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The Essential Magazine of Astronomy
Name Index to Sky & Telescope
Vol. 1., No. 1 (Nov. 1941) to Vol. 108, No. 6 (December 2004)
Compiled by Kevin Krisciunas
University of Notre Dame, Department of Physics, Notre Dame, Indiana.
E-mail: kkrisciu@nd.edu;
Skip introduction and go directly to index.
Please note: Kevin Krisciunas does not run a photocopy service. Many
libraries have Sky and Telescope magazine back to volume 1 and photocopy services.
So, please try to find the articles at your end. Thanks for your consideration!
How many times have you leafed through dozens of issues of Sky & Telescope
because you are certain that there was an article about some astronomer in it? This index
should save you some time, but it is not intended to be an all-encompassing
document. I first began working on it from my own issues (Sep. 1965 onward)
in order to fill out the name index for a book. I was primarily interested in
references to articles that listed birth and death dates. When I went back to
complete the index back to Vol. 1, No. 1, I decided to include information of
a more general nature. Of course it is not possible (or necessary) to include
all the references to astronomers such as Galileo, Kepler, or even Henry Norris
Russell, but how else are you going to find a reference to Dr. G. Waltemath or
to the astronomical pirate, Basil Ringrose?
As a great deal of biographical information is contained in the column "Astronomical
Scrapbook," I give in the Appendix a list of all of those
titles. The principal article about women in pre-20th century astronomy is in Nov. 1954,
pp. 7-9. Note: In some cases the birth dates will be off by a year because S&T
says that a particular person died at some age, rather than explicitly giving the person's
birth and death dates. Some of these cases are indicated by the age at
which the person died, listed after the assumed dates of birth and death.
I suggest that you double-check the dates for any person whose death date
corresponds to within a year of the issue of S&T referenced.
As a rule amateur astronomers and planetarium staff are not included. There will be
relatively little information found on living astronomers. The oddest exception is for G.
Haro, for whom a mistaken obituary was printed when Joe Ashbrook was told over the phone
that "Haro..." died, that turning out to be Harold Johnson.
Beginning with Vol. 69 (Jan. 1985) I am including references to observatories.
Examples: Leiden Observatory, Space Telescope, Mount Wilson.
The issues before Sep. 1965 were read from microfilm, which is harder to read carefully.
This may make for some missing or incorrect information (e.g., sometimes it is
hard to distinguish a "4" from a "1").
Other sources of biographical information in the magazine which were not exhaustively indexed are:
- Astronomical Anecdotes, Nov. 1941 to Dec. 1946.
- "A spiral galaxy of astronomers," by Owen Gingerich [Mar. 1963
(25,3) pp. 132-134], which gives birth and death dates for 75 famous
astronomers.
- Some Astronomical Anniversaries, Jan. to Dec. 1965.
- "A galaxy of amateur astronomers," by Thomas R. Williams, [Nov. 1988 (76,5) 484-6].
If you are looking for biographical information on some astronomer, try these reference sources:
- The
Astronomical
Scrapbook: Skywatchers, Pioneers, and Seekers in Astronomy, by Joseph Ashbrook (Sky Publishing, 1984).
- Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
- World Who's Who in Science: From Antiquity to the Present (Marquis, 1968).
- Webster's Biographical Dictionary.
- American Men and Women in Science.
- Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology,
by J. Thomas (Lippincott, 1881).
- For Bruce Medalists of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, click here .
- Historians of
astronomy link.
- For obituaries in the Bulletin of the American Astronomical
Society, click
here.
Using these sources would be the fastest means by which to find out
something about the famous scientists. This index should facilitate
locating information about the more obscure personages. In any case,
beware of using this index as a reference source in itself. The birth
dates may be off by one year, as explained above. I may have copied or
typed the information incorrectly. So use this index and locate the issue
of Sky & Telescope to get the most accurate information.
Some information not obtained directly from Sky & Telescope
is enclosed in square brackets.
Usage note: Names beginning with "Van", "van der" or "van den" are listed in the V's, but
those just beginning with "van" (like van Rhijn) are listed under the second part of the surname.
I would appreciate being informed of errors and obvious omissions in this
index. I thank Prof. Fred Rost for having gone through the
index in August and September of 2002 and providing updated information on
over 70 astronomers. This index was last revised on
15 February 2005.
Please address comments to kkrisciu@nd.edu.
Thanks!
Use your Web browser's "Find" button to locate the name you're
after, or choose a letter to go to the top of that section of the
index:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z Appendix
The format for the citations is:
Month, Year (Vol. #, Issue # of vol.), Page
Note that starting in Jan. 1993 each issue begins with page 1.
A
Aaronson, Marc (1950-1987)
Physics Today, Jul 88, 91
Abbot, Charles Greeley (1872-1973)
Aug 44 (3,10) 5
Jun 72 (43,6) 352
Feb 74 (47,2) 75
Feb 80 (59,2) 112
Abell, George Ogden (1927-1983)
Jan 84 (67,1) 22
Physics Today, Feb 84, p. 76
Abetti, Giorgio (1882-1982)
Jan 83 (65,1) 27
Adams, C. E. (1870-1945) New Zealand
Jul 71 (42,1) 18
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892)
Sep 46 (5,11) 8
Apr 63 (25,4) 224
Sep 96 (92,3) 38
Jul 03 (106,1) 26
Feb 04 (107,2) 82
Adams, Walter S. (1876-1956)
Jul 56 (15,9) 401
May 61 (21,5) 271
May 65 (29,5) 283
Feb 76 (51,2) 91 pic
Jul 95 (90,1) 87
Airy, George (1801-1892)
Jun 64 (27,6) 342
Jul 70 (40,1) 8
Oct 84 (68,4) 301 transit circle
Sep 96 (92,3) 38
Aitken, Robert G. (1864-1951)
Dec 51 (11,2) 26
Aug 61 (22,2) 77
Jan 76 (51,1) 25
van Albada, G. Bruno (1912-1972) age 60
Mar 73 (45,3) 160
Albrecht, William (1917- )
Jan 99 (97,1) 92
Alcock, George E. D. (1912-2000)
Apr 97 (93,4) 65
May 99 (97,5) 84
Mar 02 (103,3) 69
Alden, Harold Lee (1890-1964)
Apr 64 (27,4) 203
Alexander, Stephen (1806-1883)
Jun 68 (35,6) 367
Alfonso X (fl. 1252-1284)
Mar 85 (69,3) 206
Jun 85 (69,6) 484
Alhazen (al-Haitham) (ca. 965-1039)
Jun 62 (23,6) [322]
Alter, Dinsmore (1888-1968)
Nov 68 (36,5) 293
Ambartsumian, V. A. (1908-1996)
Dec 67 (34,6) 373 pic
Dec 82 (64,6) 518 interview
Oct 89 (78,4) 353
Sep 99 (98,3) 14
Anderson, John A[ugust] (1876-1959)
Feb 60 (19,4) 218 polished the 200-inch
d'Angos, [Chevalier] (1794-1833)
Oct 55 (14,12) 501
Antoniadi, Eugene M.
Sep 88 (76,3) 247
Jun 00 (99,6) 112
Apian, Peter (1495-1552)
Dec 59 (19,2) 80
May 85 (69,5) 406
Arago, Francois Dominique (1786-1853)
Feb 80 (59,2) 104
Aratus of Soli (ca. 315-245 B.C.)
Dec 48 (8,2) 38 named constellations (see also Jun 59,424)
Oct 86 (72,4) 375
Arbour, Ron
Oct 04 (108,4) 112
Archenhold, Friedrich Simon (1861-1939)
Jul 84 (68,1) 6
Archinal, Brent A.
Nov 99 (98,5) 89
Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm August (1799-1875)
May 45 (4,7) 14
Oct 55 (14,12) 494
Oct 63 (26,4) 204
May 65 (29,5) 276
Apr 80 (59,4) 300-302 pic
Dec 84 (68,6) 504
Jun 95 (89,6) 70
Armstrong, Mark
Oct 04 (108,4) 111-113
Ashbrook, Joseph (1918-1980)
Oct 80 (60,4) 281
Ashe, Steven (1950-2002) age 52
Aug 02 (104,2) 88
Oct 02 (104,4) 75
Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)
Aug 00 (100,2) 18
Atkinson, Robert d'Escourt (1898-1982)
May 83 (65,5) 417
Auger, Pierre (cosmic ray induced air showers)
Mar 03 (105,3) 34
d'Aurillac, Gerbert (945-1003)
Feb 00 (99,2) 38
Auzout, Adrien (1622-1691)
Nov 48 (8,1) 7
d'Azambuja, Lucien ( -1970)
Sep 70 (40,3) 131
B
Baade, Walter (1893-1960)
Apr 59 (18,6) 338 pic
Aug 60 (20,2) 76
Oct 64 (28,4) 195
Babcock, Harold Delos (1882-1968)
Jun 68 (35,6) 350
Bache, Alexander Dallas (1806-1867)
Feb 81 (61,2) 121
Bacon, Roger (1214-1292)
Apr 66 (31,4) 218
Baer, Reymers (Ursus)
Feb 85 (69,2) 132
Bahcall, John N.
Jan 90 (79,1) 19 interview
Bailey, Henry Page (1883-[>1946])
Mar 01 (101,3) 130
Baillaud, Benjamin (1848-1934)
Feb 80 (59,2) 107
Baily, Francis (1774-1884)
Aug 63 (26,2) 80
May 73 (45,5) 294
Baker, Lonny
Jul 99 (98,1) 89
Balanovskii, Innokentii A. (1885- ? )
Oct 89 (78,4) 354-5
Baldet, Fernand (1885-1964)
May 65 (29,5) 283
Banachiewicz, Thaddeus T. (1882-1954)
Jan 55 (14,3) 101
Jul 64 (28,1) 20 "Observo ergo sum"
Banneker, Benjamin (1731-1806)
Oct 72 (44,4) 249
Jun 89 (77,6) 583
Jan 03 (105,1) 68
Bappu, M. K. Vainu (1927-1982)
Feb 83 (65,2) 137
Barabashov, Nikolai P. (1894-1971) age 77
Jun 71 (41,6) 345
Barnard, Edward Emerson (1857-1923)
Feb 55 (14,4) 135
Jun 56 (15,8) 356
Jul 61 (22,1) 14
Jan 76 (51,1) 13
May 79 (57,5) 420
Dec 79 (58,6) 523
Aug 82 (64,2) 124
Sep 82 (64,3) 220
Nov 82 (64,5) 428
Apr 85 (69,4) 377
Jul 87 (74,1) 30
Oct 89 (78,4) 374
Jul 92 (84,1) 23
Feb 96 (91,2) 38 and 54
Apr 99 (97,4) 88
Aug 03 (106,2) 114 pic
Barney, Ida (1887-1982) age 95
Jun 82 (63,6) 563
Barry, Roger (1752-1813)
Apr 67 (33,4) 228
Barton, Samuel G. (1882-1958) age 76
Oct 58 (17,12) 626
Barton, William Henry, Jr.
Aug 44 (3,10) 2
Sep 44 (3,11) 5 Hayden Pl.
Bateson, Frank M.
Oct 57 (16,12) 573
Jul 62 (24,1) site testing in NZ
Oct 63 (26,4) 194
Mercury Nov-Dec 80 (9,6) 162
Jun 82 (63,6) 556
Bathen, Edgar Castro (1956- )
Jan 01 (101, 1) 99
Bauersfeld, Walther (1879-1959)
Jan 60 (19,3) 146 invented Zeiss planetarium
Oct 65 (30,4) 222
Oct 73 (46,4) 240
Baum-Pluvinel, Count Aymar de (1860-1938)
Dec 86 (72,6) 579
Bausch, Edward (1855-1944) age 89
Oct 44 (3,12) 8
Baxendall, Joseph, Sr. (1815-1887)
Feb 70 (39,2) 87
Jul 80 (60,1) 21
Bayer, Johann (1572-1625)
May 73 (45,5) 292
Sep 03 (106,3) 38
Beals, Carlyle Smith (1899-1979)
Sep 79 (58,3) 232
Becklin, Eric
Apr 04 (107,4) 50
Beckwith, Steven
Nov 03 (106,5) 19 pic
Becvar, Antonin (1902-1965) age 63
Mar 65 (29,3) 140
Beggs, James M.
Oct 82 (64,4) 332 interview
Belopolsky, Aristarkh (1859-1934)
Feb 59 (18,4) 198 stamp
Sep 61 (22,3) 134 pic
May 65 (29,5) 283
Feb 89 (77,2) 158
Bennett, John Caister (1914- )
Jun 91 (81,6) 666 asteroid 4093
Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm (1784-1846)
Jan 42 (1,3) 6
Dec 44 (4,2) 7
Dec 53 (13,2) 43
Dec 56 (16,2) 69
Nov 01 (102,5) 44
Bevis, John (1695-1771)
Dec 56 (16,2) 68
Sep 86 (72,3) 220
JHA 03 (34,2) 125
Bidder, George Parker (1806-1878)
Nov 77 (54,5) 365
Biesbroeck, see Van Biesbroeck
Bird, John (1709-1776)
Jul 70 (40,1) 7
Birkeland, Kristian Olaf Bernhard (1867-1917)
May 85 (69,5) 389
Birt, William Radcliff (1804-1881)
Oct 58 (17,12) 623
Al Biruni (11th cent. A. D.)
Aug 60 (20,2) 99
Mar 78 (55,3) 215 pic
Blacklock, A. Woolsey
May 44 (3,7) 9
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon [1571-1638]
Nov 66 (32,5) 278
Apr 85 (69,4) 294
see note below on Tycho Brahe's assistants and coworkers
Blair, Gilbert Bruce (1879-1949)
Nov 49 (9,1) 9
Blazko, Sergei Nikolaevich (1870-1956)
Oct 66 (32,4) 200
Bode, Johann Elert (1747-1826)
May 72 (43,5) 280
Bok, Bart J. (1906-1983)
Oct 82 (66,4) 303
Feb 94 (97,2) 41
May 94 (87,5) 58
Apr 96 (91,4) 87
Boksenberg, Alec
Apr 84 (67,4) 312
Boles, Tom
Oct 04 (108,4) 114-117
Bond, George Phillips (d. 1865)
Oct 88 (76,4) 417 ghost
Bond, William Cranch (1789-1859)
Jun 47 (6,8) 3
Jul 50 (9,9) 207
Jul 76 (52,1) 30
Aug 79 (58,2) 116
Jan 81 (61,1) 63
Apr 04 (107,4) 39
Bonestell, Chesley (1888-1986 )
Sep 86 (72,3) 232
Dec 01 (102,6) 73
Jun 03 (105,6) 30 pic
Bonney, Charles C. (Congr. of Astr. & Ap., 1893)
Sep 78 (56,3) 180
Borel, Pierre (1620-1689)
Sep 75 (50,3) 157
Borrelly, Alphonse (1842-1926)
Jul 80 (60,1) 21
Boscovich, Roger, S. J. (1711-1787)
Jun 57 (16,8) 378
Jan 59 (18,3) 141
Nov 94 (88,5) 94
Boss, Benjamin (1880-1970)
Sep 56 (15,11) 484
Dec 70 (40,6) 351
Boss, Lewis (1846-1912)
Sep 87 (74,3) 243
Bouvard, Alexis (1767-1843)
Feb 80 (59,2) 103
Bowditch, Nathaniel (1773-1838)
Oct 42 (1,12) 7
Apr 71 (41,4) 223 pic
Jul 76 (52,1) 30
Bowen, Ira Sprague (1898-1973)
Apr 73 (45,4) 212
Boyer, Charles
Jun 99 (97,6) 57 (clouds of Venus)
Bradfield, William (1927- )
Jun 88 (75,6) 597 interview
Oct 04 (108,4) 121
Bradley, James (1693-1762)
Mar 64 Scientific American (article by A. B. Stewart)
Oct 64 (28,4) 193
Jul 70 (40,1) 7
Nov 01 (102,5) 41
Brahe, Sophi[e] [1559-1643], Tycho's sister
Nov 54 (14,1) 8
see note below on Tycho Brahe's assistants and coworkers
Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601)
Dec 46 (6,2) 3
Jan 47 (6,3) 9
Jan 59 (18,3) 140
Mar 60 (19,5) 282
Jun 64 (27,6) 364 Dreyer biog
Oct 64 (28,4) 192
Jun 65 (29,6) 353
Feb 74 (47,2) 86
Dec 77 (54,6) 452
Jun 81 (61,6) 476
Aug 82 (64,2) 138
Feb 85 (69,2) 132 (Ursus)
Aug 85 (70,2) 110
Feb 92 (83,2) 171
Dec 96 (92,6) 68
Nov 98 (96,5) 69
Note: There is a 130 page biographical dictionary of Tycho's assistants
and coworkers in John Robert Christianson's book entitled On Tycho's Island:
Tycho Brahe and His Assistants, 1570-1601 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2000).
