The Astronomische Gesellschaft awards the Karl Schwarzschild Medal to recognize outstanding scientific contributions. The awarding of the medal is accompanied by the Karl Schwarzschild lecture held at the scientific annual meeting and their publication by the AG (Recipients of the Karl Schwarzschild Medal).
The Karl Schwarzschild awardee 2007 is Prof. Rudolf Kippenhahn.
The Astronomische Gesellschaft awards honorary membership to persons to recognize individuals for their exceptional service to the Society (Honorary members (listed according year of award)).
The Ludwig Biermann Award was established in 1988 by the Astronomische Gesellschaft to be awarded in recognition of outstanding young astronomers. The award consists of financing a scientific stay at an institution of the recipient's choice (Recipients of the Ludwig Biermann Award).
The society awards the Bruno H. Bürgel Prize for excellent popular representations of astronomical research results (Recipients of the prize).
The Hans-Ludwig Neumann Prize was established in 1996 to recognize the advancement of astronomy at school (Recipients of the prize).
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latest update: 28 September 2007