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Hartmut Jahreiß obtained his Ph.D from the [[University of Heidelberg]]. His thesis was on the spatial distribution, kinetics and age of [[stars]] near the [[Sun]].<ref>{{ cite book | title=Die räumliche Verteilung, Kinematik und Alter der sonnennahen Sterne | author=Jahreiß, H. | work=Diss. Naturwiss. Gesamtfakultät Ruprecht-Karl Univ. Heidelberg, 3 + 96 p. | date=1974 | bibcode=1974PhDT........59J | language=German}}</ref> Jahreiß soon began work at [[Astronomisches Rechen-Institut]] with [[Wilhelm Gliese]], a world-renowned authority on nearby stars. Jahreiß is best known for his collaboration with Gliese on the publication of new editions of the ''[[Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars]]'' in 1979<ref>{{cite journal

| author=Hartmut Jahreiß | volume=77 | pages=5–7 | url=http://adsbit.harvard.edu//full/seri/MitAG/0077//0000005.000.html | language=German | bibcode=1994MitAG..77....5.}}</ref> The Gliese catalog stars are now known by the abbreviation ''GJ'' (Gliese–Jahreiß) in recognition of Jahreiß's contribution.

Jahreiß contributed to the [[Hipparcos]] catalogs of nearby stars.<ref>{{ Cite journal | title=Hipparcos Input Catalogue, Version 2 (Turon+ 1993) | journal=VizierVizieR OnlineOn-line Data Catalog | author=Turon, C. | display-authors=4 | author2=Egret, D. | author3=Gomez, A. | author4=Grenon, M. | author5=Jahreiss, H. | author6=Requieme, Y. | author7=Argue, A. N. | author8=Bec-Borsenberger, A. | author9=Dommanget, J. | author10=Mennessier, M. O. | author11=Arenou, F. | author12=Chareton, M. | author13=Crifo, F. | author14=Mermilliod, J. C. | author15=Morin, D. | author16=Nicolet, B. | author17=Nys, O. | author18=Prevot, L. | author19=Rousseau, M. | author20=Perryman, M. A. C. | publisher=VizieR On-line Data Catalog: I/196. Originally Published in: 1993BICDS..43....5T | date=October 1996 | bibcode=1996yCat.1196....0T}}</ref> In 1997, as a member of the [[Research Consortium on Nearby Stars]] (RECONS), he identified [[GJ 1061]], at a distance of just 3.68 parsecs, as the 20th closest star to Earth.<ref name="aj114">{{cite journal | author=Henry, Todd J. | author2=Ianna, Philip A. | author3=Kirkpatrick, J. Davy | author4=Jahreiss, Hartmut | title=The solar neighborhood IV: discovery of the twentieth nearest star | journal=[[Astronomical Journal]]

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