Colin Stanley Gum
Colin Stanley Gum (born June 4, 1924 , † April 29, 1960 in Zermatt ) was an Australian astronomer who cataloged emission nebulae from the southern celestial sphere with a wide-field camera.
Gum published a study in 1955 entitled A study of diffuse southern H-alpha nebulae , which concerned a nebula that was subsequently named Gum Nebula after him . Gum was part of Frank John Kerr and Gart Westerhout's team , who precisely determined the so-called HI line for 21 cm radio radiation in space.
The moon crater Gum was also named after him.
Web links
- Publications by CS Gum in the Astrophysics Data System
- Gum nebula
- SouthernSkyPhoto.com
- Physics Today, 2001 ( Memento of March 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- The Cloud Hunters
- Bart J. Bok : Colin S. Gum. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 2 (1961), p. 37. (Obituary, English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gum, Colin Stanley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1924 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1960 |
| Place of death | Zermatt |