阿尔贝特·马特1828—1897

阿尔贝特·马特在1828年出生于普鲁士波美拉尼亚省的科尔贝格，成年后前往柏林大学学习神学，其后他对天文学和数学的兴趣促使他转往柯尼斯堡大学，在克里斯蒂安·奥古斯特·弗里德里希·彼得斯的指导下学习天文学。

1853年，他到了英格兰为乔治·毕晓普工作。当时他是一名高价酒商人也是天文学的爱好者。那时，一份受薪的天文学工作是很罕有的。

后来，到了马耳他担任英国天文学家威廉·拉塞尔的助手，并且发现了600个星云和其中一颗早期的小行星－安菲特里忒。

及后，他在爱尔兰的马克里天文台担任第二任台长。他并为太阳系制作非常详细的星历表，为每个行星计算子午仪。

在月球及火星上的撞击坑都为他而命名。

Albert Marth (5 May 1828 – 6 August 1897) was a German astronomer who worked in Britain and Ireland.

Life

After studying theology at the University of Berlin, his interest in astronomy and mathematics led him to study astronomy under C. A. F. Peters at the University of Königsberg.

Marth went to England in 1853 to work for George Bishop, a rich wine merchant and patron of astronomy, who financed a London observatory (in operation from 1836 to 1861). At that time, paid jobs in astronomy were quite rare.

He worked as William Lassell's assistant in Malta, discovering 600 nebulae. He also discovered one of the early asteroids found, 29 Amphitrite, and the galaxies NGC 3, NGC 4 and NGC 15.

He also investigated double stars, discovering NGC 30 in 1864.

From 1883 to 1897 he worked at the Markree Observatory in County Sligo where he was the second director appointed in its second period of operation.

He made extensive ephemerides of Solar System bodies. He excelled in performing calculations of transits of various planets from other planets, predicting transits of Earth from Mars and many others.

Craters on the Moon and Mars are named for him. The crater Marth on the Moon is about 3 km in diameter.