Axel Nielsen, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Axel Nielsen

Danish astronomer

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1902

Date of Death: 24-Feb-1970

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Axel Nielsen

  • Axel Vilfred Nielsen (13 December 1902 – 24 February 1970) was a Danish astronomer at the Ole Rømer Observatory in Aarhus from 1927 until his death in 1970. In 1921, while still a student, Nielsen established his private observatory "Spica" in Glostrup.
  • The observatory was located on the premises of a local enterprise, Glostrup TrĂŚskofabrik, where Nielsen's father, Peder Adolf Nielsen, was employed as a manager.
  • Axel V.
  • Nielsen graduated in 1926 from the University of Copenhagen.
  • In 1927 Nielsen was employed as an assistant with the Ole Rømer Observatory in Aarhus, later as head of section.
  • The Ole Rømer Observatory had been established in 1911; in 1956 it was handed over to the University of Aarhus. The crater Nielsen on the Moon is named after Axel V.
  • Nielsen and the American physicist Harald Herborg Nielsen.
  • Nielsen is a 10 km wide impact crater in the Oceanus Procellarum.
  • It is located north-east of Montes Agricola.Nielsen published several books and articles on astronomy and the history of astronomy in Denmark.
  • In 1944 he published a major work on the Danish astronomer Ole Rømer (1644-1710).
  • Nielsen's publication record includes: Ole Rømers ”Dimensionstavle”, Nordisk Astronomisk Tidsskrift 1928, 30 Ildkugler og Stjerneskud: Tidsskrift for Skole og Hjem.
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  • Hft., Hellerup 1929 The normal light curve, Astronomische Nachrichten, vol.
  • 262, May 1937 Hvornaar forelagde Ole Rømer sin Afhandling om Lysets Hastighed for Akademiet i Paris, NAT 1944, 60 Ole Rømer.
  • En Skildring af hans Liv og Gerning, København 1944 Ole Rømers Triduum i det 18.
  • ĂĽrhundredes astronomi, s.
  • 205-223 i Vagn Dybdahl o.a.: Seksten Århusrids, Aarhus 1953 Om iagttagelser af ildkugler, Aarhus 1958 Helligtrekongersmindet astronomisk belyst, Aarhus 1959 Hundrede ĂĽrs astronomi pĂĽ Østervold, sĂŚrtryk af Nordisk Astronomisk Tidsskrift 1961-62 Ole Rømer-Observatoriet - dets oprindelse og dets første leder, Aarhus Stifts Årbøger, bind 55, Aarhus, 1962Axel V.
  • Nielsen was the son of Peder Adolf Nielsen (1872-1962) and Caroline Marie Nielsen (1873-1937).
  • He grew up with his two younger brothers, Holger Marius Nielsen (1905-1993) and Povl Erik Nielsen (1909-1995) in Glostrup, 10 kilometres west of Copenhagen.

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