short-wave communication conditions. After the war, the observations were continued. Ten Bruggencate established a second solar observatory in Switzerland where the weather conditions were more favorable compared to the often cloudy skies over Germany. The Locarno Observatory was planned and built in the late 1950s. Ten Bruggencate was the president of the Academy of Sciences Göttingen from 1958 until 1961. He also remained as director of the Göttingen University Observatory until his death in 1961. The Locarno Observatory became fully operational shortly after his death. The Locarno Observatory was closed in 1984 and the equipment transferred to the Teide Observatory on Tenerife, Spain. Teide Observatory also hosts telescopes of the Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics. The crater Ten Bruggencate on the Moon is named after him. References Further reading Paul ten Bruggencate, "Astronomy, astrophysics and cosmogony", Office of Military Govt. for Germany, Field Information Agencies Technical, British, French, U.S., 1948. 1901 births 1961 deaths People from Plessur District 20th-century German astronomers Swiss expatriates in the Netherlands Swiss emigrants to Germany