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27 relations: Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Astrograph, Ben Mayer, Carl Pulfrich, Clyde Tombaugh, Frank Elmore Ross, Henry L. Giclas, Hinman collator, Image differencing, Kelu-1, Kuiper belt, Meanings of minor planet names: 1–1000, Norman G. Thomas, Observational astronomy, Palomar–Leiden survey, Photographic plate, Planets beyond Neptune, Pluto, Proper motion, Robert Burnham Jr., Robert T. A. Innes, Scattered disc, Schmidt-Väisälä camera, Sheshan Observatory, Visual comparison, Will Hay, Yrjö Väisälä.
Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Amateur Achievement Award is one of nine annual astronomical awards managed by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
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Astrograph
An astrograph (astrographic camera) is a telescope designed for the sole purpose of astrophotography.
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Ben Mayer
Ben Mayer (born 1925 in Germany – 28 Dec 1999) was an amateur astronomer perhaps best known for the invention of the projection blink comparator (PROBLICOM), a low-cost version of the blink comparator.
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Carl Pulfrich
Carl P. Pulfrich (September 24, 1858 in Burscheid, Rhine Province – August 12, 1927 in Baltic Sea, drowned when his canoe capsized) was a German physicist, noted for advancements in optics made as a researcher for the Carl Zeiss company in Jena around 1880, and for documenting the Pulfrich effect, a psycho-optical phenomenon that can be used to create a type of 3-D visual effect.
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Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer.
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Frank Elmore Ross
Frank Elmore Ross (April 2, 1874 – September 21, 1960) was an American astronomer and physicist.
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Henry L. Giclas
Henry Lee Giclas (December 9, 1910 – April 2, 2007) was an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets.
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Hinman collator
The Hinman collator, an early optical collator, was an opto-mechanical device for comparing pairs of documents for differences in the text.
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Image differencing
Image differencing is an image processing technique used to determine changes between images.
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Kelu-1
Kelu-1 is a system of two brown dwarfs of spectral types L2 and L4 located in constellation Hydra at approximately 61 light-years from Earth.
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Kuiper belt
The Kuiper belt, occasionally called the Edgeworth–Kuiper belt, is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun.
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Meanings of minor planet names: 1–1000
050 | 50 Virginia || – || Verginia, Roman legendary heroine.
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Norman G. Thomas
Norman Gene Thomas (born 1930) is an American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
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Observational astronomy
Observational astronomy is a division of astronomy that is concerned with recording data about the observable universe, in contrast with theoretical astronomy, which is mainly concerned with calculating the measurable implications of physical models.
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Palomar–Leiden survey
The Palomar–Leiden survey (PLS) was a successful astronomical survey to study faint minor planets in a collaboration between the U.S Palomar Observatory and the Dutch Leiden Observatory, and resulted in the discovery of thousands of asteroids, including many Jupiter trojans.
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Photographic plate
Photographic plates preceded photographic film as a capture medium in photography.
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Planets beyond Neptune
Following the discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846, there was considerable speculation that another planet might exist beyond its orbit.
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Pluto
Pluto (minor planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune.
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Proper motion
Proper motion is the astronomical measure of the observed changes in the apparent places of stars or other celestial objects in the sky, as seen from the center of mass of the Solar System, compared to the abstract background of the more distant stars.
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Robert Burnham Jr.
Robert Burnham Jr. (June 16, 1931 – March 20, 1993) was an American astronomer, best known for writing the classic three-volume Burnham's Celestial Handbook.
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Robert T. A. Innes
Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes FRSE FRAS (10 November 1861 – 13 March 1933) was a Scottish astronomer best known for discovering Proxima Centauri in 1915, and numerous binary stars.
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Scattered disc
The scattered disc (or scattered disk) is a distant circumstellar disc in the Solar System that is sparsely populated by icy small solar system bodies, and are a subset of the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects.
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Schmidt-Väisälä camera
The Schmidt-Väisälä camera is a type of astronomical telescope intended for wide-field (5 to 10 degrees of arc) photographic work.
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Sheshan Observatory
The Sheshan Observatory is an observatory on Sheshan Hill in Shanghai.
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Visual comparison
A visual comparison is to compare two or more things by eye.
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Will Hay
Hay in ''The Ghost of St. Michael's'' (1941) William Thomson Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian, actor, author, film director and amateur astronomer who came to notice for his theatrical sketch as a jocular schoolmaster, known as Dr.
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Yrjö Väisälä
Yrjö Väisälä (6 September 1891 in Utra, Kontiolahti, Grand Duchy of Finland – 21 July 1971 in Rymättylä, Finland) was a Finnish astronomer and physicist.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_comparator
