He worked at Mt. Wilson in the 1920s, and determined the center of the Milky Way galaxy by the distribution of globular star clusters. He later moved on to Harvard Observatory.
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He worked at Mt. Wilson in the 1920s, and determined the center of the Milky Way galaxy by the distribution of globular star clusters. He later moved on to Harvard Observatory.
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Harlow Shapley.
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He extensively used the 18 inch Schmidt telescope at Palomar. One of the most colorful and eccentric professors ever to have worked at Caltech.
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Gotta be Fritz Zwicki, then.
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Cataloged peculiar galaxies, and is a critic of the Big Bang theory. Who is he?
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Halton Arp
Everything I need to know I learned through Googling.
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Mr Arp has made a beautiful 'arpseal at 145!Originally Posted by ToSeek
http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Arp37.html
As did our Mr RickJ, recently, here at BAUT!
http://www.bautforum.com/astrophotog...ne-galaxy.html
amongst many many others
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So is the person who answers correctly supposed to ask the next question? It hasn't been working that way so far.
Welcome to the holy Church.
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Welcome to the holy Church.
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Galileo?
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Ptolemaeus.
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The chap in the picture appears to be dressed like a Pope and holding an upside-down cross. For these reasons I will guess St Peter.
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Yes!Ptolemaeus.
Welcome to the holy Church.
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He is British and has written books and does a radio show
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Patrick Moore. Has been around for ever, and has been a huge success at making astronomy popular. Every Brit would know him, even those who have no interest in astronomy.
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She has been a leader in the study of the structure of galaxies, their internal motions, and large-scale motions in the Universe.
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He is an author, lecturer and teacher of astronomy. He has appeared on David Letterman's show and lives in New York State.
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Bob Berman.
I almost wrote Rick Berman, shame on me.
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One of the pioneers in modeling stellar evolution in the 1950s and ’60s. He is best known for his models of star formation and pre-main sequence evolution.
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Hayashi?
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Full name, please
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Sorry for delayed answer. I must confess I had to look this up and wiki gives Chushiro Hayashi as his full name.
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