Named in honor of Wilhelm Seggewiss (1937– ), since 1995 head of the Hoher List Observatory, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. He works mainly on Wolf-Rayet stars and related topics. In 1981 he became a professor of astronomy at the University of Bonn. Seggewiss regularly gives lectures about subjects such as the history of the calendar and astrology, in order to put them in a proper perspective. (M 30801) _ _.