Ernst Arnold Kohlschütter (July 6, 1883 – May 28, 1969) was a German astronomer and astrophysicist from Halle. In 1908 he was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of Göttingen. In 1911 he began working at the Mount Wilson observatory, studying the spectra of the Sun and stars. In collaboration with Walter Sidney Adams, they discovered that the absolute luminosity of a star was proportional to the relative intensity of the lines in the spectrum.

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  • Ernst Arnold Kohlschütter (July 6, 1883 – May 28, 1969) was a German astronomer and astrophysicist from Halle. In 1908 he was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of Göttingen. In 1911 he began working at the Mount Wilson observatory, studying the spectra of the Sun and stars. In collaboration with Walter Sidney Adams, they discovered that the absolute luminosity of a star was proportional to the relative intensity of the lines in the spectrum. This allowed astronomers to determine the distance of stars, including main sequence and giants, using the spectroscope. He became the director of the Bonn observatory in 1925. Therein he was dedicated to astrometric studies. Kohlschütter crater on the Moon was named after him. (en)
  • Arnold Kohlschütter (* 6. Juli 1883 in Halle an der Saale; † 28. Mai 1969) war ein deutscher Astrophysiker. Kohlschütter fand zusammen mit Walter Sydney Adams einen Zusammenhang der relativen Intensität bestimmter Spektrallinien mit der Leuchtkraft eines Sterns. Er begründete damit die Möglichkeit der spektroskopischen Entfernungsbestimmung von Sternen . Kohlschütter hörte als Student Vorlesungen von Karl Schwarzschild in Göttingen. Dort war auch 1906 Assistent. Im Jahre 1908 ging er nach Kiel und 1909 nach Bergedorf bei Hamburg. Im Jahre 1911 war Kohlschütter Astronom am Mt. Wilson Observatory und ab dem Jahre 1918 Assistent am Astrophysikalischen Observatorium Potsdam. Ab dem Jahre 1919 war er dort Observator und ab 1923 sogar Hauptobservator. Seit 1920 hatte er die Position eines Privatdozent an der Universität Berlin inne und wurde im Jahre 1925 Professor an der Universität und Direktor der Sternwarte in Bonn. Dort widmete er sich den astrometrischen Projekten wie z.B. dem Bonner Teil des AGK2. (de)
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  • Ernst Arnold Kohlschütter (July 6, 1883 – May 28, 1969) was a German astronomer and astrophysicist from Halle. In 1908 he was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of Göttingen. In 1911 he began working at the Mount Wilson observatory, studying the spectra of the Sun and stars. In collaboration with Walter Sidney Adams, they discovered that the absolute luminosity of a star was proportional to the relative intensity of the lines in the spectrum. (en)
  • Arnold Kohlschütter (* 6. Juli 1883 in Halle an der Saale; † 28. Mai 1969) war ein deutscher Astrophysiker. (de)
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