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Edward Charles Pickering (July 19, 1846 – February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote Elements of Physical Manipulations (2 vol., 1873–76).
- July 19, 1846, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Astronomy
- February 3, 1919 (aged 72), Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
- spectroscopic binary stars
Apr 2, 2024 · Edward Charles Pickering (born July 19, 1846, Boston—died Feb. 3, 1919, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.) was a U.S. physicist and astronomer who introduced the use of the meridian photometer to measure the magnitude of stars and established the Harvard Photometry (1884), the first great photometric catalog. In 1867 Pickering became professor of ...
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He was a leader in applying photography to astronomy, building large data sets for future scientists to use, fundraising, organization of large projects, and promoting astronomy to the public. Pickering encouraged amateur astronomers and was a founder of the American Association of Variable Star Observers.
Sep 18, 2013 · September 18, 2013. Edward Pickering and his female assistants, known as the “Harvard computers.” Image from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. In 1881, Edward Charles...
May 29, 2018 · PICKERING, EDWARD CHARLES (b Boston, Massachusetts, 19 July 1846; d Cambridge, Massachusetts, 3 February 1919), astronomy. Pickering, the elder son of Edward Pickering and Charlotte Hammond, was a descendant of one of New England’s oldest and most distinguished families.
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EDWARD CHARLES PICKERING than could be seen by the eye with a telescope of equal size. The creation of the library of celestial photographs, mainly of stars, containing more than 200,000 original negatives, was an unique achievement, involving the foundation of the most valu-able and irreplaceable astronomical collection in the world, and
Edward Charles Pickering (July 19, 1846 – February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother to William Henry Pickering. He served as the fourth director of the Harvard College Observatory from 1877 to his death in 1919.
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