Carl K. Seyfert was an American astronomer. Seyfert was born on February 11, 1911. He was the son of a pharmacist in Cleveland, Ohio where he also got his high school education (Messier). Although born in Cleveland, Ohio he died in Nashville, Tennessee on June 13,1960 in a automobile accident. Seyfert was 49 years old when he died. There was a galaxy named the ‘Seyfert galaxy’ after Carl K. Seyfert called attention to them in 1944 (Britannica). In this galaxy there were 2 different types that were recognized. In the year 1943 he made a paper all about stars with strong light emissions (Wikipedia).
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Carl Sagan: astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, skeptic, and visionary. The middle of the twentieth century was clad in scientific advancements that opened up the realm of our universe to the world. At the head of this exploration was Carl Sagan, a pioneer of sorts. Aside from his countless contributions to the scientific community, he backed a new understanding of the cosmos to the more pedestrian population of the world.
(adopted from an article by Greg Laughlin and Fred Adams, "Celebrating the Galactic Millennium", Astronomy November 2001)
The rarely known astronomer, Henrietta Leavitt made the discovery of the period-lumination relationship as well as a guideline for measuring the magnitude of stars. Although, these discoveries were monumental in the field of astronomy and became the foundations for many other discoveries, she is almost unknown, like many prominent women in the field of astronomy. This is because science, as both a study as well as a profession, is male dominated and women are not seen as equals or qualified to be in such work. In Leavitt's lifetime, she experienced this sexism in her post-graduate career along with her two major discoveries.
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The Orion Nebula is a spectacular sight. Consequently, it has been a preferred target of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) over recent years. The HST has provided a great deal of insight into the complicated process of star formation. In June of 1994, C.
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Carl Sagan is known as one of the most famous scientists of all time. He revolutionized how the world looked at space and the search for intelligent life beyond our planet. The author of many books, he is most known for Contact (which was adapted into a movie) and for the PBS documentary Cosmos. As one of America's most famous astronomers and science-fiction writers, Carl Sagan turned a life of science into one of the most critically successful scientific careers of the 20th century.
The first reference to the Andromeda Galaxy was around 964 by the Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sulfi in his Book of Fixed Stars in which he described it as like a little cloud. After this the first description of the Andromeda Galaxy through a telescope was by a German Astronomer by the name of Simon Marius on December15, 1612. After this Charles Messier catalogued the Andromeda Galaxy in M31 in the year of 1764 which made people incorrectly give credit to Messier for the discovery of this galaxy although it was visible to the naked
The first person to ever observe the Milky Way was Greek philosopher, Democritus, who said the galaxy may consist of distant stars. In 1610, Galileo Galilei used a telescope to study the Milky Way and came to the conclusion that it was composed of billions and billions of faint stars. Then, in 1750, Thomas Wright c...
The Paleolithic ancestors of the native Americans are the true original inhabitants of America, but many others deserve credit as well for the discovery of the land. Among these are Leif Erickson and the Vikings of Norway, and Christopher Columbus of Spain. Without these early visitors to the land, America would not be the thriving nation it is today.
The microscope which is invented and developed by much different scientist overtime is one of the most important tools a scientist especially in the biology and chemistry study can use. It made an impact in how we view life and learn more about the nature of diseases that had plague mankind for years. The microscope is mainly a tool biologist use but it has many uses for those studying chemistry.
Galileo was probably the greatest astronomer, mathematician and scientist of his time. In fact his work has been very important in many scientific advances even to this day.