!!!Palisa, Johann

b. Opava, Czech Republic (then Troppau), Dec. 6, 1848, 
d. Vienna, May 2, 1925, astronomist. Discovered 120 planetoids. 1871 
head of the navy obsevatory in Pola (Croatia), director of the Vienna 
Observatory. With M. Wolf compiled the Wolf-P.-celestial charts. Prize 
of the Paris Academy.

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Work: Sternlexikon von -1° bis +19° Deklination, 1902.

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