A brief list includes Willem Blaeu, David Fabricius, Peter Jacobson Flemlos,
Johannes Kepler, Simon Marius, Elias Olsen Morsing, Gellius Sascerides,
Willebrord Snel, Christian Sorensen (Longomontanus), and Paul Wittich.
Nov 01 (102,5) 40
May 03 (105,5) 45
Oct 03 (106,4) 71
Brashear, John A. (1840-1920)
Apr 91 (81,4) 432
von Braun, Wernher (1912-1977) age 65
Sep 77 (54,3) 193
Jun 03 (105,6) 30
Sep 04 (108,3) 118
Bredi[k]hin, F[edor] A[leksandrovich] (1831-1904)
Feb 59 (18,4) 198 stamp
Brenner, Leo (1855-[1928]) (alias of Spiridion Gopcevic)
Dec 78 (56,6) 515
Aug 95 (90,2) 100
Brewington, Howard
Jun 95 (89,6) 93
Brisbane, General Thomas Makdougall (1773-1860)
Dec 92 (84,6) 620
Brooks, William R. (1844-1921)
Apr 63 (25,4) 198
Nov 88 (76,5) 581
May 91 (81,5) 476
Dec 96 (92,6) 98
Apr 99 (97,4) 88
Brouwer, Dirk (1902-1966)
Mar 66 (31,3) 146
Brun, Antoine (1883-1979) age 96
Jun 79 (57,6) 541
Bruno, Giordano (1548-1600)
Apr 42 (1,6) 8
Griffith Observer Dec 55
Feb 61 (21,2) 79
Bunsen, Robert (1811-1899)
Jul 81 (62,1) 13
Aug 04 (108,2) 46
Burbidge, Geoffrey
Sep 83 (66,3) 195 interview
Burke-Gaffney, Rev. Michael Walter, S. J. (1897-1979) age 82
May 79 (57,5) 430
Burney, see Phair
Burnham, Sherburne Wesley (1838-1921)
May 44 (3,7) 10
Aug 61 (22,2) 76
Apr 70 (39,4) 225
Jun 70 (39,6) 363
Jan 76 (51,1) 12
Burns, Keivin [sic] (1881-1958) age 77
Jul 58 (17,9) 456
Burritt, Elijah Hinsdale (1794-1838)
Jan 85 (69,1) 26
Burton, Robert (1577-1640)
Feb 67 (33,2) 92
C
Cacciatore, Niccolo (1780-1841)
Mar 84 (67,3) 204, 210
Calar Alto Observatory
Oct 01 (102,4) 32
Calvin, John (1509-1564)
Nov 60 (20,5) 271 ideas of Copernicanism
Cameron, Robert C. (1925-1972) age 47
Mar 73 (45,3) 158
Campbell, Leon (1880-1951) age 71
Jul 51 (10,9) 210
Campbell, William Wallace (1862-1938)
Aug 61 (22,2) 69
Jun 71 (41,6) 352
Cannon, Annie Jump (1863-1941)
Sep 62 (24,3) 128
Aug 64 (28,2) 82
Jan 00 (99,1) 54
Capen, Charles F. (1926-1986)
Oct 86 (72,4) 404
Carpenter, Edwin F. ([1898]-1963)
Apr 63 (25,4) 209
Carpenter, James (1840-1899)
Dec 69 (38,6) 381 see also Nasmyth
Carrington, Richard C. (1826-1875)
Dec 60 (20,6) 324
Carter, Charles Rooking
Jun 82 (63,6) 555 New Zealand
Cassini, Jean Dominique I (1625-1712)
Cassini, Jacques II (1677-1756)
Cassini, Cesar Francois III de Thury (1714-1784)
Cassini, Jean Dominique IV (1748-1845)
Apr 42 (1,6) 22
Aug 54 (13,10) 333
Feb 65 (29,2) 93 I only
May 68 (35,5) 276 I only
Feb 80 (59,2) 100 ff.
Jul 89 (78,1) 22 IV only
Jul 04 (108,1) 33 I and Cassini satellite
Castelli, Benedetto (1578-1643)
Jul 04 (108,1) 73
Cave, Thomas R., Sr. and Jr.
Aug 94 (88,2) 88
Chandra X-ray telescope
Mar 99 (97,3) 26
Aug 99 (98,2) 45
Nov 99 (98,5) 16
Feb 00 (99,2) 20
Nov 01 (102,5) 80
Apr 02 (103,4) 18
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1910-1995)
Nov 44 (4,1) 10
Nov 79 (58,5) 421 pic
Feb 82 (63,2) 126
Jan 84 (67,1) 14
Jun 91 (81,6) 611
Nov 95 (90,5) 14
Mar 99 (97,3) 26 (AXAF named after him)
Oct 99 (98,4) 79
Chang Yu-Che (1902-1986)
May 87 ( 73,4 ) 481
Chang Yuin ( -1958)
Mar 59 (18,5) 249
Chant, Clarence Augustus (1865-1956)
Feb 57 (16,4) 172
Chapman, Clark R. (1945- )
Feb 01 (101,2) 98
Chappe d'Auteroche, Abbe Jean-Baptiste
Feb 04 (107,2) 48-53
Chapman, Sydney (1888-1970)
Aug 70 (40,2) 81
Charlemagne
Apr 04 (107,4) 87
Chaucer, Geoffrey (ca. 1340-1400)
Mar 82 (63,3) 246 astrolabes
Apr 89 (77,4) 376
Apr 00 (99,4) 44
Chen, Pei-Kun
Jan 03 (105,1) 70
Cheseaux, Jean Philippe Loys de (1718-1751)
Mercury Jul-Aug 80 (9,4) 85
Chilean National Astronomical Observatory (1852-1965)
Aug 86 (72,2) 143
Chioniades, Gregory (ca. 1240-1320)
Jan 03 (105,1) 56
Chladni, Ernst Florenz Friedrich (1756-1827)
Jun 53 (12,8) 210
Apr 03 (105,4) 87
Chretien, Henri (1879-1956)
Mar 83 (65,3) 222
Christie, W. H. M. (1845-1922)
Jun 64 (27,6) 342
Chu-fu (ca. 549 B.C.) solar eclipse observer
Oct 79 (58,4) 354
Clairaut, A.-C. (1713-1765)
Sep 83 (66,3) 260
Clap, Rev. Thomas (1703-1767)
Jun 77 (53,6) 420
Clark, Alvan (1804-1887)
Clark, Alvan Graham (1832-1897)
Clark, George Bassett (1827-1891)
Dec 53 (13,2) 43
Feb 69 (37,2) 74
Oct 73 (46,4) 208
Jan 76 (51,1) 11
May 85 (69,5) 450
Oct 96 (92,4) 55
Clarke, Arthur C. (1917- )
May 01 (101,5) 80
Clausen, Thomas (1801-1885)
Nov 77 (54,5) 365
Clemence, Gerald M. (1908-1974) age 66
Apr 75 (49,4) 215
Cleminshaw, Clarence H. (1902-1985)
Oct 85 (70,4) 307
Clerke, Agnes Mary (1842-1907)
Sep 85 (70,3) 211
Cogshall, Wilbur Adelman (1874-1951)
May 52 (11,7) 161
May 71 (41,5) 279
Colacevich, Attilio (1900-1953) age 53
Dec 53 (13,2) 54
Coleman, Sidney
Apr 91 (81,4) 365
Collins, Peter
Aug 92 (84,2) 199 nova hunter
Colombo, Giuseppe (1920-1984)
May 84 (67,5) 420
Columbus, Christopher
Jan 91 (81,1) 81
Oct 92 (84,4) 419 and 437 (lunar eclipse of 1504)
Common, Andrew Ainslee (1841-1903)
Jan 78 (55,1) 20
Oct 79 (58,4) 307
Nov 79 (58,5) 400 erratum on spelling
Compton gamma-ray satellite
Jul 00 (100,1) 48
Comrie, L. J. (1893-1950)
Feb 51 (10,4) 82
Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924)
Aug 04 (108,2) 130
Cook, Captain James
Feb 04 (107,2) 51-52
Jun 04 (107,6) 50, 168
Cooper, E. J.
Feb 80 (59,2) 108
Coolidge, Phillip Sidney (d. 1863)
Apr 98 (95,4) 71
Copernicus, Nicholas (1473-1543)
Apr 43 (2,6) 18
May 43 (2,7) 3, 11
Jan 59 (18,3) 140
Sep 70 (40,3) 162
Jun 72 (43,6) 380
Nov 72 (44,5) 307
Feb 73 (45,2) 71,72
Aug 76 (52,2) 125 review Vistas in Astr., vol. 17
Apr 77 (53,4) 301
Feb 80 (59,2) 148
Cosmic Background Imager
Sep 02 (104,3) 18
Couder, Andre (1898-1979) age 81
Jun 79 (57,6) 541
Couderc, Paul (1899-1981)
Feb 91 (81,2) 157
Cox, Robert E. (1917-1989) age 72
Mar 90 (79,3) 332
Crabtree, William
Feb 04 (107,2) 50
Cragg, Thomas A. (1927- )
Feb 94 (87,2) 101
Craig, John 24-inch refr of 1852
Jul 82 (64,1) 12
Crawford, David
Sep 98 (96,3) 90
Croll, James
Mar 66 (31,3) 150
Crossley, Edward
Oct 79 (58,4) 309
Crull, Harry E. (1909-1972) age 63
Jun 72 (43,6) 352
Cunitz, Maria (1610- )
Nov 54 (14,1) 8
Curtis, Heber Doust (1872-1942)
Feb 42 (1,4) 13,15
May 46 (5,7) 15
May 59 (19,7) 399
Nov 79 (58,5) 396
Jan 83 (65,1) 28
Cusanus, Cardinal Nicolas (1401-1464)
May 77 (53,5) 356
Cysat, J[ohann] B. [1586-1657]
Nov 75 (50,5) 299 early observer of M 42
D
Dakin, Ralph K. (1920-1995)
Sep 95 (90,3) 78
Dall, Horace (1901-1986)
Oct 86 (72,4 ) 410
Danjon, Andre (1890-1967)
Jun 67 (33,6) 347
Aug 67 (34,2) 93
Dase, Johann (1824- )
Nov 77 (54,5) 365
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
Mar 59 (18,5) 240
da Vinci, see Leonardo da Vinci
Dawes, William Rutter (1799-1868)
Dec 69 (38,6) 381 see also Nasmyth
Jul 73 (46,1) 27
Apr 79 (57,4) 342 see also Wrottesley
Feb 83 (65,2) 180
May 85 (69,5) 451
Jul 86 (72,1) 85
Delaplaine, Roy W. (1886-1948) age 62
Apr 48 (7,6) 146 Sproul observer
De la Rue, Warren (1815-1889)
Apr 04 (107,4) 39
Delaunay, [Charles] Eugene (1816-1872)
Feb 80 (59,2) 106
Delisle, Joseph-Nicolas
Feb 04 (107,2) 48
Delporte, Eugene J. (1882-1953)
Oct 65 (30,4) 222 drew up constellation boundaries
Demainbray, Stephen C. T. (1710-1782)
Mar 76 (51,3) 163
Denning, William Frederick [1848-1931]
Jun 00 (99,6) 109
Sep 04 (108,3) 80
Descartes, Rene (1596-1650)
Mar 44 (3,5) 7
de Sitter, Arnout ( -1945?)
Feb 46 (5,4) 7 Japanese POW
de Sitter, Willem
Feb 85 (69,2) 120
Deutsch, Armin J. (1918-1969)
Jan 70 (39,1) 33
Dick, Thomas (1774-1857)
Feb 00 (99,2) 46
Dictionary of Scientific Biography review of
Nov 70 (40,5) 309 1st two vols.
Oct 73 (46,4) 246 vol. 7
Diebel, John C. (founded Meade)
Jul 00 (100,1) 80
van Dien, Elsa (wife of van Albada)
Dimitroff, George Z. (1902-1968) age 66
Feb 68 (35,2) 98
Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice (1902-1984)
Feb 85 (69,2) 107
Dneprovskii, Nikolai I. (1887- ? )
Oct 89 (78,4) 355
Dobson, John (1915- )
Nov 89 (78,5) 530 interview
May 91 (81,5) 473
Sep 95 (90,3) 84
May 96 (91,5) 56
Feb 02 (103,2) 72 asteroid
Doppler, Christian (1803-1853)
Sep 61 (22,3) 132
Drake, Frank
Dec 98 ( 96,6) 37
Draper, Henry (1837-1882)
Nov 47 (7,1) 8 Sun Yatsen Observatory
Nov 80 (60,5) 364-6
Apr 04 (107,4) 41
Draper, John William (1811-1882)
Apr 04 (107,4) 38
Dreyer, Johann Louis Emil (1852-1926)
Jun 64 (27,2) 364
Aug 82 (64,2) 138
Jan 83 (65,1) 18
Dec 88 (76,6) 621
Nov 03 (106,5) 114
Dryden, Hugh L. (1898-1965) age 67
Jan 66 (31,1) 26
Dufay, Jean (1896-1967) age 71
Feb 68 (35,2) 79
Duhem, Pierre ( -1916)
Oct 86 (72,4) 357
Duncan, John C. (1882-1967)
Nov 67 (34,5) 283
Dunlap, Mrs. David A. ( -1946)
Dec 46 (6,2) 9 patroness
Dunlop, James (1793-1848)
Jun 01 (101,6) 112
Durer, Albrecht
Sep 47 (6,11) 6
Oct 47 (6,12) 12
Dyson, Frank Watson
Nov 51 (11,1) 15 9th Astr. Royal
E
Eckert, Wallace J. (1902-1971)
Oct 71 (42,4) 207
Edberg, Stephen J.
