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(Encyclopedia) virtual observatory, a collection of integrated astronomical data archives and software tools that utilize computer networks to create an environment in which research can be conducted…National Science Foundation
(Encyclopedia) National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent agency in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government concerned with promoting a national science policy by supporting basic…Jodrell Bank Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Jodrell Bank ObservatoryJodrell Bank Observatoryjôdˈrəl [key], observatory for radio astronomy located at Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, England. Founded in 1945 on the site of a…Yerkes Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Yerkes Observatory, astronomical observatory located in Williams Bay, Wis., on the shore of Lake Geneva. It was founded in 1892 with funds provided by Charles T. Yerkes and its first…Pickering, Edward Charles
(Encyclopedia) Pickering, Edward Charles, 1846–1919, American astronomer and physicist, b. Boston, grad. Harvard (B.S., 1865); brother of W. H. Pickering. He was professor of physics (1868–77) at the…California Institute of Technology
(Encyclopedia) California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of…Hagen, Johannes Georg
(Encyclopedia) Hagen, Johannes GeorgHagen, Johannes Georgyōhäˈnəs gāˈôrk häˈgən [key], 1847–1930, American astronomer and mathematician, b. Austria. A Jesuit, he came in 1880 to the United States to…Menzel, Donald Howard
(Encyclopedia) Menzel, Donald Howard, 1901–76, American astrophysicist, b. Florence, Colo. From 1926 to 1932 he was with the Lick Observatory in Calif. In 1932 he joined the faculty at Harvard, where…Belopolsky, Aristarkh Apollonovich
(Encyclopedia) Belopolsky, Aristarkh ApollonovichBelopolsky, Aristarkh Apollonovichərĭˈstärkh əpəlônˈəvĭch byələpôlˈskē [key], 1854–1934, Russian astrophysicist, grad. Moscow Univ. (1877). He worked…Peirce, Benjamin
(Encyclopedia) Peirce, Benjamin, 1809–80, American mathematician and astronomer, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1829. From 1833 he was a professor at Harvard; he helped establish the Harvard…Trending
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