Kubva 1866 kusvika 1870, Palisa akadzidza masvomhu uye nyeredzi paYunivhesiti yeVienna; zvisinei, haana kupedza kudzidza kusvika 1884. Pasinei neizvi, na1870 aive mubatsiri paYunivhesiti yekucherechedza, uye gore rakatevera akawana chinzvimbo pa observatory muGeneva. Makore mashoma gare gare, muna 1872, pazera remakore makumi maviri nemana, Palisa akava mutungamiriri weAustria Naval Observatory muPula, paakawana asteroid yake yekutanga, 136 Austria, musi waKurume 18, 1874. Pamwe chete neizvi, akawana mapuraneti madiki makumi maviri nemanomwe nepuraneti imwe. Panguva yekugara kwake muPula akashandisa diki rechitanhatu-inch refractor telescope kuti amubatsire mukutsvaga kwake.Palisa akazova director wePula Observatory, aine chinzvimbo chezvipembenene; zvisinei, haana kupedza kusvika 1884.
Makumi maviri nemana