronomy at the University of Jena in 1873, he accepted a position as superintendent of Markree Observatory in the west of Ireland. There he refurbished the great 13-inch refractor and spent nine years observing mostly double star systems, paying only such attention to meteorological monitoring as was required of his position. In 1883 he became the founding Director of a new observatory in Hong Kong, a post which he held for 24 years. His frustrations in attempting to continue his purely astronomical work, not assuaged by his combative and prickly personality, and in the face of the strictly practical demands of that mercantile society for comprehensive storm forecasting, are described. Finally, his observations in retirement in England, and his overall contribution to astronomy, are summarised.
Here is some collected information on the 13-inch refractor which was once installed in Honk Kong.
https://forum.hkas.org.hk/Web/HK_Astronomy_early_history.doc
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