Nov 98 (96,5) 87
Eddington, Arthur Stanley (1882-1944)
Jan 45 (4,3) 3
Nov 53 (13,1) 10
Nov 57 (17,1) 32
Mercury Nov-Dec 82 (11,6) 178
Jan 85 (69,1) 36
Edmondson, Frank K. (1912- )
May 71 (41,5) 279
Egede, Hans (1686-1758)
Dec 58 (18,2) 85
Eichner, Laurits C. (1894-1967) age 73
Jun 67 (33,6) 355
Einarsson, Sturla (1880-1974) age 94
Jun 74 (47,6) 373
Eimmart, Maria Clara (1676-1707)
Nov 54 (14,1) 8
Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)
Nov 47 (7,1) 16
Feb 51 (10,4) 96
Jun 55 (14,8) 316
Feb 59 (18,4) 199
Nov 73 (46,5) 319
Jul 75 (50,1) 20
May 79 (57,5) 428
Sep 79 (58,3) 263
Eisinga, Eise (1744-1821)
Feb 94 (87,2) 28
Elger, T[homas] G. (1837-1897)
May 63 (25,5) 251
Elkin, W. L. (1854-1933)
May 65 (29,5) 283
Ellerman, Ferdinand [1869-1940]
Dec 85 (70,6) 531 Comet Halley from Oahu, 1910
Ellicott, Andrew (1754-1820)
Jul 76 (52,1) 29
Ellison, Mervyn Archdall (1909-1963) age 54
Dec 63 (26,6) 323
Elmer, Charles W. (1872-1954)
Mar 55 (14,5) 189
Encke, Johann Franz (1791-1865)
Feb 04 (107,2) 54
May 04 (107,5) 34
Ensor, George Edmund (1873-1943) age 70
Oct 43 (2,12) 14 S. African amateur
Eratosthenes of Cyrene (284-192 B. C.)
Sep 43 (2,11) 7
Jan 03 (105,1) 52
Eropkin, Dmitri I. (1908-1939)
Oct 89 (78,4) 353
Erro, Luis Enrique (1897-1955) age 58
Apr 55 (14,6) 238
Esclangon, Ernest (187[6]-1954)
May 54 (13,7) 220
Oct 55 (14,12) 495 pic
Euler, Leonhard (1707-1783)
Jan 59 (18,3) 141
Evans, Rev. Robert O.
Jan 84 (67,1) 94
Jul 89 (78,1) 85
Nov 02 (104,5) 62
Oct 04 (108,4) 115
Everhart, Edgar (1920-1990)
May 90 (79,5) 559
Evershed, John (1864-1956)
Jan 57 (16,3) 116
F
Fabricius, David (1564-1617)
Oct 54 (13,12) 414
see note above on Tycho Brahe's assistants and coworkers
Fang Lizhi
Sep 89 (78,3) 240-1
Farnsworth, Alice (1894-1960) age 66
Nov 60 (20,5) 262
Fauth, Philipp Johann Heinrich (1867-194[1], possibly 1943 or 1944)
Nov 59 (19,1) 21
Oct 65 (30,4) 202
Fecker, James Walter ( -1945)
Jan 46 (5,3) 7 instrument maker
Federer, Charles A. (1909-1999)
Dec 99 (98,6) 21
Nov 01 (102,5) 30
Federer, Helen (1911-1983)
Nov 01 (102,5) 30
Ferguson, James (1710-1776)
Jul 45 (4,9) 10 lunar eclipses
Feb 56 (15,4) 169
Mar 76 (51,3) 163
Fermi, Enrico (1901-1950)
Mar 03 (105,3) 71
Fernald, Cyrus F. (1901-1979)
Mar 80 (59,3) 209 134,582 VSO
Fesenkov, Vasilii Grigorevich (1889-1972)
May 72 (43,5) 284
Finsen, William S. (1905-1979)
Aug 79 (58,2) 137
Fireman, Edward L. (1922-1990)
Nov 90 (80,5) 463
Fisher, Clyde (1878-1949)
Feb 49 (8,4) 88
Mar 49 (8,5) 111
Fisher, Willard J. (1867-1934) age 67
Mar 77 (53,3) 173
Fitz, Henry (1808-1863)
Oct 59 (18,12) 659
Sep 84 (68,3) 214
Feb 98 (95,2) 102
Fitzgibbon, John H. (1819-1882)
Apr 04 (107,4) 37
Fitzpatrick, Jesse A. [1880-1945]
Aug 45 (4,10) 10
Fizeau, Hippolyte Louis (1819-1896)
Mar 44 (3,5) 8
Jul 75 (50,1) 26
Feb 80 (59,2) 104
Flammarion, Camille (1842-1925)
May 42 (1,7) 20
Feb 59 (18,4) 199
Feb 63 (25,2) 77
May 77 (53,5) 356
Flammarion, Gabrielle Camille [nee Renaudot] (1876-1962) age 86
Feb 63 (25,2) 77
Flamsteed, Rev. John (1646-1719)
Aug 46 (5,10) 12
Aug 63 (26,2) 80
Jul 67 (34,1) 35
Jul 70 (40,1) 4
Sep 75 (50,3) 157
Sep 77 (54,3) 227
Apr 91 (81,4) 380
Jun 96 (91,6) 57
Sep 97 (94,3) 68
Flanders, Ernest V. (1895-1986) age 91
Nov 86 (72,5) 529
Fleenor, George
May 00 (99,5) 90
Fludd, Robert (1574-1637) harmony of the spheres
Sep 75 (50,3) 147
Focas, J. H. ( -1969)
Feb 69 (37,2) 84
Fontana, Francesco (1602?-1656)
Aug 54 ( , ) [333]
[c. 1585, could be same as mentioned in JBAA, 112, 277 (2002)]
Ford, Clinton B. (1913-1992)
Apr 93 (85,4) 102
Foster, Don Manuel
May 82 (63,5) 446
Foucault, Jean Bernard Leon (1819-1868)
Feb 59 (18,4) 199
Jul 75 (50,1) 26
May 82 (63,5) 520
Oct 87 (74,4) 358
Fowler, William A.
Jan 84 (67,1) 14
Fox, Philip (1878-1944)
Sep 44 (3,11) 2 Adler Planetarium
Fraknoi, Andrew (1948- )
Nov 96 (92,5) 96
Franz, Julius (1847-1913)
Dec 60 (20,6) 321
Apr 68 (35,4) 215
Apr 69 (37,4) 229
Fraunhofer, Joseph von (1787-1826)
Apr 44 (3,6) 8
Mar 51 (10,5) 117
Sep 60 (20,3) 124
Jul 77 (54,1) 49
Mar 89 (77,3) 251
Nov 01 (102,5) 43
Aug 04 (108,2) 45
French, Sue and Alan
Feb 03 (105,2) 104
Frend, William (1757-1841)
Aug 71 (42,2) 79
Fried, Hans (1893-1945) age 52
Feb 46 (5,4) 22
Fried, Robert
Jun 99 (97,6) 94 Braeside Obs.
Friedmann, Alexander A.
Aug 94 (88,2) 62
Frost, Edwin B. (1866-1935)
Nov 59 (19,1) 8
Frost, Robert (1874-1963)
Jun 92 (83,6) 692
G
Gabrielson, William (1870-1951)
Oct 97 (94,4) 74
Gagan, James W. (1905-1991)
Nov 91 (82,5) 551
Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich (d. 1968)
Apr 86 (71,4) 358
Apr 88 (75,4) 362
Apr 01 (101,4) 86
Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)
Jan 42 (1,3) 3 300 years since death issue
Mar 44 (3,5) 7
Nov 51 (11,1) 3
Jul 52 (11,9) 211
Aug 52 (11,10) 246
Jul 54 (13,9) 307
Sep 55 (14,11) 467 de Santillana book
Nov 57 (17,1) 31
Jan 59 (18,3) 140 stamp
Sep 62 (24,3) 137
Feb 64 (27,2) 72, 99 ff. (400 yr birth anniv)
Jan 75 (49,1) 45
Mar 75 (49,3) 175
Jun 77 (53,6) 465
Jan 79 (57,1) 34
Mar 79 (57,3) 222
Apr 79 (57,4) 334 opera
Jul 79 (58,1) 63
Nov 80 (60,5) 363 Neptune sighting
Feb 82 (63,2) 145 naked eye obs of Ganymede
May 84 (67,5) 427
Dec 84 (68,6) 520
Jan 86 (71,1) 43 The Galileo Affair
Aug 89 (78,2) 125
Apr 90 (79,4) 384
Mar 93 (85,3) 5 and 32 Vatican admits mistake
Dec 94 (88,6) 59
Sep 96 (92,3) 38 more on Neptune
Nov 02 (104,5) 64 PBS series
Jul 04 (108,1) 73
Galle, Johann Gottfried (1812-1910)
Dec 65 (30,6) 355
Gamow, George (1904-1968)
Oct 68 (36,4) 216
Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1650)
Oct 54 (13,12) 414
Gauss, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855)
Dec 42 (2,2) 14
Dec 50 (10,2) 35
Feb 59 (18,4) 199
Gaviola, Enrique
Dec 71 (42,6) 348 Cordoba
Gaze, Vera F. (1899-1954)
Oct 89 (78,4) 355
Gemini Telescopes
Sep 97 (94,3)
Apr 99 (97,4) 60
Sep 99 (98,3) 18
Aug 00 (100,2) 38
Feb 02 (103,2) 33
Apr 02 (103,4) 28
van Gent, H. (1900-1947) age 47
Jun 47 (6,8) 7
Le Gentil de la Galaisiere, Guillaume-Joseph-Hyacinthe-Jean-Baptiste
Feb 04 (107,2) 48-54
Gerard of Cremona (1114-1187)
Apr 43 (2,6) 15
Gerasimovich, Boris Petrovich (1889-1937)
Feb 42 (1,4) 4
Jun 57 (16,8) 379
Oct 89 (78,4) 352
Gerbert, see d'Aurillac under A's
Gervase of Canterbury (ca. 1170)
Aug 92 (84,2) 207
Giacconi, Riccardo
Apr 85 (69,4) 296
Jan 91 (81,1) 18 interview
Nov 03 (106,5) 19 pic
Giampapa, Mark S.
May 85 (69,5) 396
Gill, David (1843-1914)
Aug 70 (40,2) 87
Feb 72 (43,2) 74
Sep 82 (64,3) 239
May 04 (107,5) 36
Gingrich, Curvin H. (1880-1951) age 71
Aug 51 (10,10) 241
Glancy, Anna Estelle (1884-1975) age 91
July 75 (50,1) 12 one of 1st US women with Ph.D. in astr.
Glennan, T. Keith
Oct 82 (64,4) 330 interview
Goldin, Daniel S.
Feb 02 (103,2) 26
Golson, J. C. ( -1984)
Feb 85 (69,2) 110 1st Kitt Peak employee
Goodricke, John (1764-1786)
Jun 61 (21,6) [320]
Nov 78 (56,5) 400
Oct 97 (94,4) 90
Gool (Golius), Jacob
Feb 85 (69,2) 119 Leiden Obs.
Gopcevic, Spiridion see Brenner, Leo
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1824-1896)
Dec 71 (42,6) 347
Graham, George (1673-1751)
Jul 70 (40,1) 6
Gran Telescopio Canarias
Sep 98 (96,3) 28
Gravity Probe B
Jul 04 (108,1) 22
Aug 04 (108,2) 31 launch
Greaves, W. M. H. ( -[1956])
Sep 56 (15,11) 484
Greenbank Telescope (GBT)
Nov 00 (100,5) 30
Greenstein, Jesse [1909]- 21 Oct 2002, age 93
(email from Richard Green, NOAO)
Greenwich Observatory (RGO)
Oct 86 (72,4) 343
Jan 99 (97,1) 26
Aug 04 (108,2) 130 bomb plot in Conrad novel
Greenwood, Isaac (1702-1745)
Jul 76 (52,1) 26
Gregory XIII, pope
Nov 82 (64,5) 418 Greg. calendar reform
Sep 02 (104,3) 68
Gregory, James (1638-1675)
Oct 54 (13,12) 414
Griffin, Roger F.
Jun 91 (81,6) 599
Grigg, John (1838-1920)
Jul 71 (42,1) 18
Groombridge, Stephen (1755-1832)
May 74 (47,5) 296
Grotrian, Walter (1890-1954)
Jun 54 (13,8) 264
Gum, Colin Stanley (1924-1960)
Jun 60 (19,8) 472
H
Haas, Walter [b. ~1917]
Dec 93 (86,6) 100
Nov 97 (94,5) 82
Jan 03 (105,1) 109 pic
Hagen, Johann George, S. J. (1847-1930)
Oct 71 (42,4) 215
Hagihara, Yusuke (1898-1979) age 81
May 79 (57,5) 428
Hale, George Ellery (1868-1938)
Mar 43 (2,5) 9 the S. S. Hale
Oct 66 (32,4) 223 H. Wright biog.
Aug 72 (44,2) 119
May 73 (45,5) 307
Jan 76 (51,1) 12
Sep 78 (56,3) 180
Feb 91 (81,2) 164
Sep 93 (86,3) 54
Jul 95 (90,1) 87
Sep 95 (90,3) 28
Jul 97 (94,1) 66 Osterbrock book
Feb 02 (103,2) 32
Hall, Asaph (1829-1907)
Sep 56 (15,11) 495
Jul 77 (54,1) 20
Sep 88 (76,3) 242
Aug 89 (78,2) 142
Aug 03 (106,2) 102
Hall, Linda Southall (1858-1938)
Hall, Herbert F. (1858-1941)
Nov 04 (108,5) 111
Halley, Edmond (1656-1742)
Mar 42 (1,5) 7
Oct 59 (18,12) 669
Oct 64 (28,4) 193
Jan 70 (39,1) 41
Jul 70 (40,1) 6
Aug 70 (40,2) 86
Mar 86 (71,3) 230
Mar 99 (97,3) 72
Feb 04 (107,2) 48
Hamilton, William Rowan (1805-1865)
Oct 65 (14,12) 493
Hansen, Julie Vinter (1890-1960)
Dec 60 (20,6) 328
Harkness, William (1837-1903)
May 04 (107,5) 37
Haro, Guillermo (1922-1988)
Jul 80 (60,1) 11 (mistaken obit.)
