Kapteyn Links

ARTICLES
Articles by Kapteyn (ADS server)
Articles about Kapteyn (ADS server)

AWARDS
Bruce Medal, Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Gold Medal, Royal Astronomical Society
James Craig Watson Medal, National Academy of Sciences
Ordre Pour le Mérite, Germany

BIOGRAPHIES / ARTICLES
Encyclopaedia Britannica entry
Biography at the homepage of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
Kapteyn as Bruce Medalist of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Portret in de Academische Boekengids door Piet van der Kruit (in Dutch)
Biography at the University of Groningen (in Dutch)

THE BOOK
The Legacy of J.C. Kapteyn. Studies on Kapteyn and the Development of Modern Astronomy (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht)

GENEALOGY
Kapteyn Family Tree -- by Bryan Kapteyn
The Kapteyn family crest?

GRONINGEN
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, Netherlands
History of the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute

KAPTEYN'S STAR
Encyclopaedia Britannica entry: Space motions
The Hipparcos Catalogue: high proper motion stars
Javascript: View the proper motion of Kapteyn's Star

OBITUARIES
Obituary notes of Astronomers (by Hilmar W. Duerbeck, Beatrix Ott, Wolfgang R. Dick)
Find obituaries on the ADS abstract service

PICTURES
Kapteyn and the history of the Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
Kapteyn at the International Astrophotographic Congress, Paris, 1887
Kapteyn Cottage at Mount Wilson, California, USA
The Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope, La Palma

PHD STUDENTS
A list of Kapteyn's PhD students

TELESCOPE
All about the Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope (JKT) at La Palma