Otto August Rosenberger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto August Rosenberger

German astronomer

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1800

Place of Birth: Tukums, Tukums Municipality, Latvia

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1890

Profession: astronomer, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Otto August Rosenberger (August 10, 1800 – January 23, 1890) was a Baltic German astronomer from Tukums in Courland. Rosenberger graduated from the University of Königsberg, and was noted for his study of comets.
He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1837.
He died in Halle, Prussian Saxony. The crater Rosenberger on the Moon is named after him.