ASTRONOMY DRAMA CIRCA 200 YEARS AGO.
Researching about Karl Rümker (1788-1862) who got into a fight with Thomas Brisbane over 4 km^2 on the west side of the Nepean river in 1823.
Henry Bathurst had to get involved to resolve the beef between them.
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Researching about Karl Rümker (1788-1862) who got into a fight with Thomas Brisbane over 4 km^2 on the west side of the Nepean river in 1823.
Henry Bathurst had to get involved to resolve the beef between them.
📸 MAAS
Rümker eventually held the title of the Government's Astronomer here in NSW, observing lots of objects from the Parramatta observatory, incl. the rediscovery of Comet Encke in 1822.
He went back to EU and published a 12,000-star catalogue of southern skies in 1832.
He went back to EU and published a 12,000-star catalogue of southern skies in 1832.
Sounds like Rümker was into a bit of fisty cuffs given he got into yet another fight in England with President of the Royal Astronomical Society, James South, who banned him from working n British Govt. thereafter.
Mons Rümker, the lunar massif with 22 domes named after him.
Mons Rümker, the lunar massif with 22 domes named after him.
Don't hear much about Rümker (relative to Dunlop, Brisbane and other early Sydney astronomers) ... but it sounds like he played an important role there for a few years. Cranky, misunderstood fella it seems.
Another little side story in Sydney's astronomy history ...
Another little side story in Sydney's astronomy history ...
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