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Edward Emerson Barnard / ˈbɑːrnərd / (December 16, 1857 – February 6, 1923) was an American astronomer. He was commonly known as E. E. Barnard, and was recognized as a gifted observational astronomer. He is best known for his discovery of the high proper motion of Barnard's Star in 1916, which is named in his honor.
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- February 6, 1923 (aged 65), Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Edward Emerson Barnard was an astronomer who pioneered in celestial photography and who was the leading observational astronomer of his time. In 1889 he began to photograph the Milky Way with large-aperture lenses, revealing much new detail. He discovered 16 comets and Jupiter’s fifth satellite.
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Jun 11, 2018 · Edward Emerson Barnard. The American astronomer and astronomical photographer Edward Emerson Barnard (1857-1923) received the Lalande Medal from the French Academy of Sciences for his discovery of the fifth satellite of Jupiter. Edward Barnard was born on Dec. 16, 1857, in Nashville, Tenn.
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French Academy of Sciences, Lalande (1892), Arago (1893), and Janssen (1900) Gold Medals. Royal Astronomical Society, Gold medal, 1897, presented by A.A. Common, MNRAS 57, 321-28 (1897).
Burnham, S.W., [3 articles on Barnard's life and work]; Popular Astronomy 1, 193-95; 341-45; 441-47 (1893). Chandler, Walter, The Challenge of Handicap; How Four Tennesseans Met the Dare and Won, (Walter Chandler, Nashville, TN, 1964). Frost, Edwin B., Scientific Memoirs of the National Academy of Science 21 (14) 1-23. Hardie, Robert H., “The Early...
Aitken, R.G., PASP 35, 87-94 (1923). D[enning], W.F.., MNRAS 84, 221-225 (1924). Fox, Philip, Popular Astronomy 31, 195-200 (1923). Frost, Edwin B., Ap. J. 58, 1-35 (1923). Mitchell, S.A., Observatory 46, 158-64 (1923). Parkhurst, J.A., JRASC 17, 97-103 (1923).
AIP Center for History of Physics Georgia Tech, “A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way” Steinicke, Wolfgang, “Edward Emerson Barnard”
Lunar crater Barnard Martian crater Barnard Barnard Regio, a region on Ganymede Minor Planet #819 Barnardiana Barnard’s Star Barnard Hall at Vanderbilt University
Edward Emerson Barnard. (16 Dec 1857 - 6 Feb 1923) American astronomer , who pioneered in wide-field celestial photography. He made the first photographic discovery of a comet and identified the fifth moon of Jupiter. Short biography of Edward Emerson Barnard >>.
Aug 3, 2018 · He was known as “the man who was never known to sleep.”. His endless scouring of the heavens left an astonishing legacy of observations: of planets, satellites, comets, double stars, bright and dark nebulae and globular clusters.
Mar 10, 2023 · A: Edward Emerson Barnard was a well-known observational astronomer. Barnard was born in 1857 and grew up in poverty. He had a fascination with the sky from a very young age and connected with Vanderbilt in early adulthood.
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