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László Detre (astronomer)
László Detre (19 April 1906, Szombathely – 15 October 1974, Budapest) was a Hungarian astronomer well known for his work on variable stars. Detre was the director for many years of the Konkoly Observatory in Budapest (assuming the role in 1943), a professor of Budapest University, and editor of the ''Information Bulletin of Variable Stars'' of the International Astronomical Union. Discovered in 1940, asteroid 1538 Detre is named after him. His two sons were prominent sailors: Szabolcs Detre (father of windsurfer Diána Detre) and Zsolt Detre Zsolt Detre (born March 7, 1947) is a Hungarian sailor. He won the Olympic Bronze Medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics, Flying Dutchman class along with his brother Szabolcs Detre. Early life His father wa .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Detre, Laszlo 20th-century Hungarian astronomers Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1906 births 1974 deaths 1974 suicides Suicides in Hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szombathely
} Szombathely (; ; also see #Etymology, names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas County in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and ''Gyöngyös'' (literally "pearly"), where the Alpokalja (Lower Alps) mountains meet the Little Hungarian Plain. The oldest city in Hungary, Szombathely is known as the birthplace of Saint Martin of Tours. Etymology The name ''Szombathely'' is from the Hungarian language, Hungarian ''szombat'', "Saturday" and ''hely'', "place", referring to its status as a market town, and the medieval markets held on Saturday every week. Once a year during August they hold a carnival to remember the history of "Savaria". The Latin name ''Savaria'' or ''Sabaria'' comes from ''Sibaris'', the Latin name of the river ''Gyöngyös (river), Gyöngyös'' (German ''Güns''). The root of the word is the Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European word ''*seu' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a List of cities and towns of Hungary, city and Counties of Hungary, municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celts, Celtic settlement transformed into the Ancient Rome, Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia Inferior, Lower Pannonia. The Hungarian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary lies within the drainage basin of the Danube, Danube River and is dominated by great lowland plains. It has a population of 9.6 million, consisting mostly of ethnic Hungarians, Hungarians (Magyars) and a significant Romani people in Hungary, Romani minority. Hungarian language, Hungarian is the Languages of Hungary, official language, and among Languages of Europe, the few in Europe outside the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Budapest is the country's capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, largest city, and the dominant cultural and economic centre. Prior to the foundation of the Hungarian state, various peoples settled in the territory of present-day Hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variable Star
A variable star is a star whose brightness as seen from Earth (its apparent magnitude) changes systematically with time. This variation may be caused by a change in emitted light or by something partly blocking the light, so variable stars are classified as either: * ''Intrinsic variables'', whose luminosity actually changes periodically; for example, because the star swells and shrinks. * ''Extrinsic variables'', whose apparent changes in brightness are due to changes in the amount of their light that can reach Earth; for example, because the star has an orbiting companion that sometimes eclipses it. Many, possibly most, stars exhibit at least some oscillation in luminosity: the energy output of the Sun, for example, varies by about 0.1% over an 11-year solar cycle. Discovery An ancient Egyptian calendar of lucky and unlucky days composed some 3,200 years ago may be the oldest preserved historical document of the discovery of a variable star, the eclipsing binary Algol. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konkoly Observatory
Konkoly Observatory (; obs. code: 053) is an astronomical observatory located in Budapest, Hungary is part of the Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences () and belongs to thHUN-REN Magyar Kutatási Hálózat Konkoly Observatory was founded in 1871 by Hungarian astronomer Miklós Konkoly-Thege (1842–1916) as a private observatory, and was donated to the state in 1899. Konkoly Observatory, officially known as ''HUN-REN CSFK Konkoly Thege Miklós Csillagászati Intézet'' in Hungarian, is the largest astronomical research institute in Hungary, and hosts the largest telescopes in the country. The Observatory has more than 60 researchers, a quarter of them are non-Hungarian. The main research areas include stellar structure and evolution, stellar and solar activity, variable stars, star and planetary formation, interstellar material, exoplanets, cosmology, large sky survey, Solar System studies, nuclear and extragalactic astrophysics, high energy astrophysics in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest University
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a List of cities and towns of Hungary, city and Counties of Hungary, municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celts, Celtic settlement transformed into the Ancient Rome, Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia Inferior, Lower Pannonia. The Hungarian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; , UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation. It was founded on 28 July 1919 in Brussels, Belgium and is based in Paris, France. The IAU is composed of individual members, who include both professional astronomers and junior scientists, and national members, such as professional associations, national societies, or academic institutions. Individual members are organised into divisions, committees, and working groups centered on particular subdisciplines, subjects, or initiatives. the Union had 85 national members and 12,734 individual members, spanning 90 countries and territories. Among the key activities of the IAU is serving as a forum for scientific conferences. It sponsors nine annual symposia and holds a triannual General Assembly that sets policy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1538 Detre
__NOTOC__ Year 1538 ( MDXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 14 – Leonard Grey, England's Lord Deputy of Ireland, successfully negotiates a truce in the semi-independent County Laois, formerly an Irish Kingdom, over the areas leadership. between Peter O'Moore and Rory Lysaght. * January 31 – General Johann Katzianer of the Holy Roman Empire, on trial in Vienna for the disastrous Imperial campaign against the Ottoman Empire and for desertion during the Battle of Gorjani, escapes and flees to Kostajnica Fortress in Ottoman-controlled Croatia. After 14 months, Nikola IV Zrinski has Katzianer murdered. * February 8 – The Holy League, an alliance of Christian nations (the Papal States and the Republic of Venice, the Knights Hospitaller of Malta, Spain and the Spanish-ruled Viceroyalty of Naples and Sicily), is agreed upon under the direction of Pope Paul III and Venetian Senator Alvise Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szabolcs Detre
Szabolcs Detre (March 7, 1947) is a Hungarian sailor. He won the Olympic Bronze Medal in 1980 Summer Olympics in Flying Dutchman class along with his brother Zsolt Detre Zsolt Detre (born March 7, 1947) is a Hungarian sailor. He won the Olympic Bronze Medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics, Flying Dutchman class along with his brother Szabolcs Detre. Early life His father wa .... Early life His father was László Detre (an astronomer). His daughter is Diána Detre (a windsurfer). References 1947 births Living people Olympic sailors for Hungary Hungarian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diána Detre
Diána Klaudia Detre (born 22 November 1983 in Budapest) is a Hungarian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. A two-time Olympian (2008 and 2012), she has been currently training for Balatonfuredi Yacht Club in Balatonfüred under her coach Christophe Boutet. Detre also came from a traditional pedigree of top-class sailors, as her father Szabolcs Detre, along with his twin brother and daughter's uncle Zsolt Detre, captured a bronze medal in the Flying Dutchman at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. As of September 2013, Detre is ranked no. 79 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation. Detre made her official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she placed twenty-second in the newly introduced RS:X class with a net score of 185, trailing Cyprus' Gavriella Chatzidamianou by a scant, three-point gap. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Detre competed for her second Hungarian team in the RS:X class by receiving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zsolt Detre
Zsolt Detre (born March 7, 1947) is a Hungarian sailor. He won the Olympic Bronze Medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics, Flying Dutchman class along with his brother Szabolcs Detre. Early life His father was László Detre (astronomer), László Detre (an astronomer), and his niece is Diána Detre (a windsurfer). References 1947 births Olympic sailors for Hungary Hungarian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in sailing Living people Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
