| Otto von Littrow | |
| Birth Date: | 14 February 1843 |
| Birth Place: | Vienna, Austria |
| Death Place: | Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality: | Austrian |
| Fields: | Astronomer, Physicist |
| Known For: | Littrow prism, Littrow angle, Littrow expansion |
| Footnotes: | Note that he was the son of Karl Ludwig von Littrow and grandson of Joseph Johann von Littrow. |
Otto von Littrow (14 February 1843, Vienna – 7 November 1864, Vienna) was an Austrian astronomer and physicist. He is known for his contributions in spectrometer instrumentation.[1]
Son of astronomer Karl L. Littrow and women's movement leader Auguste von Littrow, grandson of astronomer Joseph Johann von Littrow, both his father and grandfather were directors of the Vienna Observatory. He studied with Hermann von Helmholtz and Gustav Kirchhoff at the Heidelberg University, and completes his doctorate degree in 1864. He was, as Constantin von Wurzbach puts it, "Destined for a scientific career by talent, birth and upbringing".[2] He dies from typhoid fever in Vienna in 1864.