Herschel medal
The Herschel Medal is an award given by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) for excellence in observational astrophysics. It was named after the German-British astronomer and musician Wilhelm Herschel (1738-1822).
Award winners
- 1974 John Paul Wild
- 1977 Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson
- 1980 Gérard-Henri de Vaucouleurs
- 1983 William Wilson Morgan
- 1986 Albert Boggess and Robert Wilson
- 1989 Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- 1992 Andrew Lyne
- 1995 George Isaak
- 1998 Gerry Neugebauer
- 2001 Patrick Thaddeus
- 2004 Keith Horne
- 2006 Govind Swarup
- 2008 Max Pettini
- 2010 James Hough
- 2012 Mike Irwin
- 2013 Michael Kramer
- 2014 Reinhard Genzel
- 2015 Stephen Eales
- 2016 James Dunlop
- 2017 Simon Lilly
- 2018 Tom Marsh
- 2019 Nial Tanvir
- 2020 Rob Fender
Web links
- Herschel Medal and list of winners (PDF)
- ↑ Leading astronomers and geophysicists honored in RAS bicentenary year. In: ras.ac.uk. Royal Astronomical Society, January 10, 2020, accessed January 11, 2020 .