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'''Herbert Raab''' (born January 24, 1969 in [[Linz]], [[Austria]]) is an Austrian [[software engineer]], [[amateur astronomer]] and discoverer of
He finished his studiedes of computer science at the [[Johannes Kepler University of Linz]] in 1995 as a [[Engineer's degree#Germany and Austria|graduate engineer]]. In 2012, he received the [[Master of Science]] in ''Management for Engineers'' at the LIMAK business school in Linz, where he also graduated as [[Master of Business Administration]] in 2013. He works as a software engineer in the field of commercial software.<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/herbert-raab/a0/131/371 LinkedIn page of Herbert Raab]. Retrieved 2015-01-13.</ref>
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In 1983, he joined the Astronomical Society of Linz (''Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft''), since 1996 he is president of that society. Since 1990, he has been developing the widely used software ''Astrometrica'', which is used for [[Astrometry|astrometric]] and [[Photometry (astronomy)|photometric]] analysis of images of [[asteroid]]s and [[comet]]s.<ref>[http://www.astrometrica.at Astrometrica web page]. Retrieved 2015-01-13</ref> Raab's most important observations include precisie [[astrometry]] of the [[comet Shoemaker–Levy 9]], which he observerd together with [[Erich Meyer]] and [[Erwin Obermair]] in 1993. These observations have significantly contributed to the subsequent prediction of the [[impact event|impact]] of this comet on the planet [[Jupiter]].<ref>[http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/05800/05800.html IAUC 5800: Periodic Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (1993e)]. Retrieved 2015-01-13.</ref>
On August 10, 1997, he discovered the asteroid [[13682 Pressberger]] together with [[Erich Meyer]] at the private observatory Meyer/Obermair in Davidschlag (municipality [[Kirchschlag bei Linz]], Austria).<ref>[http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html Minor Planet Discoverers - Minor Planet Center]. Retrieved 2015-01-13.</ref> Furthermore, he was involved in three other discoveries of asteroids which were assigned as site discoveries to the observatory Davidschlag by the [[International Astronomical Union]].<ref>[http://www.astrometrica.at/pomod/lnzmp.html Minor Planet Discoveries - Webseite of the Davidschlag Observatory]. Retrieved 2015-01-13.</ref> During the [[Occultation]] of the star [[Hipparcos#Published_catalogues|HIP]] 76293 by the asteroid [[1177 Gonnessia]] on May 18, 2007, Raab discovered that the star is a close [[double star]], whose components have a distance of just 0.04".<ref>[http://www.euraster.net/results/2007/#0518-1177 euraster.net: 2007 European Asteroidal Occultation Results]. Retrieved 2015-06-14</ref><ref>D. Herald et al.: "New Double Stars from Asteroidal Occultations, 1971-2008" In: Journal of Double Star Observations, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 88 ([http://www.jdso.org/volume6/number1/herald.pdf Online])</ref>
In May 1996, asteroid [[3184 Raab]] was named in his honor, following a proposal of [[Brian G. Marsden]] and [[Gareth V. Williams]] from the [[Minor Planet Center]].<ref>[[Lutz D. Schmadel]]: ''Dictionary of Minor Planet Names'' (5th Edition), p. 264. Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3</ref> On April 4, 1997, Raab was presented the [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria|Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria]].<ref>[http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf Recipients of Medals of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria] (German). Retrieved 2015-01-13.</ref>
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