George Howard Herbig
George Howard Herbig (born January 2, 1920 in Wheeling , West Virginia , † October 12, 2013 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) was an American astronomer .
Career
He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1948 . His dissertation dealt with T-Tauri stars . He carried out the research required for this at the Lick Observatory , of which he had been a member since 1948. In the late 1960s, the observatory moved to the University of California, Santa Cruz .
He designed the Shane 3-meter telescope at the Lick Observatory. In 1988 he moved to the University of Hawaii, where he remained active until his death.
Research focus
His main area of responsibility was spectroscopic investigations on young stars, star formations and interstellar matter. He found many T-Tauri stars, and the star class of the Herbig-Ae / Be stars , which he defined in 1960, bears his name. He discovered the Herbig Haro objects independently of Guillermo Haro . These are gas clouds that belong to young stars.
Honors
- 1955 Helen B. Warner Prize from the American Astronomical Society
- 1964 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1969 Medal of Honor from the University of Liège
- 1970 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1975 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship from the American Astronomical Society
- 1980 Bruce Medal
- 1995 Petrie Prize Lecture from the Canadian Astronomical Association
In addition, the asteroid (11754) Herbig was named after him.
literature
- Bo Reipurth: George Herbig (1920-2013). In: Nature . Volume 503, No. 7477, 2013, p. 470, doi: 10.1038 / 503470a
Web links
- George Howard Herbig's website . University of Hawaii. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Wolfgang Brandner: George Herbig, pioneer of star formation and external member emeritus at the MPIA, died at the age of 93 . Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ↑ Stefan Noll: Spectroscopic variations of the Herbig Ae / Be star HD 163296. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Faculty for Physics and Astronomy, 1999, page 1 ( online ; PDF; 12.0 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herbig, George Howard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wheeling, West Virginia , West Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 2013 |
| Place of death | Honolulu , Hawaii |