Burnham, Sherburne Wesley
Born: Dec 12, 1838 AD
Died: 1921 AD, at 82 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Astronomers
Died: 1921 AD, at 82 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Astronomers
1838 - He was born on the 12th of December.
- He served as a military stenographer in the Union Army in the Civil War.
1873–1874 - He produced a catalog of double stars.
- He became a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- He continued to identify double stars and later published the General Catalogue of 1290 Double Stars.
- He later increased this number to 13,665 double stars.
- Burnham discovered the first example of, what would be called a-half century later, a Herbig-Haro object: Burnham's Nebula (now labeled as HH255).
1894 - He received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.
1921 - He died on the 11th of March.
- He served as a military stenographer in the Union Army in the Civil War.
1873–1874 - He produced a catalog of double stars.
- He became a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- He continued to identify double stars and later published the General Catalogue of 1290 Double Stars.
- He later increased this number to 13,665 double stars.
- Burnham discovered the first example of, what would be called a-half century later, a Herbig-Haro object: Burnham's Nebula (now labeled as HH255).
1894 - He received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.
1921 - He died on the 11th of March.
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