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5 de may. de 2024 · (1846–1919)Americanphysicist and astronomer, elder brother of W. H. Pickering. As director of Harvard College Observatory, he produced a catalogue of brightnesses for 4260 stars, the Harvard Photometry, in 1884, and extended the work in 1908 with the Harvard Revised Photometry.
23 de may. de 2024 · In the 1880s, the astronomer Edward C. Pickering began to make a survey of stellar spectra at the Harvard College Observatory, using the objective-prism method. A first result of this work was the Draper Catalogue of Stellar Spectra, published in 1890.
Hace 4 días · Astronomer Edward Charles Pickering's Harvard computers. One of the first computers for the American Nautical Almanac was Maria Mitchel. Her work on the assignment was to compute the motion of the planet Venus. The Almanac never became a reality, but Mitchell became the first astronomy professor at Vassar.
15 de may. de 2024 · Dirigió al equipo de mujeres calculadoras del Harvard College Observatory de Edward Charles Pickering. Descubrió la nebulosa Cabeza de Caballo, además de gran cantidad de novas, nebulosas gaseosas y estrellas variables. #cienciaparalavida🔬♻️ #cienciaparalapaz #idea #williaminafleming #estrellas #nebulosas #astronomía.
10 de may. de 2024 · Edward Charles Pickering (* 19. Juli 1846 in Boston; † 3. Februar 1919 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) war ein amerikanischer Astronom und Physiker, Bruder von William Henry Pickering. Zusammen mit Hermann Karl Vogel entdeckte Pickering die ersten Doppelsterne, die nur spektroskopisch identifiziert
15 de may. de 2024 · Per anni la scoperta non fu attribuita né a lei né a William Pickering, perché il compilatore del primo catalogo delle nebulose (IC), J. L. E. Dreyer, la attribuì genericamente a ‘Pickering’, da tutti ritenuto Edward Charles, allora direttore dell’Osservatorio di Harvard.
Hace 3 días · In 1909, after attending a lecture by Edward Charles Pickering, he developed an interest in observing variable stars. In 1911, he co-founded the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO). Olcott also wrote six books to popularize the field of amateur astronomy.
