Martin Brendel

{{short description|German astronomer}}

{{other people|Rudolf Martin}}

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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.{{cite journal | bibcode = 1961JRASC..55..203P | title=An All-Sky Camera for Auroral Photography | journal=Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada | volume=55 | page=203 | year=1961 |author=Park, F. R. }} He died in Freiburg.

The asteroid 761 Brendelia is named after Brendel.