Sep 80 (60,3) 194
Dec 88 (76,6) 603
Harriott, Thomas (1560-1621)
Feb 69 (37,2) 82
Harrison, John (1693-1776)
Jan 71 (41,1) 6
Jul 96 (92,1) 60
Harrison, Edward
Dec 01 (102,6) 49
Hartmann, Johannes (1865-1936)
May 61 (21,5) 269
Hartmann, William K. (1939- )
Jun 01 (101,6) 78
Harwood, Margaret (1886-1979) age 93
May 79 (57,5) 430
Hatanaka, Takeo (1914-1963) age 49
Jan 64 (27,1) 18
Hawking, Stephen
Apr 91 (81,4) 364
Apr 94 (87,4) 56
Nov 04 (108,5) 14
Ibn Hayyan (ca. 912 A.D.) solar eclipse observer
Oct 79 (58,4) 359
Heckmann, Otto
Mar 78 (55,3) 166
Heinsius, Gottfried (1709-1769)
Jan 87 (73,1) 4
Heis, Eduard (1806-1877)
Oct 80 (60,4) 300
Hell, Maximillian, S. J. (1720-1792)
Apr 61 (21,4) 213
Aug 96 (92,2) 54 pic
Hellman, C. Doris (1913-1973) age 60
May 73 (45,5) 278
von Helmholtz, H. L. F. (1828-1894)
May 61 (21,5) 252
Henderson, Ebenezer ([1809]-1879)
Jun 83 (65,6) 500
Henize, Karl (1926-1993)
Nov 86 (72,5) 446 interview
Jan 02 (103,1) 50-51
Henry, Paul (1848-[1905]) and Prosper (1849-[1903])
Jun 58 (17,8) 394
Henry, William ( -1948)
Jun 48 (7,8) 202 amateur
Henyey, Louis G. (1910-1970)
May 71 (41,5) 279
Herget, Paul (1908-1981)
May 71 (41,5) 279
Nov 80 (60,5) 373
Dec 81 (62,6) 531
Herrick, Edward (1811-1862)
Aug 96 (92,2) 68 discovered Perseids
Herrick, Samuel ([1911]-1974)
Jul 74 (48,1) 3
Herring, Alika K. [d. 1997]
May 95 (89,5) 81
Herschel, Alexander (1836-1907) son of John
Jul 80 (60,1) 14
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia (1750-1848)
Jul 46 (5,9) 7
Nov 54 (14,1) 7
Jul 74 (48,1) 9
Aug 88 (76,2) 121-2
Nov 02 (104,5) 107
Jul 04 (108,1) 115
Herschel, John (1792-1871)
May 52 (11,7) 160
Feb 67 (33,2) 102
May 65 (29,5) 283
Jun 69 (37,6) 358
Jul 80 (60,1) 5
Sep 81 (62,3) 196
Oct 81 (62,4) 310
Jun 86 (71,6) 579
Nov 92 (84,5) 499
Nov 03 (106,5) 117
Herschel, William (1738-1822)
Jun 45 (4,8) 11
Mar 49 (8,5) 119 wife = Mrs. Mary Pitt
Dec 50 (10,2) 37
May 52 (11,7) 159
May 56 (15,7) 302 lunar volcanoes
Oct 56 (15,12) 541
Mar 58 (17,5) 234 auction
Jun 60 (19,8) 463
Aug 61 (22,2) 75
Publ. Astr. Soc. Pacific Feb 62 composer
Jul 63 (26,1) 41
Aug 64 (28,2) 83
Oct 64 (28,4) 192
Feb 71 (41,2) 92
Jul 74 (48,1) 9
Sep 75 (50,3) 145
Mar 76 (51,3) 164
Nov 76 (52,5) 372
Sep 77 (54,3) 174 20-foot reflector
Mar 81 (61,3) 188-196
Jun 81 (61,6) 503
Oct 84 (68,4) 317
Nov 85 (70,5) 411
Scientific American, Feb 86, 106
Mar 86 (71,3) 253
Nov 89 (78,5) 453
May 96 (91,5) 47 recording of his music
Aug 00 (100,2) 83
Nov 01 (102,5) 42
Nov 02 (104,5) 107
Feb 04 (107,2) 82
Mar 04 (107,3) 153
Jul 04 (108,1) 115
Hertzsprung, Ejnar (1873-1967)
Jan 68 (35,1) 4
Nov 76 (52,5) 372
Hess, Victor F. (1883-1964)
Feb 65 (29,2) 94
Mar 88 (75,3) 266
Hevelius, Elizabeth Margarethe
Nov 54 (14,1) 8
Hevelius, Johannes (1611-1687)
Aug 63 (26,2) 80
Dec 68 (36,6) 370
Apr 72 (43,4) 223
May 79 (57,5) 479
Heyden, Francis Joseph, S. J. (1907-1991)
Nov 91 (82,5) 551
Hickox, Joseph O. ( -1970)
Oct 70 (40,4) 206
Hind, J. R.
Apr 79 (57,4) 342 see Wrottesley
Hipparchus (ca. 127 BC)
Jul 97 (94,1) 28
Feb 02 (103,2) 39
Hobby-Eberly Telescope
Feb 97 (93,2) 11
Dec 97 (94,6) 16
Oct 99 (98,4) 24
Feb 02 (103,2) 33
Hoffleit, Dorrit (1907- )
Feb 99 (97,2) 89
Hoffmeister, Cuno (1892-1968)
Apr 68 (35,4) 216
Hogg, Frank S. (1904-1951)
Feb 51 (10,4) 86
Mar 51 (10,5) 110
Holcomb, Amasa (1787-1875)
Jun 86 (71,6) 620
Holden, Edward S. (1846-1914)
Apr 70 (39,4) 225
Jun 70 (39,6) 363
Jan 76 (51,1) 9
Mercury Sep-Oct 78 (7,5) 106
Feb 96 (91,2) 39
Holmes, Clifford W. (1929-1993)
Mar 94 (87,3) 100
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)
Jun 99 (97,6) 52
Holt, William L. ( -1946)
Dec 46 (6,2) 12 made millionth AAVSO obs
Homer
Jan 89 (77,1) 57
Honda, Minoru (1913-1990)
Jun 91 (81,6) 670
Hooke, Robert (1635-1703)
Feb 57 (16,4) 179
Feb 65 (29,2) 92
Hopkins, Albert
Feb 62 (23,2) 67
Hopkins, Jeanne (1923-1984)
Dec 84 (68,6) 493
Horkheimer, Jack (interview)
Oct 99 (98,4) 84
Horn d'Arturo, Guido (1879-1967)
Aug 67 (34,2) 93
Feb 78 (55,2) 100
Horrocks, Jeremiah ( -1641) age 22
Feb 04 (107,2) 50
Jun 04 (107,6) 108
Houck, Theodore E. (1926-1974) age 48
Aug 74 (48,2) 90
Hough, George Washington (1836-1909)
Apr 70 (39,4) 225
Sep 78 (56,3) 181
Houston, Walter Scott (1912-1993)
Sep 86 (72,3) 315 asteroid 3031
May 87 (73,5) 566
Mar 94 (87,3) 11
May 94 (87,5) 102
Houtermans, F. G. (1903-1966) age 63
Apr 66 (31,4) 214
Houzeau de Lehaie, Jean-Charles-Hippolyte-Joseph (1820-1888)
Oct 90 (80,4) 372
Howard, Edward Charles (1774-1816)
Jul 80 (60,1) 14
Hoyle, Fred (1915-2001)
Jan 95 (89,1) 55
Sep 99 (98,3) 34
Nov 01 (102,5) 25
Hoyt, William G. (1921-1985)
Apr 85 (69,4) 317
Hu, Esther M.
Dec 01 (102,6) 74
Huang, Su-Shu (1915-1977) age 62
Feb 78 (55,2) 106
Hubble, Edwin P. (1889-1953)
Jan 54 (13,3) 78
Sep 62 (24,3) 128
Jan 65 (29,2) 5
Apr 70 (39,4) 220
Feb 82 (63,2) 124
Feb 84 (67,2) 125
Sep 86 (72,3) 227
Jun 94 (87,6) 61
Jan 99 (97,1) 56
Jan 00 (99,1) 53
Hubble Space Telescope / ST Science Institute
Apr 85 (69,4) 295 ff.
May 85 (69,5) 409
Dec 86 (72,6) 562
Feb 87 (73,2) 146
Apr 00 (99,4) 28
Aug 03 (106,2) 28
Feb 04 (107,2) 76
Mar 04 (107,3) 24
Apr 04 (107,4) 24
Jun 04 (107,6) 120
Jul 04 (108,1) 43 Hubble Deep Field (HDF)
Aug 04 (108,2) 28
Huchra, John
Dec 01 (102,6) 75
Huffer, C. M. (1894-1981)
May 81 (61,5) 397
Huggins, Margaret Lindsay (1848-1915
Aug 04 (108,2) 48
Huggins, Sir William (1824-1910)
May 80 (59,5) 416
Aug 04 (108,2) 48
Humason, Milton L. (1891-1972)
Aug 72 (44,2) 71
Humboldt, Baron Alexander von (1769-1859)
May 52 (11,7) 158
Aug 80 (60,2) 144 letters to H. C. Schumacher
Hurless, Carolyn J. (1934-1987)
Jun 87 (73,6) 659
JAAVSO, vol 16, no. 1, 1987, 35
Huygens, Christiaan (1629-1695)
Nov 48 (8,1) 7
Aug 59 (18,10) 559
Feb 65 (29,2) 92
Nov 75 (50,5) 299
Feb 80 (59,2) 101
Jul 04 (108,1) 38
Hyakutake, Yuji (1950-2002)
Apr 99 (97,4) 89-90
Jul 02 (104,1) 68
Hynek, J. Allen (1910-1986)
Aug 86 (72,2) 117
Hypatia (d. 415 A. D.)
Nov 54 (14,1) 7 see novel by Charles Kingsley (1853)
I
Idel'son, Naum I. (1885-1951)
Oct 89 (78,4) 355
Ikeya, Kaoru (1943- )
Jul 02 (104,1) 70
Inaka, Akira
Dec 03 (106,6) 79
Ingalls, Albert G. (1888-1958) age 70
Oct 58 (17,12) 616
Feb 91 (81,2) 140
Innes, Robert Thorburn Ayton (1861-1933)
Jun 78 (55,6) 474
Ivanov, Nikolai I. (1902-1938?)
Oct 89 (78,4) 355
Izsak, Imre (1929-1965)
Jun 65 (29,6) 345
Aug 67 (34,2) 89
J
Jackson, John (1887-1958) age 71
Apr 59 (18,6) 308
Jai Singh II, Maharaja Sawai (1686-1743)
Jul 54 (13,9) 309
Dec 58 (18,2) 70
Jul 79 (58,1) 6
Sep 95 (90,3) 56
Jamshid Ghiyath al-Din al-Kashi (15th cent.)
Dec 60 (20,6) 363
Jansky, Karl Guthe (1905-1950)
Feb 74 (47,2) 84
Aug 78 (56,2) 101
Jul 88 (76,1) 28
Janssen, Carl Luplau (1891-1972) [possibly born 1889]
Jul 72 (44,1) 17
Janssen, P[ierre] Jules C. (1824-1907)
Oct 73 (46,4) 246
Feb 80 (59,2) 107
May 04 (107,5) 35
Jeans, James H. (1877-1946)
Nov 46 (6,1) 10
Nov 53 (13,1) 20
Oct 73 (46,4) 246
Jeffers, Hamilton Moore (1894-1976) age 82
Aug 76 (52,2) 91
Jenkins, Louise F. (1888-1970)
Jul 70 (40,1) 16
Journal of the AAVSO 1985 (14,2) 67
Jodrell Bank
Feb 03 (105,2) 18
Johnson, Harold L. (1921-1980)
Oct 80 (60,4) 273
Johnson, Thomas J. inventor of Celestron telescope
Jun 79 (57,6) 541
Jones, Albert (1920- )
Apr 01 (101,4) 82
Nov 03 (106,5) 77 pic
Joy, Alfred H. (188[2]-1973)
Jul 73 (46,1) 3
Joyce, James (1882-1941)
Jul 04 (108,1) 76
K
Kamienski, Michael (1880-1973) age 93
Jun 73 (45,6) 358
Kapteyn, Jacobus Cornelius (1851-1922)
Jan 51 (10,3) 55
Aug 61 (22,2) 65
Oct 73 (46,4) 246
Feb 91 (81,2) 155
Kargo, Kandra
Sep 02 (104,3) 63
Karpov, Rebecca Jones ( -1966)
Jan 67 (33,1) 30
[W. M.] Keck Observatory (at Mauna Kea)
Mar 85 (69,3) 223
Dec 85 (70,6) 544
Jul 90 (80,1) 15 technical specs
Scientific American, Nov. 1991, 112
Feb 91 (81,2) 129, 133 1st image with 9 segments
Jul 91 (82,1) 18
Feb 92 (83,2) 130 dedication Nov 7, 1991
Jul 92 (84,1) 30
Dec 92 (84,6) 623 36th segment in place April 14, 1992
Jul 93 (86,1) 9 4C 41.17 image
Sep 94 (88,3) 20 "Science with the Keck Telescope"
Feb 95 (89,2) 15 cosmic thermometry
Mar 95 (89,3) 14 redshift 4.25 galaxy
May 95 (89,5) 12 faint red dwarfs
Jun 95 (89,6) 14 K-band galaxy counts
Jul 96 (92,1) 13 Keck II first light
Aug 00 (100,2) 41
Feb 02 (103,2) 30
May 03 (105,5) 30 optical interferometry
Oct 03 (106,4) 24
Feb 04 (107,2) 20
Apr 04 (107,4) 50
Keeler, James Edward (1857-1900)
Jan 76 (51,1) 14
Sep 78 (56,3) 181
Oct 79 (58,4) 310
Aug 82 (64,2) 123
Apr 85 (69,4) 323
Kemp, James C. (1927-1988) age 61
Oct 88 (76,4) 342
Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630)
May 45 (4,7) 17
Nov 51 (11,1) 14
May 52 (11,7) 160
Jan 59 (18,3) 141
Jun 60 (19,8) 494
Jul 61 (22,1) 22
Aug 64 (28,2) 70
Dec 71 (42,6) 328
Scientific American, March 1972
Sep 75 (50,3) 146
Aug 76 (52,2) 125
Aug 79 (58,2) 124
Mar 84 (67,3) 233
Feb 85 (69,2) 132
Dec 93 (86,6) 53
Apr 94 (87,4) 60
see note above on Tycho Brahe's assistants and coworkers
May 03 (105,5) 47
Oct 03 (106,4) 71
Al-Khayyami (1048?-1131?)
Oct 73 (46,4) 247
al-Khwarizmi, Muhammad Ibn Musa (ca. 840)
Jan 03 (105,1) 55
Kienle, Hans (1895-1975) age 80
Jun 75 (49,6) 368
Kiepenheuer, Karl Otto (1910-1975) age 65
Oct 75 (50,4) 230
Kiess, Carl C. (1887-1967)
Dec 67 (34,6) 379
Kirch, Christine (c. 1696-1782)
Oct 73 (46,4) 247
Kirch, Gottfried (1639-1710)
Oct 73 (46,4) 246
Kirch, Maria Margarethe (1670-1720)
Nov 54 (14,1) 8
Oct 73 (46,4) 247
Kircher, Athanasius (1601-1680)
Oct 73 (46,4) 247
Kirchhoff, Gustav (1824-1887)
Jul 81 (62,1) 13
Aug 04 (108,2) 46
Kirkwood, Daniel (1814-1895)
Oct 73 (46,4) 246
Kitchiner, William (ca. 1778-1827)
Jun 67 (33,6) 346
Klingensterna, Samuel (1698-1765)
Oct 73 (46,4) 247
von Kluber, Harald (1902-1978) age 76
Aug 78 (56,2) 105
Klumpke, see Roberts
Kmeth, Daniel (1783-1825)
Feb 62 (23,2) 76
Knox-shaw, Harold (1885-1970)
Aug 70 (40,2) 81
Koenig, Dean (1956- )
Jul 01 (102,1) 82
Komendantov, Nikolai V. (1895- ? )
Oct 89 (78,4) 354-5
Konkoly Thege, Miklos
Aug 93 (86,2) 56
Kopff, August (1882-1960)
Jul 60 (20,1) 28
Jul 96 (92,1) 110
Kovalsky, Marian A. (1821-1894)
May 62 (23,5) 250
Kozlov, Vladimir I. (1904-1940)
Oct 89 (78,4) 355
Kozyrev, Nikolai Alexandrovich (1908-1983)
Feb 59 (18,4) 184
Jun 83 (65,6) 485
Oct 89 (78,4) 352, 356
Oct 96 (92,4) 26-30
Sep 99 (98,3) 118
Krat, V. A.
