remaining to be done. These zone observations afforded 363,932 separate places of stars, and form the groundwork of the catalogue of 133,659 stars between 2 and 23 degrees south declination, which was published in 1886 as the eighth volume of the Bonn observations. Affiliations Schönfeld was a member of the Astronomische Gesellschaft from its foundation in 1863, being a member of council up to 1869, and in 1875 becoming editor of its publications and secretary in conjunction with Winnecke. In 1878 he was elected a Foreign Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society. Legacy Minor planet 5926 Schönfeld is named in his honor. Notes References 1828 births 1891 deaths 19th-century German astronomers Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences People from Saxe-Meiningen University of Hanover alumni University of Marburg alumni Academic staff of the University of Bonn People from Hildburghausen