Antoni Opolski

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Antoni Opolski as rector of the Opole University of Education.

Antoni Opolski (born June 11, 1913 in Rozwadów (today's Ukraine ), † March 17, 2014 in Wroclaw ) was a Polish astrophysicist .

Life

Opolski studied astronomy at the Johann II Casimir University in Lemberg , where he received his doctorate in 1939 under Eugeniusz Rybka . At the Opole University of Education he was a lecturer and temporarily rector (1959–1961); later he was a professor at the University of Breslau . The focus of his research was the pulsation-variable stars .

Publications

  • Studies on cepheid variable stars , Wrocław 1948
  • On the three possible Characterizations of the distribution of intensities of stellar radiation , Wrocław 1952
  • (with Jadwiga Krawiecka): Sizes and absolute magnitudes of delta Cephei and epsilon Aquilae , Wrocław 1956

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary / obituary from the University of Opole. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014 ; Retrieved March 25, 2014 (Polish).
personal data
SURNAME Opolski, Antoni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish astrophysicist
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Rozwadów
DATE OF DEATH 17th March 2014
Place of death Wroclaw