Nov 67 (34,5) 298 pic
Kraus, John D.
Apr 85 (69,4) 316
Krieger, J[ohann] N. (1865-1902)
Feb 61 (21,2) 92
Krisciunas, Kevin (1953- )
Dec 69 (38,6) 428 Orionids
Mar 89 (77,3) 163 book on observatories
May 91 (81,5) 474 TV series
Dec 91 (82,6) 597 solar eclipse science
Dec 91 (82,6) 606 eclipse opera
Sep 94 (88,3) 20 science with the Keck Telescope
Feb 96 (91,2) 91 photometry
May 97 (93,5) 82 alpha Ori
Mar 98 (95,3) 43 SN 1987A from Hawaii
Jan 00 (99,1) 16 gamma Doradus stars
Dec 03 (106,6) 12 Harry Potter
Kruger, Adalbert (1832-1896)
Apr 80 (59,4) 302
Krupp, Ed
Sep 03 (106,3) 8
Kugler, Franz Xaver (decoded Babylonian tablets)
Jul 00 (100,1) 43
Kuiper, Gerard Peter (1905-1973)
Mar 74 (47,3) 159
Oct 96 (92,4) 27-29
Nov 03 (106,5) 31 KBO's
Kufeld, Steven Grant (1939-1997)
Nov 97 (94,5) 26
Kukarkin, Boris V. ( -1977)
Dec 77 (54,6) 500
Kulibin, Ivan (1735-1818)
Sep 01 (102,3) 68
Jan 02 (103,1) 12
Kulik, Leonid A.
Jan 84 (67,1) 19
Jun 94 (87,6) 40
Kustner, Friedrich (1856-1936) [Kuestner]
Aug 76 (52,2) 99
Kutter, Anton (1903-1985)
May 85 (69,5) 461
L
Lacaille, Nicolas Louis de (1713-1762)
Feb 60 (19,4) 207
Feb 71 (41,2) 100 pic
May 73 (45,5) 294
Oct 73 (46,4) 246
Jul 80 (60,1) 4
May 89 (77,5) 515
Jul 02 (104,1) 39
Lacchini, Giovanni Battista (1885-1967) age 82
Mar 67 (33,3) 149
Lagrange, Joseph Louis (1736-1813)
Aug 58 (17,10) 513
Feb 59 (18,4) 198
Feb 80 (59,2) 103
de La Hire, Philippe (1640-1718)
Feb 65 (29,2) 94
de Lalande, Joseph Jerome (1732-1807)
May 85 (69,5) 432
Jul 89 (78,1) 23
Jun 95 (89,6) 68
de Lalande, Marie Jeanne
Nov 54 (14,1) 8
Lambert, Johann H. (1728-1777)
Aug 54 (13,10) 333
Feb 65 (29,2) 94
Lampland, Carl O. (1873-1951)
Feb 52 (11,4) 82
May 71 (41,5) 279
Lane, Alfred C. (1863-1948)
Jun 48 (7,8) 203 geologist
Langley, Samuel Pierpont (1834-1906)
Feb 80 (59,2) 112
Sep 88 (76,3) 233
von Langren, Michael (1600-1675)
Nov 78 (56,5) 380
Laplace, Pierre Simon de (1749-1827)
Feb 59 (18,4) 198
Feb 80 (59,2) 103
Large Binocular Telescope (LBT)
Sep 97 (94,3) 18
Larkin, Edgar Lucien (1847-1924)
Jun 72 (43,6) 366
Lassell, William (1799-1880)
Oct 59 (18,12) 664
Jun 89 (77,6) 610
Lassovszky, Karoly (1897-1961) age 64
Feb 62 (23,2) 69
Leiden Observatory
Feb 85 (69,2) 119
Nov 87 (74,5) 535
Lemaitre, Georges (189[4]-1966)
Nov 66 (32,5) 275
Leman-Balanovskaya, Inna N. (1881- ? )
Oct 89 (78,4) 355
Leon, Luis G. (1865-1913)
Oct 02 (104,4) 67
Leonard, Frederick C. (1896-1960) age 64
Aug 60 (20,2) 76
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Oct 99 (98,4) 40
Mar 00 (99,3) 14
Jul 00 (100,1) 14
Lepaute, Hortense [Nicole Reine Etable de la Briere] (1723-1788)
Nov 54 (14,1) 8
Leuschner, Armin O. (1868-1953)
Jul 53 (12,9) 237
Aug 78 (56,2) 99
Leverrier, Urbain Jean Joseph (1811-1877)
Sep 46 (5,11) 8
Apr 63 (25,4) 224
Feb 80 (59,2) 104-5
Sep 83 (66,3) 220
Sep 96 (92,3) 38
Oct 97 (94,4) 69
Oct 98 (96,4) 112-3
Jul 03 (106,1) 26
Feb 04 (107,2) 82
Levy, David
Oct 02 (104,4) 72
Nov 02 (104,5) 62
Ley, Willy (1906-1969)
Aug 69 (38,2) 79
LIGO (Laser Interferometric Gravity wave Observatory)
Oct 00 (100,4) 40
license plates
Mar 81 (61,3) 249
Nov 01 (102,5) 84-85
Lick, James (1796-1876)
Sep 88 (76,3) 261
Oct 88 (76,4) 426 36-inch lens
Lilio, Luigi (ca. 1510-1576)
Nov 82 (64,5) 418 Greg. calendar reform
Liller, William
Mar 02 (103,3) 70
Lindblad, Bertil (1895-1965)
Feb 65 (29,2) 81
Sep 65 (30,3) 142
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Nov 99 (98,5) 16
Lindsay, Eric ( -1974)
Sep 74 (48,3) 159
Link, Goethe S. (1879-1980) age 101
Apr 81 (61,4) 301
Lipskij, Yu. N. ( -1978)
Aug 78 (56,2) 105
Littrow, J. J.
Feb 62 (23,2) 77
Liu, Joseph H. C. ([1931]- )
Oct 01 (102,4) 78
Locke, John (19th cent.)
Aug 96 (92,2) 69 discovered Perseids
Locke, Richard Adams (1800-1871)
Apr 55 (15,6) 250
Nov 81 (62,5) 429 moon hoax
Loewy, Maurice (1833-1907)
Feb 80 (59,2) 107
Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gotthelf (1796-1840)
Dec 55 (16,2) 62
Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilievich (1711-1765)
Feb 54 (13,4) cover, 107,118
Sep 65 (30,3) 138
Longair, Malcolm
Jun 84 (67,6) 516
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)
Jun 01 (101,6) 74
Loomis, Elias (1811-1889)
Dec 72 (44,6) 366
Loreta, Eppe ( -1945)
Jun 46 (5,8) 4 amateur
Losh, Hazel M. (1898-1978) age 80
Dec 78 (56,6) 498 U. Mich.
Lovi, George (1939-1993)
May 93 (85,5) 9
Lowell, Percival (1855-1916)
Mar 60 (19,5) 264
Oct 76 (52,4) 282
Sep 88 (76,3) 249
Oct 88 (76,4) 414-5 ghost
Jul 94 (88,1) 62
May 99 (97,5) 10
Jul 01 (102,1) 74
Jul 02 (104,1) 99
Mar 04 (107,3) 117
Lundmark, Knut ([1889]-1958)
Jul 58 (17,9) 457
Lyot, Bernard (1897-1952)
Jun 52 (11,8) 186
M
van Maanen, Adriaan ([1884]-1946)
Apr 46 (5,6) 10
Machholz, Donald
Apr 99 (97,4) 89
Maclear, Thomas
Jun 86 (71,6) 579
Madler, Johann Heinrich (1794-1874)
Feb 66 (31,2) 79 see also Witte
Mar 67 (33,3) 166
Magellan Project (twin 6.5-m scopes)
Sep 97 (94,3) 19
Aug 00 (100,2) 40
Makemson, Maud Worcester (1891-1977)
Apr 78 (55,4) 294
Maksutov, Dmitrii Dmitirievich (1896-1964)
Oct 64 (28,4) 213
Dec 95 (90,6) 77
Dec 01 (102,6) 52-58
Malin, David (1941- )
Dec 97 (94,6) 85
[Cerro] Mamalluca Observatory, Chile
Feb 01 (101,2) 91
Manulis, Ilan (1950- )
Mar 01 (101,3) 80
Marcy, Geoffrey ([1954]- )
Dec 02 (105,6) 79
Marius, Simon [1573-1624]
Mar 43 (2,5) 9
see note above on Tycho Brahe's assistants and coworkers
Markgraf, Georg ( -1644)
Nov 84 (68,5) 388 1st S. hemis. obs (Brazil)
Marsden, Brian
Jun 93 (85,6) 98
Marshall, Oscar Seth (1870-1953)
Jan 80 (59,1) 62 assoc. of R. W. Porter
Martin, John (1950- )
Aug 03 (106,2) 82
Martin, W. Chr. ( -1945?)
Feb 45 (5,4) 7 Japanese POW
Maskelyne, Nevil ([1765]-1811)
Jan 71 (41,1) 5
Mason, Ebenezer Porter (1819-1840)
Dec 72 (44,6) 366
Masursky, Harold (1923-1990)
Feb 91 (81,2) 131
Mattei, Janet Akyuz (1943-2004)
Dec 03 (106,6) 82
Jun 04 (107,6) 25
Matthews, Mildred Shapley (1915- )
Aug 96 (92,2) 83
Mauna Kea Observatory (1964- ) see also Keck
Nov 70 (40,5) 276 dedication
Dec 72 (44,6) 361-365
Astronomical Centers of the World, by Kevin Krisciunas, Cambridge Univ.
Press, 1988, pp. 222-237, 301-305
Dec 91 (82,6) 597 solar eclipse science
Aug 01 (102,2) 40-48
Feb 02 (103,2) 30-37
Aug 02 (104,2) 28
Maury, Antonia C. (1866-1952)
Mar 52 (11,5) 106
Mayer, Christian
Feb 63 (25,2) 75
Mayer, Tobias (1723-1762)
Feb 65 (29,2) 94
Jan 71 (41,1) 4
Oct 72 (44,4) 254
Maxwell, James Clerk (1831-1879)
Mar 76 (51,3) 196
May 84 (67,5) 429
Mayer, Ben (1925-1999)
Apr 00 (99,4) 84
McCrea, William H. (1904- )
Nov 84 (68,5) 416
McCuskey, Sidney W. (1907-1979)
Aug 79 (58,2) 117
McDermott, Ashley Thomas
Jan 95 (89,1) 106
McDonald Observatory
Aug 04 (108,2) 131 bullet damage
McKellar, Andrew (1910-1960)
Jul 60 (20,1) 8
McLaughlin, Dean B. (1901-1965)
Jan 66 (31,1) 26
Feb 66 (31,2) 91
American Scientist, Jan-Feb 1974
Jun 75 (49,6) 359
May 01 (101,5) 118 pic
McMath, Robert R. (1891-1962)
Apr 62 (23,4) 187
Apr 99 (97,4) 12
McNally, Rev. Paul A., S. J. (1891-1955) age 64
May 55 (14,7) 281
McNaught, Robert
Mar 92 (83,3) 336
McNeil, Jay
Jun 04 (107,6) 114
McVittie, George C. (1904- )
Nov 84 (68,5) 416
Mechain, Pierre (1744-1805)
Sep 53 (12,11) 288
Apr 69 (37,4) 230
Mees, C. Kenneth (1882-1960) age 78
Jan 6 (21,1) 27
Meggers, William (1888-1966) age 78
Feb 67 (33,2) 94
Mellish, John E. (1886-1970)
Jun 66 (31,6), 339
Jul 92 (84,1) 23
IAU Hague Meeting, 1994, Joint Discussion 7
Nov 99 (98,5) 84
Mel'nikov, O. A. (1902- ? ) pic
Oct 89 (78,4) 355
Mendoza y Rios, Don Jose (1763?-1816)
Oct 54 (13,12) 414
Menzel, Donald H. (1901-1976)
Mar 54 (13,5) 143
Apr 77 (53,4) 244
Aug 79 (58,2) 165
Merrill, Paul W. (1887-1961)
Sep 61 (22,3) 127
Messier, Charles (1730-1817)
Oct 44 (3,12) 11
Aug 53 (12,10) 255
Sep 53 (12,11) 288
Oct 60 (20,4) 196
Metcalf, Joel Hastings (1866-1925)
Dec 70 (40,6) 361
Oct 89 (78,4) 435
Meyer, W. F. (1880-1948)
Nov 50 (10,11) 7
Meyer-Womble Observatory (14264 ft at Mt. Evans, CO)
Apr 97 (93,4) 108
Michelson, Albert A. (1852-1931)
Mar 44 (3,5) 8
Jan 74 (47,1) 50
Apr 74 (47,4) 252
Jan 80 (59,1) 63
Apr 82 (63,4) 338
Michie, Richard W. (1932-1969) age 37
Jul 69 (38,1) 19
Mikhailov, Alexei (1888-[1983])
Jan 76 (51,1) 21 pic
Miller, John A. (1860-1946) age 86
Aug 46 (5,10) 12
Miller, Rev. Walter J. (1904-1973) age 69
Jan 74 (47,1) 28
Millet, Jean-Francis (1815-1875) artist
Feb 92 (83,2) 159
Millikan, Robert Andrews (1868-1953) age 85
Feb 54 (13,4) 113
Mills, Darius Ogden
May 82 (63,5) 446
Milne, Edward Arthur (1896-1950)
Nov 50 (10,1) 13
Mar 73 (45,3) 143
Mineur, Henri (1899-1954)
Nov 54 (14,1) 14
Minkowski, Rudolf (1895-1976)
Mar 76 (51,3) 147
Minnaert, M. G. J. (1893-1970)
Dec 70 (40,6) 344
Mitchell, Maria (1818-1889)
Apr 49 (8,6) 151
Nov 54 (14,1) 9
May 64 (27,5) 274
Jun 78 (55,6) 523
Oct 88 (76,4) 415 ghost
May 92 (83,5) 505
Dec 97 (94,6) 78
Apr 99 (97,4) 87
Mitchell, Ormsby MacKnight (1809-1862)
Jan 86 (71,1) 14
Aug 97 (94,2) 74
Mitchell, Samuel Alfred (1875-1960) age 85
Apr 60 (19,6) 333
Moffet, Alan T. (1936-1987)
Dec 87 (74,6) 576
Mogey, William (1923-1990
Jan 90 (79,1) 98
Moore, Joseph Haines (1879-1949)
May 49 (8,7) 165
Jun 49 (8,8) 197
Moore, Patrick (1923- )
May 97 (93,5) 106
Jul 03 (106,1) 73
de Morgan, Augustus (1806-1871)
Oct 78 (56,4) 294
Morgan, Herbert Rollo (1875-1957)
Aug 57 (16,10) 473
Morris, Charles (1952- )
Nov 98 (96,5) 87
Motta, Mario E. (1952- )
Nov 02 (104,5) 73
Moulton, Forest Ray (1872-1952)
Mar 53 (12,5) 128
Mount Stromlo Observatory
Apr 03 (105,4) 18
Aug 03 (106,2) 26
Mar 04 (107,3) 24
Mount Wilson Observatory
Mar 85 (69,3) 197
Oct 85 (70,4) 305
Mar 93 (85,3) 18
Apr 03 (105,4) 77 summer program
Mueller, Jean (1950- )
Jul 92 (84,1) 96
Muller, Gustav (1851-1925)
Apr 61 (21,4) 197
Muller, Johann see Regiomontanus
