Gunnar Malmquist

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Karl Gunnar Malmquist (born February 21, 1893 in Ystad , † June 27, 1982 ) was a Swedish astronomer .

Malmquist studied under Carl Charlier at the Old Observatory of Lund University . From 1939 to 1959 he was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University . The asteroid Malmquista is named after him.

Works

  • A study of the stars of spectral type A. Lund 1920.
  • Researches on the distribution of the absolute magnitudes of the stars. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1924.
  • A method of determining the arrangement in space of the stars. Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell, 1927.
  • On the zero point of the period luminosity curve. Uppsala 1927.
  • Investigations on the stars in high galactic latitudes. Lund: Gleerup, 1927.
  • Investigations on the stars in high galactic latitudes. II, Photographic magnitudes and color indices of about 4500 stars near the north galactic pole. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1936.
  • On the determination of color indices with reflectors. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1938.
  • A contribution to the absorption problem. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1939.
  • A spectrophotometric survey of stars along the Milky Way. Uppsala 1954.

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personal data
SURNAME Malmquist, Gunnar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Malmquist, Karl Gunnar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Ystad
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1982