Boris Alexandrovich Vorontsov-Veljaminov

Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov ( Russian Борис Александрович Воронцов-Вельяминов , English spelling Vorontsov-Velyaminov or Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov * 14. February 1904 in Ekaterinoslav ; † 27. January 1994 in Moscow ) was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist.

life and work

Independently of Robert Julius Trumpler , Voronzow-Veljaminow discovered the absorption of light by interstellar dust.

He compiled an atlas (Atlas of interacting galaxies) with over 800 unusual, mainly interacting galaxies , known as Vorontsov-Velyaminov galaxies, identified by VV and a catalog number.

Together with Wera Petrovna Archipowa , he compiled an extensive morphological catalog of galaxies based on the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey ( Morphological Catalog of Galaxies ) with around 30,000 objects. He also examined and classified planetary nebulae .

Vorontsov-Veljaminow is the author of a Russian textbook on astronomy for secondary schools. The main inner belt asteroid (2916) Voronveliya is named after him.

Web links

Literature by and about Boris Alexandrowitsch Voronzow-Veljaminow in the catalog of the German National Library
Publications by BA Vorontsov-Velyaminov in the Astrophysics Data System

Individual evidence

^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 22, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1978 PW ₂ . Discovered 1978 Aug. 8 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "

personal data
SURNAME	Voronzow-Veljaminow, Boris Alexandrowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Воронцов-Вельяминов, Борис Александрович
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 14, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ekaterinoslav
DATE OF DEATH	January 27, 1994
Place of death	Moscow

[1] Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 22, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1978 PW ₂ . Discovered 1978 Aug. 8 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "