Donald Edward Osterbrock
Donald Edward Osterbrock (born July 13, 1924 in Cincinnati , † January 11, 2007 in Santa Cruz ) was an American astronomer .
Easter Brock grew up in Cincinnati ( Ohio on). He was a student of Subramanyan Chandrasekhar at the University of Chicago , where he received his doctorate in 1952. He later worked at Princeton University , the University of Wisconsin, and the California Institute of Technology . From 1973 he was at the University of California, Santa Cruz , where he headed the Lick Observatory from 1973 to 1981 .
Osterbrock was particularly concerned with spectroscopic observations of active galactic nuclei and the physics of the ionized gas in these objects and in gas nebulae in our Milky Way. He is the author of an influential textbook on these subjects.
Fonts (selection)
- Astrophysics of gaseous nebulae , 1974, ISBN 0-7167-0348-3
- Astrophysics of gaseous nebulae and active galactic nuclei , 1989, ISBN 0-935702-22-9
- Walter Baade A Life in Astrophysics , 2001, ISBN 0-691-04936-X
Honors
- 1966 membership in the National Academy of Sciences
- 1968 membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1991 Bruce Medal
- 1991 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
- 1991 membership in the American Philosophical Society
- 1997 Gold Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society
The asteroid (6107) Osterbrock was named after him.
Obituaries
- Tim Stephens: Donald Osterbrock, eminent astronomer and former director of Lick Observatory, dies at age 82. University of California, Santa Cruz website, January 11, 2007.
- Jeremy Pearce: Donald E. Osterbrock, 82, Who Studied the Cores of Galaxies, Dies. In: New York Times . January 27, 2007.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Osterbrock, Donald Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cincinnati |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 2007 |
| Place of death | Santa Cruz (California) |