Muller, Karl (1866-1942)
Oct 65 (30,4) 222
Muller, Maria Clara (1676-1707)
Feb 65 (29,2) 94
Multiple-Mirror Telescope (MMT)
Sep 97 (94,3) 18
Oct 00 (100,4) 27
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)
Feb 04 (107,2) 29
Dec 04 (108,6) 130
Mutch, Thomas A. (1932-1980) age 48
Dec 80 (60,6) 483
Murie, James R. (1862-1923)
Jul 81 (62,1) 24 Pawnee cosmology
Musselius, Maksimilian M. (1884-1938)
Oct 89 (78,4) 355
N
Nagler, Al [b. 1935]
Jun 99 (97,6) 99
Nasmyth, James (1808-1890)
Dec 69 (38,6) 380
Nassau, Jason John (1893-1965) age 72
Jul 65 (30,1) 7
Neely, Henry M. (1879-1963) age 84
Jun 63 (25,6) 311 Hayden Planetarium
Neubauer, F. J. ( -1952)
Dec 52 (12,2) 40
Newcomb, Simon (1835-1909)
Aug 61 (22,2) 64
Oct 73 (46,4) 208
Sep 88 (76,3) 243
Jun 93 (85,6) 12 Prof. Moriarty
Newell, Homer E. (1915-1983)
Nov 81 (62,5) 474
Nov 83 (66,5) 397
Physics Today, Feb 84, p. 77
Newton, Isaac (1642/3-1727)
Jan 43 (2,3) 3
May 44 (3,7) 6
Jan 49 (8,3) 74
Mar 55 (14,5) 195
Scientific Monthly, May 55
Dec 57 (17,2) 66
Dec 58 (18,2) 102
Sep 63 (26,3) 159
Oct 69 (38,4) 248
Dec 71 (42,6) 342
Jul 78 (56,1) 11
Mar 85 (69,3) 226
Mar 86 (71,3) 230
Jul 87 (74,1) 18
Oct 01 (102,4) 8 (Newton's Tyranny)
Nicholson, Seth B. (1891-1963)
Aug 63 (26,2) 63
Nielsen, Axel V. (190[2]-1970)
Aug 70 (40,2) 81
Nolin, Jean-Baptiste (ca. 1750) atlas maker
Jan 03 (105,1) 54
Northcott, Ruth Josephine (1913-1969)
Oct 69 (38,4) 211
Norton, Arthur P. (1876-1955)
Nov 89 (78,5) 489
Numazawa, Shigemi
Jul 98 (96,1) 46
Numerov, Boris V. (1891-1941)
Oct 89 (78,4) 354
O
Oberth, Hermann (1894-1989)
Mar 90 (79,3) 255
O'Connell, Daniel J. K. (1896-1982)
Apr 83 (65,4) 320
Oganezov, Varlan T. (1890-1962)
Oct 89 (78,4) 356
Olbers, H[einrich] Wilhelm M[attha"us] (1758-1840)
(his third name is sometimes given as Matthias)
Jun 53 (12,8) 211
Mar 63 (25,3) 140
Oct 65 (30,4) 222
Mar 73 (45,3) 141
Sep 74 (48,3) 163
Jun 89 (77,6) 594
Dec 01 (102,6) 46
Olcott, William Tyler (1873-1936) founded AAVSO
Nov 90 (80,5) 536
Oliver, Bernard M. (191[6]-1995) age 79
Mar 96 (91,3) 17
Olivier, Charles P. (1884-1975)
Oct 75 (50,4) 231
Olmsted, Denison (1791-1859)
Dec 72 (44,6) 366
Aug 96 (92,2) 69
O'Meara, Stephen J. (1956- )
Oct 00 (100,4) 94
Oort, Jan H. (1900-1992)
Feb 85 (69,2) 120
Apr 93 (85,4) 44
Opik, Ernst (1893-1985)
Dec 68 (36,6) 376
Feb 86 (71,2) 149
von Oppolzer, Theodor (1841-1886)
Nov 89 (78,5) 475
Ovenden, Michael (1927-1987)
Sep 87 (74,3) 234
Ozernoy, Leonid
Sep 86 (72,3) 233
P
Pajdusakova, Ludmilla
Jul 92 (84,1) 94 comet hunter
Palisa, Johann (1848-1925)
Dec 57 (17,2) 75
Dec 70 (40,6) 361
Aug 78 (56,2) 99
Palitzsch, Johann Georg (1723-1788)
May 90 (79,5) 548
Pallas, Peter Simon (1741-1811)
May 56 (15,7) 293 meteorites
Palomar Observatory
(there must be many, many references all throughout Sky and Telescope)
Nov 03 (106,5) 31
Pannekoek, Antonie (1873-1960)
Aug 60 (20,2) 74
Paraskevopoulos, John S. ([1889]-1951)
May 51 (10,7) 169
Monthly Notices RAS, vol. 112, 277 (1952)
two pictures in David Evans' book Under Capricorn:
a history of southern hemisphere astronomy (1988, pp. 231, 232)
Parenago, Pavel P. (1907-1960) age 53
Feb 60 (19,4) 219
Parker, Donald C. (1939- )
Sep 94 (88,3) 95 planetary photogr.
Parkhurst, Henry M. (1825-1908)
Apr 65 (29,4) 217
Jan 75 (49,1) 17
Parsons, William, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800-1867)
Jun 68 (35,6) 366
Nov 73 (46,5) 323
Feb 74 (47,2) 89
Nov 79 (58,5) 482 ff.
Nov 97 (94,5) 52 rebuilt 72-inch
May 03 (105,5) 116
Jan 04 (107,1) 84
Apr 04 (107,4) 37
Pasquich, Johann (1753-1829)
Feb 62 (23,2) 76
Pawsey, Joseph Lade (1908-1962)
Feb 63 (25,2) 77
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia (1900-1979)
Mar 80 (59,3) 212
Sep 84 (68,3) 225
Peate, John (1820-1903)
Apr 62 (23,4) 210
Peek, Bertrand Meigh (189[1]-1965)
Sep 65 (30,3) 147
Peiresc, Nicolas
Nov 75 (50,5) 299 early observer of M 42
Peltier, Leslie [Copus] (1900-1980)
Jul 47 (6,9) 8
Jan 62 (23,1) 10
Jul 80 (60,1) 13
Aug 80 (60,2) 104
Feb 00 (99,2) 82
Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703)
Jun 91 (81,6) 642
Perepelkin, Evgenii Ya. (1906-1938)
Oct 89 (78,4) 355
Perkin, Richard S. (1907-1969) age 62
Jul 69 (38,1) 3 Perkin-Elmer Corp.
Perrine, Charles Dillon (1867-1951)
Dec 71 (42,6) 348
Sep 76 (52,3) 164
Oct 79 (58,4) 311
Feb 91 (81,2) 156
Perry, Rev. Stephen Joseph, S. J. (1833-1889)
Jun 66 (31,6) 341
Peters, Christian Heinrich Friedrich (1813-1890)
Feb 73 (45,2) 90
Mar 73 (45,3) 152
Oct 98 (96,4) 113
Petersen, Carolyn Collins (1953- )
Mar 02 (103,3) 72
Petersen, Mark (1954- )
Mar 02 (103,3) 72
Petrie, Robert M. (1906-1966)
Jul 66 (32,1) 25
Pettit, Edison (1889-1962)
Aug 62 (24,2) 74
Peucker, Karl (1859-1940)
Oct 99 (98,4) 44
Phair, Venetia Burney ([1919]- )
Nov 84 (68,5) 400 naming of Pluto
Pheidippides ( - 490 BC)
Sep 04 (108,3) 36
Phillips, Theodore Evelyn Reece (1868-1942)
Aug 42 (1,10) 16
Piazzi, Giuseppe (1746-1826)
Dec 57 (17,2) 74
Sep 92 (84,3) 274
Jul 01 (102,1) 49
Picard, Jean (1620-1682)
Nov 48 (8,1) 7
Feb 80 (59,2) 101
Piccolomini, Alessandro (1508-1578/1579)
May 73 (45,5) 292 (death dates differ)
Dec 81 (62,6) 532
Pickering, David B. (1873-1946) founder AAVSO
Aug 46 (5,10) 9
Apr 69 (37,4) 221
Pickering, Edward Charles (1846-1919)
Feb 55 (14,4) 134
Aug 61 (22,2) 69
Dec 63 (26,6) 335
Nov 92 (84,5) 495
Sep 00 (100,3) 40
Jan 04 (107,1) 117
Pickering, James Sayre (1898-1969) age 71
Apr 69 (37,4) 221 Hayden Planetarium
Pickering, William Henry (1858-1938)
Dec 63 (26,6) 335
Jun 98 (95,6) 105
Jan 04 (107,1) 114
Pierce, Newton L[acy] ( -1950)
Sep 50 (9,11) 273
Pigott, Edward ( -1825)
Nov 78 (56,5) 403
Oct 97 (94,4) 90
Pigott, Nathaniel ( -1804)
Nov 78 (56,5) 403
Pikelner, Solomon Borisovich (1921-1975) age 54
Feb 76 (51,2) 98
Pingre, Alexandre Guy (1711-1796)
Dec 62 (24,6) 321
Mar 75 (49,3) 154
Pitman, John H. (1890-1952) age 62
Nov 52 (12,1) 8
Place, Francis (1647-1728)
Sep 75 (50,3) 157
Planck, Max
May 50 (9,7) 169
Plaskett, H. H. (1894-1980) age 86
Jul 80 (60,1) 11
Plaskett, J. S. (1865-1941)
Nov 41 (1,1) 12
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)
Dec 01 (102,6) 48
Pogson, Norman (1829-1891)
Apr 79 (57,4) 342 see Wrottesley
Jul 80 (60,1) 21
Nov 92 (84,5) 496
Poincare, Henri (1854-1912)
Mar 58 (17,5) 226
Feb 59 (18,4) 199
Aug 61 (22,2) 65
Pond, John (1767-1836)
Oct 69 (38,4) 225
Jul 70 (40,1) 7
Pons, Jean-Louis (1761-1831)
Sep 92 (84,3) 329
Porter, Russell Williams (1871-1949)
Apr 49 (8,6) 143
Nov 76 (52,5) 367
Mar 77 (53,3) 216
Feb 91 (81,2) 140
Postoev, Aleksandr I. (1900-1977)
Oct 89 (78,4) 357 pic
Potter, Harry, see Rowling
Prager, Richard (1883-1945)
Sep 45 (4,11) 2
Pritchett, Carr W.
Nov 75 (50,5) 296
Przybylski, Antoni (1913-1985)
Aug 04 (108,2) 50, 53
Ptolemy, Claudius
Apr 43 (2,6) 15
May 43 (2,7) 8
Jun 43 (2,8) 5
Feb 76 (51,2) 117 critique of Almagest
Dec 77 (54,6) 519 The Crime of Claudius Ptolemy
Quarterly Journal RAS 1980 (21,3-4) 253,388
Jul 83 (66,1) 11
May 84 (67,5) 421
Jul 95 (90,1) 8
Feb 02 (103,2) 39
Jan 03 (105,1) 51
Puckett, Tim
Oct 04 (108,4) 115
Pulfrich, C. (1858-1927)
Apr 68 (35,4) 215
Putnam, Roger Lowell (1894-1972) age 78
Jan 73 (45,1) 23 Lowell Observatory
R
Rabe, Eugene Karl (1913-1974) age 61
Sep 74 (48,3) 157
Ramsden, Jesse (1735-1800)
May 47 (6,7) 16
Rao, U. R. (conversation with)
Oct 85 (70,4) 321
Reber, Grote (1911-2002)
Jul 88 (76,1) 28, 31
PASP, Aug 2004, vol. 116, 703 (excellent biog. article)
Rees, Martin J.
Aug 83 (66,2) 107 interview
Regiomontanus [Johann Muller] (1436-1476)
Aug 76 (52,2) 91
Jan 71 (41,1) 38
Apr 92 (83,4) 407
Reinmuth, Karl (1892-1979)
Sep 79 (58,3) 232
Renee de France, Duchess de Ferrare (1510-1575)
Nov 54 (14,1) 8
van Rhijn, Pieter (1886-1960) age 74
Aug 60 (20,2) 74
May 65 (29,5) 283
Riccioli, Giambattista (1598-1671)
Jul 04 (108,1) 72
Richer, Jean (1630-1696)
Aug 66 (32,2) 79
Righini, Guglielmo (1909-1979) age 70
Mar 79 (57,3) 249
Ringrose, Basil ( -1686) astr. pirate
Aug 69 (38,2) 75
Ristenpart, F. W. ([1868]-1913)
Aug 57 (16,10) 477
Ritchey, George Willis (1864-1945)
Mar 46 (5,5) 11
Jan 76 (51,1) 14
Feb 91 (81,2) 156
Jan 93 (85,1) 98
Sep 93 (86,3) 54
Jul 95 (90,1) 87
Rittenhouse, David (1732-1796)
Jan 62 (23,1) 44
Nov 86 (72,5) 463
May 95 (89,5) 38
Feb 04 (107,2) 54
Roberts, Dorothea Klumpke (1861-1942)
Mar 43 (2,5) 9
Mercury Sep-Oct 81 (10,5) 139
Aug 86 (72,2) 109
Dec 87 (74,6) 598
Roberts, Isaac (1829-1904)
Dec 87 (74,6) 595
Roberts, Walter Orr (1915-1990)
Jul 90 (80,1) 13
Mar 92 (83,3) 289
Robinson, Leif J. (1939- )
May 02 (103,5) 73
Romer, Olaus (1644-1710)
Jan 43 (2,3) 19
Mar 44 (3,5) 7
May 66 (31,5) 278
Nov 72 (44,5) 300
Jun 83 (65,6) 488
Roscoe, Henry Enfield
Jul 81 (62,1) 13
Rosen, Edward (1906-1985)
Mar 87 (73,3) 281
Ross, Frank E. ( -1960)
Sep 65 (30,3) 138
[could be Frank Elmore Ross, 1874-1966?]
Rossiter, Richard Alfred ([1886]-1977)
Jul 77 (54,1) 26
Rowling, J. K.
Dec 03 (106,6) 12
Royal Greenwich Observatory, see Greenwich Observatory
Roy, Sharat Kumar (1898-1962) age 64
Jul 62 (24,1) 16
Rufus, W. Carl (1875-1946) age 71
Nov 46 (6,1) 10
Russell, Henry Norris (1877-1957)
Apr 57 (16,6) cover, 260
May 71 (41,5) 279
Jun 71 (41,6) 353
Apr 78 (55,4) 306
May 78 (55,5) 398
Feb 82 (63,2) 125
Jul 82 (64,1) 36
Dec 82 (64,6) 526
Apr 01 (101,4) 70
Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris (1816-1892)
Applied Optics, July 1976
Feb 79 (57,2) 141
Sep 84 (68,3) 214
Apr 04 (107,4) 39
Ryle, Martin (1918-1984)
Feb 85 (69,2) 123
S
de la Sabliere, [Madame] (1636-1694)
Nov 54 (14,1) 8
Safarik, Vojtech (1829-1902)
Feb 70 (39,2) 87
Safford, Truman Henry (1836-1901) calculating whiz
Feb 62 (23,3) 68
Nov 76 (52,5) 346
James R. Newmann, The World of Mathematics, vol. I, p. 477 ff.
