He was born Johann Martin Schäberle in Württemberg, Germany, but in 1854 [1] immigrated as an infant to the United States. Most sources refer to him as John M. Schaeberle, but his family and friends called him Martin.
He attended public schools, and then became an apprentice in a machine shop. During his apprenticeship, he became interested in astronomy, and decided to finish high school.[1] He then became a student of James Craig Watson at the University of Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1876 as a civil engineer, but devoted himself to astronomy. He taught astronomy at the University of Michigan from 1876 to 1888.[2] He maintained his own private observatory and discovered three comets. In 1888 he became one of the inaugural astronomers at Lick Observatory.
He had charge of the expedition to witness the solar eclipse at Cayenne in 1889, and of those for the same purpose to Chile in 1893, and to Japan in 1896.[2] He designed the "Schaeberle camera" to take pictures of the Sun and its corona during total solar eclipses. He also discovered Procyon B, the faint companion star of Procyon, in 1896.
He resigned from Lick Observatory when James E. Keeler was made its director instead of him in 1898, despite the fact that he had been acting director since the previous year. He devoted some time to travel, and then continued astronomical studies in Ann Arbor.[1] He never held another astronomical post. He was also an athlete and musician.[1] He was a frequent contributor to astronomical journals.[2]
Schaeberle died in Ann Arbor. There are craters named after him on both the Moon and on Mars.
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john, martin, schaeberle, schaeberle, redirects, here, other, uses, schaeberle, disambiguation, january, 1853, september, 1924, german, american, astronomer, contents, biography, comets, discovered, notes, external, links, obituariesbiography, edithe, born, jo. Schaeberle redirects here For other uses see Schaeberle disambiguation John Martin Schaeberle January 10 1853 September 17 1924 was a German American astronomer John Martin Schaeberle Contents 1 Biography 2 Comets discovered 3 Notes 4 External links 4 1 ObituariesBiography EditHe was born Johann Martin Schaberle in Wurttemberg Germany but in 1854 1 immigrated as an infant to the United States Most sources refer to him as John M Schaeberle but his family and friends called him Martin He attended public schools and then became an apprentice in a machine shop During his apprenticeship he became interested in astronomy and decided to finish high school 1 He then became a student of James Craig Watson at the University of Michigan He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1876 as a civil engineer but devoted himself to astronomy He taught astronomy at the University of Michigan from 1876 to 1888 2 He maintained his own private observatory and discovered three comets In 1888 he became one of the inaugural astronomers at Lick Observatory He had charge of the expedition to witness the solar eclipse at Cayenne in 1889 and of those for the same purpose to Chile in 1893 and to Japan in 1896 2 He designed the Schaeberle camera to take pictures of the Sun and its corona during total solar eclipses He also discovered Procyon B the faint companion star of Procyon in 1896 He resigned from Lick Observatory when James E Keeler was made its director instead of him in 1898 despite the fact that he had been acting director since the previous year He devoted some time to travel and then continued astronomical studies in Ann Arbor 1 He never held another astronomical post He was also an athlete and musician 1 He was a frequent contributor to astronomical journals 2 Schaeberle died in Ann Arbor There are craters named after him on both the Moon and on Mars Comets discovered EditC 1880 G1 Schaeberle 3 C 1881 N1 Schaeberle 3 Notes Edit a b c d Donald H Menzel 1935 Schaeberle John Martin Dictionary of American Biography New York Charles Scribner s Sons a b c Rines George Edwin ed 1920 Schaeberle John Martin Encyclopedia Americana a b Kronk Gary W 2003 Comet Designation Index years 1855 1892 Cometography A Catalogue of Comets Vol 2 1800 1899 p 836 ISBN 0521585058 External links EditPortraits of John Martin Schaeberle from the Lick Observatory Records Digital Archive UC Santa Cruz Library s Digital Collections https web archive org web 20051216081237 http www detroitobservatory umich edu JAHH2003 DetroitObservatoryArticle pdf Scientific American Schaeberle s Comet 27 Aug 1881 pp 129Obituaries Edit Obs 47 1924 348 one paragraph PASP 36 1924 309John Martin Schaeberle in libraries WorldCat catalog Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Martin Schaeberle amp oldid 1068265482, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
