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Schlesinger, Frank (1871–1943) astronomer; born in New York City. An astronomer at the Yerkes Observatory (1903–05), he also directed the University of Pittsburgh's Allegheny Observatory (1905–20) and the Yale University Observatory (1920–41). This much-honored astronomer compiled a catalogue of 4,000 stellar distances (1935) and wrote monographs about photographic methods and stellar parallaxes.
Schlesinger, Frank Born May 11, 1871, in New York; died July 10,1943, in Connecticut. American astronomer. Schlesinger’s principal works dealt with photographic astrometry. He developed a technique for determining stellar parallaxes and compiled a number of catalogs of stellar positions that were determined with wide-angle astrographs designed after his idea. REFERENCEJones, H. S. “Frank Schlesinger.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1944, vol. 104, no. 2. pp. 94–98.Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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