Nov 77 (54,5) 365
Sagan, Carl (1934-1996)
Mar 97 (93,3) 6
Feb 98 (95,2) 61
Jun 99 (97,6) 60
Sagdeev, Roald
Sep 84 (68,3) 221 interview
Dec 94 (88,6) 54
Saha, Meghnad (1894-1956)
May 56 (15,7) 307
Salpeter, Edwin E. (1924- )
Nov 84 (68,5) 416
Sanford, John [b. 1938]
May 99 (97,5) 91
Sanford, Roscoe F. (1883-1958)
Jun 58 (17,8) 406
Scaliger, Joseph Justus
Apr 81 (61,4) 311
Feb 85 (69,2) 119-120
Scanlon, Leo J. (1903-1999), built first aluminum dome
Mar 00 (99,3) 92
Scheiner, Christopher (1575-1650)
Feb 69 (37,2) 82
Dec 71 (42,6) 344
Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio
Jun 00 (99,6) 109
Mar 04 (107,4) 114
Schlesinger, Frank (1871-1943)
Sep 43 (2,11) 8
Feb 55 (14,4) 132
Oct 55 (14,12) 495 pic
Schmidt, Bernard Voldemar (1879-1935)
Nov 55 (15,1) 4
Feb 01 (101,2) 16 pic
Nov 03 (106,5) 80
Schmidt, Brian
Sep 98 (96,3) 42
Schmidt, J. F. Julius (1825-1884)
Apr 58 (17,6) 290
Oct 63 (26,4) 204
Mar 77 (53,3) 173
Schneller, Heribert (1901-1967) age 66
Jun 67 (33,6) 355
Schombert, John L. (1922-1979) age 57
Jul 79 (58,1) 12
Schonfeld, Eduard (1828-1891) [Schoenfeld]
Apr 80 (59,4) 302
Schroter, J. H. (1745-1816) [Schroeter]
Feb 55 (14,4) 140
Feb 57 (16,4) 167
Feb 65 (29,2) 92
Oct 68 (36,4) 230
Jul 96 (92,1) 98-100
Schwartz, Michael
Oct 04 (108,4) 115
Schwarzschild, Martin (1912-1997)
Aug 44 (3,10) 5
Sep 97 (94,3) 24
Scott, Francis P. (1906-1974) age 68
Jan 75 (49,1) 18
Seares, Frederick Hanley (1873-1964)
Sep 64 (28,3) 123
Secchi, [Pietro] Angelo [1818-1878]
Sep 00 (100,3) 40
See, Thomas Jefferson Jackson (1866-1962)
Oct 62 (24,4) 193
Mar 81 (61,3) 249
von Seeliger, Hugo (1849-1924)
Aug 61 (22,2) 66
Selivanov, Sergei M. (1890- ? )
Oct 89 (78,4) 355
Semenov, Fedor (1794-1860)
Sep 01 (102,3) 68
Serviss, Garrett P. ([1851]-1929)
Jan 75 (49,1) 17
Sewall, Samuel (1652-1730)
Jun 79 (57,6) 545
Seyfert, Carl K. (1911-1960)
Aug 60 (20,2) 76
Shajn, G. A. (1892-1956)
Apr 58 (17,6) 272
Oct 89 (78,4) 356
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Jun 02 (103,6) 75
Shane, Charles Donald (1895-1983)
Aug 83 (66,2) 115
Physics Today, Feb 84, p. 80
Shane, Mary Lea [Heger] (1897-1983)
Physics Today, Feb 84, p. 80
Shapley, Harlow (1885-1972)
Dec 41 (1,2) 12
May 59 (19,7) 398
Nov 65 (30,5) 263
Dec 72 (44,6) 354
Feb 82 (63,2) 125
Jan 83 (65,1) 28
Dec 85 (70,6) 540
Feb 94 (87,2) 42
Jan 00 (99,1) 52
Shcheglov, Vladimir P. (1904-1985)
Oct 89 (78,4) 355
Sheepshanks, Richard, Rev. (1794-1855)
Dec 85 (70,6) 526
Apr 95 (89,4) 27
Shiffler, Thomas H. (1947-1990)
Nov 91 (82,5) 551
Shklovsky, Josif Samuilovich (1916-1985)
Aug 85 (70,2) 109
Shoemaker, Caroline (1929- )
Jun 91 (81,6) 658
Nov 02 (104,5) 62
Shoemaker, Eugene (1928-1997)
Oct 97 (94,4) 17
Nov 97 (94,5) 48
Jul 98 (96,1) 84 ashes to the moon
Nov 02 (104,5) 62
Simmons, John J., Jr. (1940-1995)
Sep 95 (90,3) 15
SIRTF, see Spitzer Space Telescope
Skillman, David
May 93 (85,5) 83
Slipher, Earl C. (1883-1964)
Oct 64 (28,4) 208
May 71 (41,5) 279 asteroid Slipher
Jun 03 (105,6) 32
Slipher, Vesto Melvin (1875-1969)
Jan 70 (39,1) 8
Feb 70 (39,2) 84
May 71 (41,5) 279 asteroid Slipher
Sep 86 (72,3) 227
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
Feb 03 (105,2) 36
Feb 04 (107,2) 20
Slonimski, Hayyim Selig ( -1904)
Sep 94 (88,3) 93
Smart, W. M. (1889-1975) age 86
Dec 75 (50,6) 380
Smiley, Charles (1904-1977) age 73
Sep 77 (54,3) 191
Smith, Harlan J. [1924-1991]
Dec 88 (76,6) 607
Smith, William (1818-1912)
Dec 96 (92,6) 99
Smyth, Charles Piazzi (1819-1900)
Jan 80 (59,1) 4
Sep 81 (62,3) 199
Jan 82 (63,1) 29
Jun 86 (71,6) 577
Aug 89 (78,2) 158
Smyth, William Henry (1788-1865)
Apr 55 (14,6) 235
Jun 74 (47,6) 418
Apr 79 (57,4) 342 see Wrottesley
Jan 82 (63,1) 27
Soldner, Johann Georg (1776-1833) relativity
Jun 78 (55,6) 460
Somerville, Mary (1780-1872)
Nov 54 (14,1) 9
Feb 87 (73,2) 138
Sonntag, August (d. 1861)
Nov 74 (48,5) 283 astr.-explorer
South, James (1785-1867)
Dec 85 (70,6) 525
Apr 95 (89,4) 26
Southern African Large Telescope (SALT)
Sep 98 (96,3) 28
Feb 02 (103,2) 33
Space Telescope, see Hubble Space Telescope
Spencer Jones, Harold (1890-1960)
Feb 61 (21,2) 76
Spergel, David N.
Mar 04 (107,3) 46
Spitz, Armand N. (1904-1971)
Jun 71 (41,6) 354
Spitzer, Lyman, Jr. (1914-1997)
Jul 97 (94,1) 22
Apr 04 (107,4) 33
Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly SIRTF)
Feb 03 (105,2) 42
Nov 03 (106,5) 28
Mar 04 (107,3) 18
Stanhope, Philip, Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)
Sep 52 (11,11) 268 Gregorian calendar
Stearns, Carl L. (1892-1972) age 80
Jan 73 (45,1) 23
Steavenson, William Herbert (1894-1975) age 81
Dec 75 (50,6) 381
Stebbins, Joel (1878-1966)
May 66 (31,5) 268
Feb 76 (51,2) 93
May 92 (83,3) 496
Stefanik, General Milan (1880-1919)
Feb 59 (18,4) 199
Stein, Father John W., S. J. (1871-1951)
Mar 52 (11,5) 112
Steinheil, Carl August von (1801-1870)
Jul 75 (50,1) 26
Stetson, Harlan True (1885-1964) age 79
Dec 64 (28,6) 340
Stewart, John Quincy (1896-1973) age 77
May 72 (43,5) 284
Stoddard, Laurence (1910-1966) age 56
Feb 67 (33,2) 95
Stokley, James (1900-1989)
Nov 91 (82,5) 551
Stone, Remington P. S.
Jun 04 (107,6) 31
Storer, Arthur
May 86 (71,5) 471 friend of Newton
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
Feb 99 (97,2) 47
Stratton, F[rederick] J[ohn] M[arrion] (188[1]-1960)
Mar 61 (21,3) 144
Stromgren, Bengt (1908-1987) [Stroemgren]
JHA 03 (34,2) 171 ff.
Stromgren, Svante Elis (1870-1947) [Stroemgren]
Oct 47 (6,12) 6
Jun 83 (65,6) 489
JHA 03 (34,2) 171-172
Struve, Hermann
Apr 89 (77,4) 381
Struve, Otto (I) (1819-1905)
Aug 64 (28,2) 72
Mar 80 (59,3) 200-201
Apr 89 (77,4) 380
Struve, Otto (1897-1963)
Nov 59 (19,1) 7
May 63 (25,5) 247
Jun 63 (25,6) cover, 308
Aug 66 (32,2) 68
Oct 70 (40,4) 209
Feb 76 (51,2) 94
Oct 84 (68,4) 312 asteroid 2227 Struve
Apr 88 (75,4) 379
Sep 88 (76,3) 229-30
Apr 89 (77,4) 380
Biogr. Mem. National Acad. Scis. 61, 1992, 350-87
Jul 97 (94,1) 67 Osterbrock book
Struve, [Friedrich Georg] Wilhelm (1793-1864)
Feb 42 (1,4) cover
Dec 56 (16,2) 69
Feb 59 (18,4) 198 stamp
Aug 61 (22,2) 75
Jul 62 (24,1) 12
Jun 63 (25,6) 326
Jan 71 (41,1) 22 pic
Apr 89 (77,4) 380
Nov 01 (102,5) 45
Subaru Telescope
Sep 97 (94,3) 18
May 99 (97,5) 18
Aug 00 (100,2) 41
al-Sufi, Abd Al-Rahman (903-986)
Jan 03 (105,1) 55
Surovtsev, V. E. (1890-1938)
Oct 89 (78,4) 355
Swann, William F. G. (1885-1962) age 77
Mar 62 (23,3) 139
Swasey, Ambrose (1846-1937)
Feb 43 (2,4) 3
Apr 84 (67,4) 309
Swezey, Goodwin DeLoss (~1851-1933)
May 96 (91,5) 77
Swift, Lewis (1820-1913)
Jun 72 (43,6) 364
Nov 03 (106,5) 115
Swings, Pol (1906-1983)
Apr 84 (67,4) 325
Swope, Henrietta (1902-1980) age 78
Jan 81 (61,1) 21
T
Tebbutt, John (1834-1916)
Oct 72 (44,4) 236
Apr 73 (45,4) 219
Jan 80 (59,1) 14
Oct 84 (68,4) 292
Feb 85 (69,2) 160
[Frederick] Temple Observatory
May 85 (69,5) 450
Terao, Hisashi (late 19th cent.)
Jun 88 (75,6) 590 founded Tokyo Astr. Obs.
Tereshkova, Valentina V. ([1937]- )
Jun 03 (105,6) 80
Thackeray, Andrew David ([1910]-1978)
May 78 (55,5) 371
Thompson, Allyn J. (1901-1955)
Aug 55 (14,10) 411
Thomson, Elihu
Apr 44 (3,6) 14
Thomson, J. J. (Lord Rayleigh)
Oct 43 (2,12) 16
Tinsley, Beatrice M. (1941-1981)
Jul 83 (66,1) 5
Physics Today, Sep 81 (34,9) 110
Sep 87 (74,3) 261
Oct 98 (96,4) 51
Tirion, Wil (1943- )
Oct 98 (96,4) 82
Tisserand, Felix (1845-1896)
Feb 80 (59,2) 107
Todd, David Peck (1855-1939)
May 04 (107,5) 37
Tokyo Astronomical Observatory
Jun 88 (75,6) 590
Tombaugh, Clyde W. (1906-1997)
Jun 80 (59,6) 453
Jan 87 (73,1) 88
Dec 89 (78,6) 596
Apr 91 (81,4) 360 and 423
May 96 (91,6) 84
Apr 97 (93,4) 65, 102
Aug 01 (102,2) 88
Feb 04 (107,2) 83-84
Traslavina, Luis
May 04 (107,5) 93 Mamalluca Obs.
Troughton, Edward (1753-1835)
Jul 70 (40,1) 7
Trouvelot, Leopold (1827-1895)
Dec 86 (72,6) 566
Trumpler, Robert J. (1886-1956)
Nov 56 (16,1) 13
Sep 65 (30,3) 138
Sep 85 (70,3) 213
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin Eduardovich (1857-1935)
Apr 88 (75,4) 359
Tucker, Richard H. (1859-1952)
Sep 87 (74,3) 244
Tucker, Roy (1951- )
Mar 99 (97,3) 76
al-Tusi, Nasir Al-Din (1201-1274)
Jan 03 (105,1) 55
Tuthill, Roger (1919-2000)
Dec 99 (98,6) 88
Mar 01 (101,3) 81
Tyson, Neil de Grasse
Nov 04 (108,5) 105
U
Uitterdyk, J. ( -1945?)
Feb 46 (5,4) 7 Japanese POW
Ulugh Beg (1394-1449)
Dec 68 (36,6) 371
May 79 (57,5) 479
Jun 86 (71,6) 542
Nov 95 (90,5) 38
United States Naval Observatory
Dec 80 (60,6) 466
Feb 85 (69,2) 131
Urey, Harold Clayton (1893-1981)
May 81 (61,5) 397
Ursus, see Baer
Ussher, James (1581-1656)
Nov 81 (62,5) 404
V
Vaisala, Yrjo (1891-1971)
Nov 71 (42,5) 273
Jan 72 (43,1) 3
Feb 78 (55,2) 101
Dec 84 (68,6) 504
Van Arsdale, Robert (1807-1873)
Aug 79 (58,2) 135
Van Biesbroeck, George (1880-1974)
Aug 45 (4,10) 9
Apr 74 (47,4) 215
Jun 74 (47,6) 370
Mar 99 (97,3) 81
van de Hulst, Hendrik
Feb 85 (69,2) 121
van den Bos, Willem Hendrik (1896-1974)
Jul 74 (48,1) 24
van der Bilt, Jan (1876-1962) age 86
Dec 62 (24,6) 335
van Gogh, Vincent [1853-1890]
Oct 88 (76,4) [ ]
Apr 01 (101,4) 34
Jul 03 (106,1) 54
Vatican Observatory
May 00 (99,5) 85
de Vaucouleurs, Antoinette (1921-1987)
Dec 87 (74,6) 598
de Vaucouleurs, Gerard (1918-1995)
Feb 96 (91,2) 16
Mar 04 (107,3) 132
Vega, Jurij (1754-1802) [Georg von Vega]
Nov 94 (88,5) 94
Vehrenberg, Hans (1910-1991)
Mar 92 (83,3) 247
Velazquez de Leon, Joaquin (1732-1786)
Sep 80 (60,3) 202
Vening Meinesz, Felix A. (1887-1966) age 79
Oct 66 (32,4) 198
Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Sep 97 (94,3) 18
Aug 98 (96,2) 56
Nov 98 (96,5) 46
Aug 00 (100,2) 36
Feb 02 (103,2) 37, 67
Mar 02 (103,3) 16
Oct 02 (104,4) 26 UK joins ESO
Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
Dec 99 (98,6) 36
Vespucci, Amerigo
Mar 45 (4,5) 16
Vidal, Jacques (1747-1819)
Oct 54 (13,12) 414
Vogel, Eduard (1829-1856)
Oct 70 (40,4) 213
Vogel, Hermann Carl (1841-1907)
Jan 79 (57,1) 5
Voronov, Nikolai M.
