Littrow may refer to:
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Joseph Johann von Littrow
Joseph Johann von Littrow (13 March 1781, Horšovský Týn (german: Bischofteinitz) – 30 November 1840, Vienna) was an Austrian astronomer. In 1837, he was ennobled with the title Joseph Johann Edler von Littrow. He was the father of Karl Ludwi ...
(1781-1840), Austrian astronomer
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Littrow projection
The Littrow projection is a map projection developed by Joseph Johann von Littrow in 1833. It is the only conformal, retroazimuthal map projection. As a retroazimuthal projection, the Littrow shows directions, or azimuths, correctly from any po ...
, a map projection invented by Joseph Johann Littrow, also called the Weir Azimuth diagram
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Littrow (crater)
Littrow is a lunar impact crater that is located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side, on the east edge of Mare Serenitatis. Its diameter is 29 km. The crater is named after Bohemian astronomer Joseph Johann Littrow. Some distanc ...
, a lunar crater named for astronomer Joseph Johann von Littrow
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Taurus–Littrow
Taurus–Littrow is a lunar valley located on the near side at the coordinates . It served as the landing site for the American Apollo 17 mission in December 1972, the last crewed mission to the Moon. The valley is located on the southeastern ...
, a valley on the Moon named after the Littrow crater and the Taurus mountain range
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Karl L. Littrow, Austrian astronomer, son of Joseph Johann Littrow
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Auguste von Littrow
Auguste von Littrow, ''née'' Bischoff von Altenstern (13 February 1819 in Prague – 23 March 1890 in Vienna) was a German-Austrian author and women's movement leader.
She was the daughter of the physician Professor Ignaz von Bischoff-Altens ...
, German-Austrian author and women's movement leader
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Heinrich von Littrow
Heinrich von Littrow (26 January 1820 in Vienna – 25 April 1895 in Abbazia, today Opatija, Croatia) was an Austrian cartographer and writer, and a convinced advocate of the universalist mission of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Life
Heinrich v ...
, Austrian cartographer and writer
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Otto von Littrow
Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity".
The name is recorded fro ...
(1843-1864), son of Karl and Auguste von Littrow
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Littrow angle A blazed grating – also called echelette grating (from French ''échelle'' = ladder) – is a special type of diffraction grating. It is optimized to achieve maximum grating efficiency in a given diffraction order. For this purpose, maximu ...
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Littrow prism In optics, a Littrow prism or Littrow spectrograph or Littrow mirror is a retro-reflecting dispersing prism arranged in such a way that an incident light beam which enters at the Brewster angle undergoes minimal deviation and hence maximum dispersi ...
, an optical device developed by Joseph Johann von Littrow used with lasers and in spectroscopy
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Lea von Littrow
Leo von Littrow (17 March 1860 – 11 May 1925) was an Austrian- Fiuman painter known for her landscapes and marine paintings.
Biography
Leo von Littrow was born as Leontine Camilla von Littrow in Trieste and was always called "Leo" from an early ...
(1860-1925), Austrian painter, daughter of Heinrich von Littrow
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