He did receive posthumous honours too, in particular an observatory, founded in 1960 in Tautenburg as an affiliated Institute of the German Academy of Sciences, was named after him.
Siya ay tumanggap ng pagkamatay honours masyadong, sa partikular ng isang obserbatoryo, itinatag sa 1960 sa Tautenburg bilang isang kaanib Institute ng German Academy of Sciences, ay pinangalanan siya matapos.