Hermann Carl Vogel

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Hermann Carl Vogel
Hermann Carl Vogel
Born	(1841-04-03)3 April 1841 Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony
Died	13 August 1907(1907-08-13) (aged 66) Potsdam, German Empire
Nationality	German
Known for	Astronomical spectroscopy
Awards	Valz Prize (1890) Henry Draper Medal (1893) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1893) Bruce Medal (1906)
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	Potsdam Observatory

Hermann Carl Vogel (/ˈfoʊɡəl/; German: [ˈfoːɡl̩]; 3 April 1841 – 13 August 1907) was a German astrophysicist. He was born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony. From 1882 to 1907 he was director of the Astrophysical Observatory, Potsdam. He made extensive discoveries using spectral analysis of the stars.