Oct 89 (78,4) 353
Vyssotsky, Alexander N. (1888-1973)
Mar 74 (47,3) 166
W
Waddell, John Henry III (1928-1966) age 38
Jan 67 (33,1) 31
Wagman, Nicholas E. (1905-1980) age 75
Nov 80 (60,5) 362
Waltemath, G.
Oct 64 (28,4) 218
Walther, Bernard [1430-1504]
Aug 85 (70,2) 110
Ward, J. T. (1861-1927)
Jul 71 (42,1) 19
Warner, Worcester
Apr 84 (67,4) 309 Warner & Swasey
Waterfield, Reginald Lawson (1900-1986)
Sep 86 (72,3) 314
Watts, Chester Burleigh (1889-1971)
Feb 64 (27,2) 94
Sep 71 (42,3) 131
Weber, Joseph (1919-2000)
Bull. Amer. Astr. Soc. 2000 (32,4) 1691
Sep 01 (102,3) 59
Webb, James (d. 1982) NASA administrator
Dec 02 (104,6) 27 NGST named after him
Oct 04 (108,4) 27 JWST
Webb, Rev. Thomas William (1807-1885) [b. 1806?]
Aug 63 (26,2) 95
Jan 74 (47,1) 26
Weinek, Ladislav (1848-1918) [d. 1913?]
Oct 65 (30,4) 202
West, Benjamin
Apr 43 (2,6) 3 1769 Venus transit
Whipple, Fred L. (1906-2004)
Aug 82 (64,2) 130
May 86 (71,5) 438
Jan 02 (103,1) 89
Dec 04 (108,6) 130
Whipple, John Adams [1823-1891]
Jul 50 (9,9) 207
Sep 50 (9,11) 269 1st photog. of a star
Apr 04 (107,4) 38
Whitman, Walt
Aug 03 (106,2) 102
Whitmell, Charles T. (1849-1919)
Aug 71 (42,2) 78
Whittaker, Sir Edmund [1873-1956]
Sep 56 (15,11) 484
Wickramasinghe, N. Chandra
Sep 99 (98,3) 34
van Wijk, Uco (1924-1966) age 42
Oct 66 (32,4) 198
Wildt, Rupert (1905-1976)
Mar 76 (51,3) 156
Wilkins, H. Percy (1898-1960) [b. 1896?]
Mar 60 (19,5) 280
Willcox, Kenneth W. (1943-1999)
Jun 99 (97,6) 98
William, Kenneth P. (1887-1958)
May 71 (41,5) 279
Williams, Arthur Stanley (1861-1938)
Dec 98 (96,6) 114
Williams, Robert
Jul 04 (108,1) 43
Williamson, Isabel K.
Nov 00 (100,5) 88
Wilson, Charles T. R. (1869-1959)
Mar 88 (75,3) 267
Wilson, Ralph Elmer ([1886]-1960)
May 65 (29,5) 283
Wilson, William Edward (1851-1908)
Feb 77 (53,2) 108
Witte, Minna (b. 1777)
Nov 54 (14,1) 8 married Madler
Wolf, Max (1863-1932)
Dec 57 (17,2) [74]
Aug 61 (22,2) 66
Feb 91 (81,2) 155
Wood, R. W. (1868-1955) age 87
Nov 55 (15,1) 13
Woolard, Edgar W. (1899-1978) age 79
Aug 78 (56,2) 109
Worley, Charles (1935-1997)
May 98 (95,5) 25
Wren, Christopher
Apr 44 (3,6) 6
Wright, Frances Woodworth (1897-1989)
Nov 89 (78,5) 460
Wright, Thomas (1711-1786)
Jul 63 (26,1) 41
Nov 71 (42,5) 297
Jan 99 (97,1) 56
Wright, William Hammond (1871-1959)
Jul 59 (18,9) 500
Jan 76 (51,1) 11
Wrottesley, Lord John (1798-1867)
Apr 79 (57,4) 342
Jul 79 (58,1) 16
Wrubel, Marshal H. (1924-1968)
Dec 68 (36,6) 375
May 71 (41,5) 279
Wyatt, Stanley P. (1921-1980)
Mar 81 (61,3) 198
Y
Yamamoto, Issei ( -1959)
Mar 59 (18,5) 264
Yashnov, Pyotr I. (1874-1940)
Oct 89 (78,4) 354
Yerkes, Charles T. [1837-1905]
Sep 95 (90,3) 26
Yowell, Everett I. (1870-1959) age 89
May 59 (18,7) 369
Z
von Zach, Franz Xaver (1754-1832)
Mar 88 (75,3) 271
Zambrana, Marlon
Jan 04 (107,1) 80
Zeeman, Pieter (1865-1943)
Dec 43 (3,2) 9
Zel'dovich, Yakov Borisovich (1914-1987)
Oct 88 (76,4) 354
Zhang Heng (78-139 A.D.)
Oct 78 (56,4) 285 constr. armillary spheres, etc.
Zhou, Xingming (1965-2004)
Dec 04 (108,6) 131
Zinner, Ernst (1886-1970)
Apr 71 (41,4) 199
May 80 (59,5) 389
Zollner, Johann Karl Friedrich
Nov 92 (84,5) 498
Zwicky, Fritz (1898-1974)
Apr 74 (47,4) 215
May 74 (47,5) 311
Aug 92 (84,2) 166
Mar 03 (105,3) 74
Jul 03 (106,1) 16
Nov 03 (106,5) 12
Appendix: "Astronomical Scrapbook" Column Titles
Aug 54 The satellite of Venus
Oct 54 Astronomical murders and misadventures
Dec 54 The faintest stars visible
Feb 55 Schroeter's observations of Mars
Apr 55 The Sadler-Smyth scandal
Jun 55 Other satellites of the Earth
Aug 55 The shadow of an astronomer [Anglo-Saxon Chronicles]
Oct 55 The comets of the Chevalier d'Angos
Dec 55 Lohrmann's atlas of the Moon
Feb 56 The case of the lost trans-Neptunian planet
Apr 56 Mars at its nearest
Jun 56 Barnard's "unexplained observations"
Aug 56 Surveying the Moon
Oct 56 Notes on comet hunting
Dec 56 John Bevis and an occultation of Mercury by Venus
Feb 57 Two unusual occultations observed in 1797 and 1798
Apr 57 The field of Mizar and Alcor
Jun 57 Roger Boscovich and the Moon's atmosphere
Aug 57 A South American tragedy [Ristenpart]
Oct 57 The problem of visual observations of Venus
Dec 57 Naming some minor planets
Feb 58 Navigators of the old Pacific [Cook]
Apr 58 Julius Schmidt and the Moon
Jun 58 The brothers Henry
Aug 58 The great Paris telescope
Oct 58 The Selenographical Journal
Dec 58 Astronomy in Greenland
Feb 59 Names on the Moon
Apr 59 Some comet finds
Jun 59 The S Fornacis puzzle
Aug 59 Some Huygens telescopes
Oct 59 Lassell's 4-foot telescope
Dec 59 A Plato illusion [on the Moon]
Feb 60 The Trapezium in Orion
Apr 60 Visual star colors and a list of red stars
Jun 60 William Herschel and the Sun
Aug 60 Linne in fact and legend
Oct 60 Some thoughts on twilight
Dec 60 Richard Carrington and a "singular appearance" on the Sun
Feb 61 J. N. Krieger: The Moon half-won
Apr 61 The reputation of Father Hell
Jun 61 Algol and scientific conservatism
Aug 61 Beginnings of the space age
Oct 61 The companion of Rigel
Dec 61 The great September comet of 1882
Feb 62 Shadows of the Blocksberg [Kmeth, Pasquich]
Apr 62 The lost legacy of Dr. Peate
Aug 62 Where and when - without instruments
Oct 62 The sage of Mare Island [T. J. J. See]
Dec 62 A. G. Pingre and his annals
Feb 63 The double stars of Christian Mayer
Apr 63 Harvester of the skies [W. R. Brooks]
Jun 63 The crucial years of Wilhelm Struve
Aug 63 "Not observed or existing" [Baily]
Oct 63 The visual Milky Way
Dec 63 W. H. Pickering and the satellites of Jupiter
Feb 64 C. B. Watts and the marginal zone of the Moon
Apr 64 Darkness at noon
Jun 64 The Airy regime at Greenwich
Aug 64 Companion of Procyon: some preliminary reports
Oct 64 The many moons of Dr. Waltemath
Dec 64 Coleridge's "Star within the Moon"
Feb 65 The long night of selenography
Apr 65 The inventiveness of Henry Parkhurst
Jun 65 Tycho Brahe's nose
Aug 65 The Earth's shape
Oct 65 The Fauth moon atlas
Dec 65 The long career of J. G. Galle
Feb 66 The Pulkovo double stars and J. H. Madler
Apr 66 Roger Bacon and the Voynich manuscript
Jun 66 Father Perry's expedition to Kerguelen Island
Aug 66 Jean Richer and a possible nova of 1673
Oct 66 Some invisible astronomers
Dec 66 Review of a yet-unwritten Moon book
Feb 67 The cosmic vision of Robert Burton
Apr 67 Roger Barry and the Mannheim Observatory
Jun 67 A harem of telescopes
Aug 67 A few notes about Earthshine
Oct 67 What is the shape of the Sun?
Dec 67 Hertzsprung's enigmatic object
Feb 68 The nucleus of the Andromeda Nebula
Apr 68 C. Pulfrich and a short footnote to lunar history
Jun 68 Spiral structure in galaxies [Lord Rosse]
Aug 68 The gradual recognition of helium
Oct 68 Schroeter and the rings of Saturn
Dec 68 The star atlas of Hevelius [see also Apr 72]
Feb 69 The Clarks and some of their refractors
Apr 69 Some questionable comets
Jun 69 John Herschel's expedition to South Africa
Aug 69 An astronomical pirate [Basil Ringrose]
Oct 69 John Pond: Sixth Astronomer Royal
Dec 69 James Nasmyth's telescopes and his observations
Feb 70 The field of Arcturus [Vojtech Safarik]
Apr 70 How S. W. Burnham became an astronomer
Jun 70 S. W. Burnham's Lick and Yerkes years
Aug 70 Edmond Halley at St. Helena
Oct 70 Eduard Vogel and his travels
Dec 70 The story of a lost planet: 155 Scylla
Feb 71 Some glimpses of early American astronomy
Apr 71 An episode in early American astronomy:
the Weston meteorite [Bowditch]
Jun 71 W. W. Campbell and a puzzling object
Aug 71 Some very thin lunar crescents
Oct 71 J. G. Hagen and his cosmic clouds
Dec 71 Christopher Scheiner's observations of an object near Jupiter
Feb 72 More about the visibility of the lunar crescent
Apr 72 Hevelius and his star catalogue [see also Dec 68]
Jun 72 Lewis Swift and the Lowe Observatory
Aug 72 About some early eclipse observations
Oct 72 John Tebbutt, his observatory, and a probable nova
Dec 72 E. P. Mason and the nebulae
Feb 73 The adventures of C. H. F. Peters - I
Mar 73 The adventures of C. H. F. Peters - II
May 73 Johann Bayer and his stellar nomenclature
Jul 73 The eagle eye of W. R. Dawes
Sep 73 Navigation near the north pole
Nov 73 Some bunchings of planets
Jan 74 Something about a Connecticut amateur [Webb]
Mar 74 How far away are the stars?
May 74 The story of Groombridge 1830
Jul 74 A hole in the sky [Herschel]
Sep 74 About a star observed by Olbers
Nov 74 About an astronomer-explorer [Sonntag]
Jan 75 Garrett P. Serviss and some Brooklyn amateurs
Mar 75 The myth of a supernova in 1664
May 75 The file on an "ordinary" star: GC 21827
Jul 75 Leon Foucault's heritage to telescope making
Sep 75 Old Greenwich Observatory and Flamsteed's well
Nov 75 The visual Orion Nebula [Holden]
Jan 76 Otto Struve 21 and some other double stars
Mar 76 American's last king and his observatory
May 76 Capella as a close visual binary
Jul 76 An almanac for July 1776
Sep 76 C. D. Perrine and Jupiter's sixth satellite
Nov 76 Computers: electronic and human [see also Nov 77]
Jan 77 Some naked eye observations of Venus
Mar 77 Julius Schmidt and his book about lunar eclipses
May 77 About an astronomical woodcut [Flammarion]
Jul 77 Asaph Hall finds the moons of Mars
Sep 77 Herschel's "large 20-foot" telescope
Nov 77 Johann Dase and some other mental calculators [see also Nov 76]
Jan 78 The four lives of a 60-inch reflector
Mar 78 A solar eclipse expedition in 1883
May 78 300 years of satellite eclipses
Jun 78 R. T. A. Innes and Jupiter's satellites
Aug 78 An elusive asteroid: 719 Albert
Oct 78 Augustus de Morgan's "Budget of Paradoxes"
Dec 78 The curious career of Leo Brenner
Feb 79 The star photographs of Lewis M. Rutherfurd
Apr 79 Some British astronomers of the Golden Age
Jun 79 The diary of an early American amateur [Sewall]
Aug 79 The story of the Bond zones
Oct 79 The next transit of Venus
Dec 79 E. E. Barnard and the globular clusters
Feb 80 An Arizona artist [Fred Duncan] and an Anglo-Saxon monk [Bede]
Apr 80 How the BD was made [Argelander]
May 80 The missing BD stars
Jul 80 Three problematical stars
Sep 80 A Mexican amateur in Baja California [Velazquez de Leon]
{Ashbrook's last column}
Nov 80 The first photograph of a nebula [Draper]
Jan 81 Early textbooks with moving parts
Mar 81 Atget's eclipse watchers
May 81 Great conjunctions, Tycho, and Shakespeare
Jul 81 Unlocking the chemical secrets of the cosmos
Oct 81 18th century eclipse paths
Dec 81 Piccolomini's star atlas
Apr 82 An astrolabe from Lahore
May 82 Fake astrolabes
Jul 82 A search for Russell's original diagram
Aug 82 Dreyer and Tycho's world system
Sep 82 The great comet and the "Carte"
Dec 82 Notes on the Gregorian calendar reform
Feb 83 The great comet that never came
May 83 Ancient Egyptian sky magic
Jul 83 Ptolemy and the maverick motion of Mercury
Sep 83 How astronomers finally captured Mercury
Nov 83 From Aristarchus to Copernicus
Mar 84 The origin of the zodiac
May 84 Some puzzles of Ptolemy's star catalogue
Jul 84 The discovery of the Milky Way's spiral arms
Oct 84 Herschel's 1784 autobiography
Dec 84 Galileo and the phases of Venus
Mar 85 The astronomy of Alfonso the Wise
May 85 Ptolemaic astronomy for an emperor's eyes
Sep 85 Robert Trumpler and the dustiness of space
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