Albert Gray Mowbray
Albert Gray Mowbray (born June 23, 1916 in Massachusetts , † August 21, 2002 in San Francisco ) was an American astronomer .
Origin, family and job
Albert G. Mowbray was the son of Albert Henry Mowbray , a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley , and Elizabeth Gray Mowbray. He had a sister, Mary Elizabeth, three years older than him.
Mowbray studied at the University of California, where he received his Ph.D. on the subject of the apparent sizes of globular clusters . From around 1942 he worked as an observation assistant at the Lick Observatory . In 1942 he moved to the Perkins Observatory , which was operated by Ohio State University . Since there was a shortage of staff during the war years, he also taught physics at Ohio State University.
From 1946 he worked for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory . From 1948 he lived in Pasadena . There he also made observations at the Mount Wilson Observatory . He then worked until 1956 for Leland E. Cunningham "of the solar system dynamics" in the area by extent photographic plates (including 1952 for the first time images of the comet C / 1945 X1 (du Toit) , which the determination of the orbital elements by Brian Marsden allowed ) and did astronomical calculations for Cunningham. From 1957 he was a member of the Faculty of Physics at San José State University .
He died in San Francisco on August 21, 2002.
Memberships
Publications
- Non-Random Distribution of Extragalactic Nebulae. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 50, No. 297, 1938, pp. 275-285 doi: 10.1086 / 124961 ( bibcode : 1938PASP ... 50..275M ).
- Our Galaxy as seen from distant points. Popular Astronomy, Vol. XLVIII, No. 10, 1940, pp. 515-522 ( bibcode : 1940PA ..... 48..515M ).
- The Diameters of Globular Clusters. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 104, 1946, pp. 47-59 ( bibcode : 1946ApJ ... 104 ... 47M ).
- How Are Things among the Asteroids? Astronomical Society of the Pacific Leaflets, Vol. 6, No. 297, 1954, pp. 370-377 ( bibcode : 1954ASPL .... 6..370M ).
- Astronomical Computing. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Leaflets, Vol. 7, No. 315 1955, pp. 113-120 ( bibcode : 1955ASPL .... 7..113M ).
- Measuring photographic plates. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Leaflets, Vol. 7, No. 324, 1956, pp. 185-192 ( bibcode : 1956ASPL .... 7..185M ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ BG Marsden: The Sungrazing Comet Group. In: The Astronomical Journal. Vol. 72, No. 9, 1967, pp. 1170-1183 ( bibcode : 1967AJ ..... 72.1170M ).
- ^ T. Hockey: Obituaries: Albert Gray Mowbray (1916-2002). In: Bulletin of the Astronomical Society , Vol. 41, 2009, p. 572 ( bibcode : 2009BAAS ... 41..572H ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mowbray, Albert Gray |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mowbray, Albert Gray (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 2002 |
| Place of death | San Francisco |