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Encyclopedia > Vereinigte Astronomische Gesellschaft

Vereinigte Astronomische Gesellschaft (VAG) was an international astronomy society founded in 1800. For other uses, see Astronomy (disambiguation). ... // ON MAY 5 1853 MR.FADER HAD SEX WITH A MAN NAME MR WIEN THEN THEY HAD SON NAMEDMRS COTURE AND MR MANOOGIAN WENT INTO MRS HASKELLS OFFICE NAKED AND DANCED AROUND AND MASTERBATED ON HER CHEST AND SHE LICKED IT OFF THEN THEY HAD ORAL SEEX WITH NAPLOEAN OF...


History

International cooperation in astronomy started with a first meeting of 15 European astronomers in Gotha in 1798. The society was founded two years in Lilienthal, near Bremen, to organize the compilation of ecliptic star charts, with more than half of the members originated from non-German speaking countries. In the same year Monatliche Correspondenz was founded in 1800 by Franz Xaver von Zach to publish results. Gotha is a town in Thuringia, in Germany. ... Year 1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Andor Lilienthal (b. ... Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach) (June 4, 1754 - September 2, 1832) was an Austrian astronomer born at Bratislava. ...


In 1845, the society published the Berliner Akademische Sternkarten.


See also

  • Astronomische Gesellschaft

Further reading

  • Wolfgang R. Dick, Jürgen Hamel (Eds.): Astronomie von Olbers bis Schwarzschild. Nationale Entwicklungen und internationale Beziehungen im 19. Jahrhundert. (Acta Historica Astronomiae ; 14). Thun ; Frankfurt am Main : Deutsch, 2002, 243 p., ISBN 3-8171-1667-5
  • Internationality from the VAG (1800) to the Astronomische Gesellschaft.


 

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