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Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch (Russian:Александр Николаевич Дейч,romanized: Aleksandr Nikolayevich Deych; December 31, 1899 – 22 November 1986)[2] was a Sovietastronomer who worked atPulkovo Observatory.
Deutsch was born in the night from December 31, 1899, to January 1, 1900, in theBessarabian town ofReni into a family ofVolga German (on his father's side),[3] Greek, and Romanian (on his mother's side) descent.[4] When he was a small child, the family moved toRyazan and then toSaratov. He was graduated fromSaint Petersburg University. He was an adjoint director of thePulkovo Observatory prior toWorld War II and the director of the Pulkovo Observatory during theblockade of Leningrad. Subsequently, he was the head of the astrometry section of the Pulkovo Observatory and the founder of the astrometric school of that observatory.
He was active from 1935 to 1985 asA. N. Deutsch (A. Deutsch published starting in 1926 and could be the same person). He discovered one asteroid (theMinor Planet Center lists him asA. Deutsch).
His main scientific contributions refer to stars' proper motions in selected Kapteyn surfaces, astrophotography of galaxies and stars, brown dwarfs, astronomical calculations of the coordinates of warships, eclipses and asteroids photography. A number of papers were signed as Deich. Deutsch (Deich) was а president of the IAU Astrometry commission. The asteroid Reni, discovered by L. S. Chernyh, was named in honor of A. N. Deutsch (Deich).
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