Alois Purgathofer (February 18, 1925 - March 13, 1984), was a well known and respected Austrian astronomer at the Vienna Observatory from 1954 to 1984. He mainly worked on the photometry of galactic star clusters, but also on the asteroid 51 Nemausa. In 1969 the Leopold Figl observatory was built on the Mitterschöpfl mountain under his technical and astronomical advice, containing a 1.5 m Ritchey-Chrétien telescope. His knowledge of astronomical instruments was legendary, especially of optical and electronic devices and of image converters. He died unexpectedly on March 13, 1984 during a business trip to the Calar Alto Observatory in Almeria, Spain.

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  • Alois Purgathofer (February 18, 1925 - March 13, 1984), was a well known and respected Austrian astronomer at the Vienna Observatory from 1954 to 1984. He mainly worked on the photometry of galactic star clusters, but also on the asteroid 51 Nemausa. In 1969 the Leopold Figl observatory was built on the Mitterschöpfl mountain under his technical and astronomical advice, containing a 1.5 m Ritchey-Chrétien telescope. His knowledge of astronomical instruments was legendary, especially of optical and electronic devices and of image converters. He died unexpectedly on March 13, 1984 during a business trip to the Calar Alto Observatory in Almeria, Spain. In his honour Rudolf Pressberger named his self built observatory in Klosterneuburg-Kierling “Purgathofer-Sternwarte”, and also the asteroid 5341 was named “Purgathofer”. (en)
  • Alois Purgathofer (* 18. Februar 1925 in Bruck an der Mur; † 13. März 1984 Calar Alto, Spanien), forschte und lehrte – abgesehen von einigen längeren Auslandsaufenthalten – von 1954 bis 1984 an der Universitätssternwarte Wien. Er arbeitete hauptsächlich über die Photometrie galaktischer Sternhaufen, aber auch den Kleinplaneten Nemausa. Im Jahre 1969 wurde unter seiner maßgeblichen technisch-himmelskundlichen Betreuung das Leopold Figl-Observatorium mit dem 1,5m Ritchey-Chretien Teleskop auf dem Mitterschöpfl errichtet. Seine Instrumentenkenntnisse besonders auf dem Gebiet der Optik, Elektronik und Bildwandler waren unübertroffen. Am 13. März 1984 verstarb Alois Purgathofer unerwartet während einer Dienstreise.Zu seinen Ehren benannte Ing. Rudolf Pressberger seine selbsterbaute Sternwarte in Klosterneuburg-Kierling „Purgathofer-Sternwarte“, und es wurde auch der Kleinplanet (5341) Purgathofer getauft. (de)
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  • Alois Purgathofer (February 18, 1925 - March 13, 1984), was a well known and respected Austrian astronomer at the Vienna Observatory from 1954 to 1984. He mainly worked on the photometry of galactic star clusters, but also on the asteroid 51 Nemausa. In 1969 the Leopold Figl observatory was built on the Mitterschöpfl mountain under his technical and astronomical advice, containing a 1.5 m Ritchey-Chrétien telescope. His knowledge of astronomical instruments was legendary, especially of optical and electronic devices and of image converters. He died unexpectedly on March 13, 1984 during a business trip to the Calar Alto Observatory in Almeria, Spain. (en)
  • Alois Purgathofer (* 18. Februar 1925 in Bruck an der Mur; † 13. März 1984 Calar Alto, Spanien), forschte und lehrte – abgesehen von einigen längeren Auslandsaufenthalten – von 1954 bis 1984 an der Universitätssternwarte Wien. (de)
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