• 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 Burnham may refer to: Robert Burnham Jr. (1931–1993), American astronomer Robert Burnham (priest) (died 1362), canon of Windsor Bo Burnham (Robert...
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  • worked at Lowell Observatory using the blink comparator, and hired Robert Burnham Jr. to work there. He also worked on a notable proper motion survey with...
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    Cluster's existence was Giovanni Battista Hodierna in 1654. However, Robert Burnham Jr. has proposed that the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy may have seen...
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    the Eagle Nebula". EarthSky. Retrieved 25 September 2015. Robert Burnham Jr. (1978). Burnham's Celestial Handbook. Dover. pp. 1786, 1788. ISBN 978-0-486-23673-5...
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  • worked at Lowell Observatory using the blink comparator alongside Robert Burnham, Jr., author of the famous three-volume Celestial Handbook. He is credited...
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  • Buffum, merchant and member of the Arizona Territorial Legislature Robert Burnham, Jr., astronomer John G. Campbell, Scottish-born politician Thomas Edward...
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    hours. The view of Messier 4 through a good telescope was likened by Robert Burnham Jr. to that of hyperkinetic luminous alpha particles seen in a spinthariscope...
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    John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist who has served since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States. He has...
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    deep sky. CUP Archive, 1990. ISBN 0-521-36155-9. Burnham's Celestial Handbook by Robert Burnham, Jr. (Volume One, Volume Two, Volume Three at Google Books)...
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  • paleontologist, naturalist, author (originally from Massillon, Ohio) Robert Burnham Jr. – astronomer who worked at the Lowell Observatory Edwin H. Colbert...
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    Variable Star Observers (AAVSO). Retrieved 10 July 2010. Burnham, Robert Jr. (1978). Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An observer's guide to the universe...
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    ISBN 0-07-228249-5. Burnham, Robert Jr. (1978). Burnham's Celestial Handbook: Volume Two. New York: Dover. p. 837. ISBN 0-486-23567-X. Burnham (1978), 840–848...
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     249. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-1777-5. ISBN 978-1-4419-1776-8. Robert Burnham, Jr, Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An observer's guide to the universe beyond...
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    and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved December 18, 2023. Robert Burnham, Jr.: Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Vol. 3, p. 1867 Marquis, pp. 53–54 Marquis...
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  • June 2018. R.H. Allen, Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning. Robert Burnham, Jr. Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Volume 1, p. 359. Ian Ridpath: "Star Tales"...
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  • Weber (1786–1826), German composer MPC · 4152 4153 Roburnham 1985 JT1 Robert Burnham Jr. (1931–1993), American astronomer, author, and senior editor of Astronomy...
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  • English businessman and cricket supporter Robert Burnham Jr. (1931–1993), American astronomer Russell Adam Burnham (born 1979), American soldier, "Soldier...
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    Created the Bortle scale to quantify the darkness of the night sky. Robert Burnham Jr. (1931–1993), author of the Celestial Handbook. Andrew Ainslie Common...
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    ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 1650052. Galaxy v23n06 (1965 08). Burnham, Robert Jr. (1980). Burnham's Celestial Handbook. Vol. 1. New York: Dover Publications...
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  • Crimean Astrophysical Observatory MPC · 3466 3467 Bernheim 1981 SF2 Robert Burnham Jr. (1931–1993), American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets...
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    (Reprint ed.). Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-13766-7. Burnham, Robert Jr. (1978). Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe...
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    Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham OE (20 February 1923 – 6 August 1985) was a Guyanese politician and the leader of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana from...
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    NGC 2174 for the nebula and NGC 2175 for the star cluster. Robert Burnham, Jr (1978). Burnham's Celestial Handbook. Dover. p. 1280. "Public Database". NGC/IC...
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    Anthropologist. 29 (2): 279–285. doi:10.1525/aa.1927.29.2.02a00110. Burnham, Robert Jr. (1978). Burnham's Celestial Handbook (2nd ed.). Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-24063-3...
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    USS Pueblo (AGER-2), which was captured on January 23, 1968, by the North Koreans Robert Burnham Jr. (1931–1993), astronomer who worked at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff...
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    from the original on 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2010-12-13. Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978). Burnham's Celestial Handbook. Vol. III. New York: Dover. p. 1516....
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  • (United Kingdom–United States, 1919–2020) Robert Burnham, Jr. (United States, 1931–1993) Sherburne Wesley Burnham (United States, 1838–1921) Schelte J. Bus...
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    ..49....3K, doi:10.1007/s10511-006-0002-6, S2CID 120973010 Robert Burnham, Jr, Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An observer's guide to the universe beyond...
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    measurements with a reference set of Sun-like stars. Self-taught astronomer Robert Burnham Jr. was an employee at Lowell observatory from 1958 to 1979, being known...
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