He helped promote interest in astronomy and was a significant figure in the founding of the scientific journal Astronomische Nachrichten.
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King Christian VIII continued his predecessor's patronage of astronomy, awarding gold medals for the discovery of comets by telescope and financially supporting Heinrich Christian Schumacher with his publication of the scientific journal Astronomische Nachrichten.
In 1848 he appeared in the journal Astronomische Nachrichten connected to an article about the observations of the planet Neptune.