Astronomers Astronomers An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Astronomer"
Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the Astronomer Royal dating from 22 June 1675, and the second the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, which dates from 1834. ...more on Wikipedia about "Astronomer Royal"
Astronomer Royal for Ireland is an office attached to the directorship of an astronomical observatory at Dunsink, near Dublin. Office-holders included Charles Jasper Jolly, Professor Sir Robert Stawell Ball ( 1874- 1892), Professor Sir William Hamilton ( 1827- 1865), and Professor John Brinkley. ...more on Wikipedia about "Astronomer Royal for Ireland"
Astronomer Royal for Scotland was originally the title of the director of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, but since 1995 it has simply been an honorary title. It is not to be confused with the Astronomer Royal, or Astronomer Royal for Ireland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Astronomer Royal for Scotland"
Ernst Julius Öpik ( October 23, 1893 – September 10, 1985) was a notable Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist, who spent the last part of his career ( 1948– 1981) at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ernst Öpik"
Hans Scholl is an astronomer working at the Côte d'Azur Observatory in Nice, France. In 1999, he was part of a team that discovered the satellites Prospero, Setebos and Stephano of the planet Uranus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hans Scholl (astronomer)"
Harkhebi (ca. 300 BC) was an astronomer who lived in Egypt during the Ptolemaic Period. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harkhebi"
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(List of astronomers) Famous astronomers and astrophysicists include: ...more on Wikipedia about "List of astronomers"
Mikheil Alexandres dze Vashakidze ( August 15 1909– November 27 1956) was a Georgian astronomer working in the Georgian astrophysical observatory from 1936 to 1956. He and Victor Alekseyevich Dombrovsky (Виктор Алексеевич Домбровский) ( September 30 1913– February 1 1972) each independently discovered the polarized nature of radiation from the Crab Nebula in 1952 and 1953, which was due to the presence of a synchrotron mechanism. They worked at Burakan Observatory. ...more on Wikipedia about "M. A. Vashakidze"
Marcelo Gleiser is a Brazilian physicist and astronomer. He received his bachelor's degree in 1981 from Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, his M.Sc. degree in 1982 from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and his Ph.D. in 1986 from the King's College at the University of London. He is professor of Physics and Astronomy at the Dartmouth College since 1991. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marcelo Gleiser"
Peter Quinn is the head of the Data Management Division at the European Southern Observatory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peter Quinn (astronomer)"
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