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Takmer každú noc máme možnosť pozerať sa takmer všetci na Mesiac, no vedeli ste, že jeden z mnoho kráterov, ktoré sa na ňom nachádzajú nesie meno po Slovákovi? Samozrejme to nie je jediná vec, ktorá ho preslávila.
Maximilián Hell pochádzal z kreatívnej rodiny. Vďaka jeho otcovi s bratom sa napríklad mnohí z vás v lete mohli ísť kúpať na štiavnické jazerá - tajchy, ale o nich si niečo napíšeme možno v iných článkoch. Maximilián sa narodil 15. 5. 1720 v Štiavnických baniach, kde absolvoval aj základnú školu. Gymnázium vyštudoval v Banskej Bystrici, aby sa následovne pridal do jezuitského rádu v Trenčíne a ako 20 ročný nastúpil na štúdium histórie, filozofie a teológie vo Viedni. Po vysvätení za kňaza v roku 1750 odchádza do Banskej Bystrice, kde učí na jezuitskom gymnáziu. V roku 1752 ukončil štúdium na univerzite vo Viedni, kde bol promovaný za doktora filozofie.
V roku 1755 bol vymenovaný za direktora novej viedenskej univerzitnej hvezdárne a stal sa tak cisársko-kráľovským astronómom a túto funkciu vykonával až do konca života. Ako astronóm si vybudoval v Európe veľmi dobré meno a aj vďaka nemu boli vybudované hvezdárne v Trnave, Kluži (Rumunsko), Budíne či v Jágri (Maďarsko). Preslávilo ho aj pozorovanie Venuše popred Slnko 6. júna 1761. Vďaka jeho publikáciam sa dostal do pozornosti dánskeho kráľa Kristiána VII., ktorý ho pozval na expedíciu na ďaleký dánsky ostrov Vardö , nachádzajúci sa až za polárnym kruhom.
Počas expedície na Vardő v roku 1769 sa Hellovi spolu s ďalšími pozorovateľmi podarilo vypočítať paralaxu Slnka (vzdialenosť Slnka od Zeme vypočítaná vďaka pozorovaniu pohybu Venuše). V roku 1769 boli pozorovatelia v Pondichery v Madrase, v Saint Domingo v západnej Indii, del Cabo in Baja California, v Hudsonovom zálive v Kanade, v Papeete na Tahiti, vo Vardö v Laponsku, v Cajanebourgu na polostrove Kola a v Jakutsku na Sibíri. Spolu to bolo 151 pozorovateľ na 77 rozdielnych miestach. Hellovi sa počas pozorovania taktiež podarilo objasniť, že Venuša nemá žiadny mesiac a taktiež dokázal ako prvý vypočítať mimoriadne presne, vzhľadom na presnosť vtedajších vedeckých prístrojov, paralaxu Slnka na 8,82 oblúkovej sekundy. Súčasná najpresnejšia hodnota je 8,7915 oblúkovej sekundy.
M. Hell bol členom mnohých učených spoločností v Paríži, Štokholme, Bologni, Kodani, Göttingene, Trondheime a v Londýne. Spolupracoval s anglickou Royal Society a v roku 1790 mu bol udelený Rád anglickej vlády za vedecké práce. Ako sme si už v úvode spomínali, je po ňom pomenovaný kráter na Mesiaci s priemerom 33,3 km a od 31. júla 2000 dokonca aj planétka Maxhell s priemerom 73km. Jeho význam potvrdzuje aj fakt, že UNESCO zaradilo 250. výročie jeho narodenia do kalendára výročí významných osobností.
Dúfam, že vás to zaujalo lebo pri googlení čo to tá paralaxa vlastne je ma skoro vystrelo kým som to poriadne pochopil a prišiel na to ako to zrozumiteľne napísať
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