Obituary: MNRAS 56, 206 (1896); Obs. 18, 309 (1895)
The Norwegian astronomer Pihl observed with a 8,1 cm refractor at Christiana (Oslo). His major work was a study of the double cluster Chi Persei (NGC 869 + 884), published in 1869. Two further papers on the subject appeared in 1891 and 1893.