Otto Rudolf Martin Brendel (12 August 1862 – 6 September 1939) was a German astronomer.
Born in Berlin-Niederschönhausen, he obtained the first successful photograph of the aurora borealis at Bossekop in northern Norway in 1892.
[1] He died in Freiburg.
The asteroid 761 Brendelia is named after Brendel.
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