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Walter Baade

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Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade (March 24, 1893 – June 25, 1960) was a German astronomer who worked in the United States from 1931 to 1959. [1]

61 relations: Allan Sandage, American Astronomical Society, Amor asteroid, Andromeda Galaxy, Apollo asteroid, Asteroid, Astronomer, Astronomy, Baade (crater), Baade's Window, Bruce Medal, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Centaur (minor planet), Cepheid variable, Charles Scribner's Sons, Crab Nebula, Crab Pulsar, Cygnus A, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Fritz Zwicky, Galactic Center, Göttingen, German Empire, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Halton Arp, Hamburg Observatory, Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble's law, International Astronomical Union, Light pollution, List of minor planets: 1001–2000, List of minor planets: 7001–8000, Magellan Telescopes, Mercury (planet), Moon, Mount Wilson Observatory, Neutron star, Palomar Observatory, Preußisch Oldendorf, Radio astronomy, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Rudolph Minkowski, Sagittarius (astrology), Sonoma State University, Stellar population, Supernova, Telescope, University of Göttingen, Vallis (planetary geology), ..., Vallis Baade, West Germany, 1036 Ganymed, 1103 Sequoia, 1566 Icarus, 5656 Oldfield, 930 Westphalia, 934 Thüringia, 944 Hidalgo, 966 Muschi, 967 Helionape. Expand index (11 more) »

Allan Sandage

Allan Rex Sandage (June 18, 1926 – November 13, 2010) was an American astronomer.

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American Astronomical Society

The American Astronomical Society (AAS, sometimes spoken as "double-A-S") is an American society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC.

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Amor asteroid

The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the asteroid 1221 Amor.

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Andromeda Galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) from Earth, and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.

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Apollo asteroid

The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in the 1930s.

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Asteroid

Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System.

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Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who concentrates their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.

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Astronomy

Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.

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Baade (crater)

Baade is a lunar impact crater that is located near the southwest limb of the Moon on the near side, to the southwest of the enormous Mare Orientale impact basin.

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Baade's Window

Baade's Window is an area of the sky with relatively low amounts of interstellar "dust" along the line of sight from the Earth.

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Bruce Medal

The Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal is awarded every year by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy.

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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society (BAAS; Bull. Am. Astron. Soc.) is the journal of record for the American Astronomical Society established in 1969.

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Centaur (minor planet)

Centaurs are small solar system bodies with a semi-major axis between those of the outer planets.

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Cepheid variable

A Cepheid variable is a type of star that pulsates radially, varying in both diameter and temperature and producing changes in brightness with a well-defined stable period and amplitude.

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Charles Scribner's Sons

Charles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner's or Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing American authors including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Thomas Wolfe, George Santayana, John Clellon Holmes, Don DeLillo, and Edith Wharton.

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Crab Nebula

The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus.

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Crab Pulsar

The Crab Pulsar (PSR B0531+21) is a relatively young neutron star.

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Cygnus A

Cygnus A (3C 405) is a radio galaxy, and one of the strongest radio sources in the sky.

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Dictionary of Scientific Biography

The Dictionary of Scientific Biography is a scholarly reference work that was published from 1970 through 1980.

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Fritz Zwicky

Fritz Zwicky (February 14, 1898 – February 8, 1974) was a Swiss astronomer.

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Galactic Center

The Galactic Center is the rotational center of the Milky Way.

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Göttingen

Göttingen (Low German: Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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German Empire

The German Empire (Deutsches Kaiserreich, officially Deutsches Reich),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people.

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Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is the highest award given by the RAS.

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Halton Arp

Halton Christian "Chip" Arp (March 21, 1927 – December 28, 2013) was an American astronomer.

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Hamburg Observatory

Hamburg Observatory (Hamburger Sternwarte) is an astronomical observatory located in the Bergedorf borough of the city of Hamburg in northern Germany.

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Henry Norris Russell Lectureship

The Henry Norris Russell Lectureship is awarded each year by the American Astronomical Society in recognition of a lifetime of excellence in astronomical research.

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Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation.

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Hubble's law

Hubble's law is the name for the observation in physical cosmology that.

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International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international association of professional astronomers, at the PhD level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy.

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Light pollution

Light pollution, also known as photopollution, is the presence of anthropogenic light in the night environment.

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List of minor planets: 1001–2000

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List of minor planets: 7001–8000

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Magellan Telescopes

The Magellan Telescopes are a pair of optical telescopes located at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.

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Mercury (planet)

Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System.

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Moon

The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.

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Mount Wilson Observatory

The Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO) is an astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Neutron star

A neutron star is the collapsed core of a large star which before collapse had a total of between 10 and 29 solar masses.

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Palomar Observatory

Palomar Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in San Diego County, California, United States, southeast of Los Angeles, California, in the Palomar Mountain Range.

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Preußisch Oldendorf

Preußisch Oldendorf is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Radio astronomy

Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies.

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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands.

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Rudolph Minkowski

Rudolph Minkowski (born Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski;; May 28, 1895 – January 4, 1976) was a German-American astronomer.

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Sagittarius (astrology)

Sagittarius (♐) (Greek: Τοξότης Toxotes, Latin: Sagittarius) is the ninth astrological sign, which is associated with the constellation Sagittarius and spans 240–270th degrees of the zodiac.

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Sonoma State University

Sonoma State University (SSU, Sonoma State, and Sonoma) is a public comprehensive university, part of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system.

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Stellar population

During 1944, Walter Baade categorized groups of stars within the Milky Way into bluer stars associated with the spiral arms and the general position of yellow stars near the central galactic bulge or within globular star clusters.

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Supernova

A supernova (plural: supernovae or supernovas, abbreviations: SN and SNe) is a transient astronomical event that occurs during the last stellar evolutionary stages of a star's life, either a massive star or a white dwarf, whose destruction is marked by one final, titanic explosion.

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Telescope

A telescope is an optical instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation (such as visible light).

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University of Göttingen

The University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, GAU, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany.

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Vallis (planetary geology)

Vallis (plural valles) is the Latin word for valley.

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Vallis Baade

Vallis Baade is a 203 km long sinuous valley on the Moon running south-southeast from the crater Baade and centered at (south of the Montes Cordillera).

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD) in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990.

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1036 Ganymed

1036 Ganymed is the largest near-Earth asteroid, at approximately 33 kilometers in diameter.

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1103 Sequoia

1103 Sequoia, provisional designation, is a bright Hungaria asteroid from the innermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 November 1928, by German astronomer Walter Baade at the Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg, Germany, who named it after the Sequoia National Park located in California.

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1566 Icarus

1566 Icarus, provisional designation, is an extremely eccentric asteroid, approximately 1.4 kilometers in diameter.

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5656 Oldfield

5656 Oldfield, provisional designation, is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter.

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930 Westphalia

930 Westphalia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

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934 Thüringia

934 Thüringia is a minor planet that is orbiting the Sun.

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944 Hidalgo

944 Hidalgo is a dark and eccentric minor planet from the outer Solar System, approximately 50 kilometers in diameter.

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966 Muschi

966 Muschi is a main belt asteroid.

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967 Helionape

967 Helionape is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Baade

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