Algol (Beta Persei) in 1782. John Goodricke, named after his great-grandfather Sir John Goodricke 1617–1670 (see Goodricke baronets of Ribston Hall), was...
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Algol (redirect from Algol (astronomy))
until more than a century later, when the British amateur astronomer John Goodricke also proposed a mechanism for the star's variability. In May 1783, he...
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S2CID 145568378. Hoskin, Michael (1979). "Goodricke, Pigott and the Quest for Variable Stars". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 10 (1): 23–41. Bibcode:1979JHA...
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originates from Delta Cephei in the constellation Cepheus, identified by John Goodricke in 1784. It was the first of its type to be identified. On September...
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observatories Roy A. Tucker "Goodricke-Pigott Observatory". Archived from the original on 2020-06-26. Portals: Arizona Astronomy Stars Spaceflight Outer space...
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comparing his astrometric measurements with those of the Greeks 1782 — John Goodricke notices that the brightness variations of Algol are periodic and proposes...
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first with the variability of Eta Aquilae, and a few months later by John Goodricke with the variability of Delta Cephei, the eponymous star for classical...
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changes in luminosity. Delta Cephei was discovered to be variable by John Goodricke during 1784. He describes his first observation on October 19, 1784...
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is also interested in astronomy education and in the history of astronomy, particularly focusing on the life of John Goodricke, an 18th-century deaf British...
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1764 in science (section Astronomy)
1831) May 4 – Joseph Carpue, English surgeon (died 1846) September 17 – John Goodricke, English astronomer (died 1786) October – William Symington, Scottish...
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List of observatory codes (redirect from John J. McCarthy Observatory)
asteroids based on optical data from a large collaboration network". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 586: 22–24. arXiv:1510.07422. Bibcode:2016A&A...586A...
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List of astronomers (category History of astronomy)
Goldschmidt (Germany, 1802–1866) François Gonnessiat (France, 1856–1934) John Goodricke (United Kingdom, 1764–1786) Alyssa A. Goodman (United States, 1962–)...
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class of the Cepheid variables. It was discovered to be variable by John Goodricke in 1784. It varies between 3.5m and 4.4m over a period of 5 days and...
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1783 in science (section Astronomy)
significant events: February 26 – Caroline Herschel discovers NGC 2360. May – John Goodricke presents his conclusions that the variable star Algol is what comes...
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Variable star (category Concepts in astronomy)
described was the eclipsing variable Algol, by Geminiano Montanari in 1669; John Goodricke gave the correct explanation of its variability in 1784. Chi Cygni was...
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Eclipse (category Concepts in astronomy)
eclipsing body caused these luminosity variations was introduced by John Goodricke in 1783. Sun – Moon – Earth: Solar eclipse | annular eclipse | hybrid...
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December 2021. Hoskin, M. (1979), "Goodricke, Pigott and the Quest for Variable Stars", Journal for the History of Astronomy, 10 (1): 23–41, Bibcode:1979JHA...
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List of minor planet discoverers (redirect from John C. Barentine)
the Wayback Machine Ye, Quanzhi. "Quanzhi Ye's Astronomy Department Home Page". Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland. Retrieved 8 August 2023...
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1080/00033795300200203. Hoskin, Michael (1979). "Goodricke, Pigott and the Quest for Variable Stars". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 10 (1): 23–41. Bibcode:1979JHA...
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1784 in science (section Astronomy)
identifies the variable star Eta Aquilae from York, England. October 19 – John Goodricke begins his observations of the variable star Delta Cephei from York...
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immensely advanced the field, including Robert Aitken, Annie Jump Cannon, John Goodricke, Olaf Hassel, and Henrietta Swan Leavitt. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was...
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Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine became the first collective recipient. John Theophilus Desaguliers has won the medal the most often, winning three times...
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N. (2017). "General catalogue of variable stars: Version GCVS 5.1". Astronomy Reports. 61 (1): 80. Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085...
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3095 Omarkhayyam (Omar Khayyám) 3115 Baily (Francis Baily) 3116 Goodricke (John Goodricke) 3123 Dunham (David Waring Dunham) 3169 Ostro (Steven J. Ostro)...
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Astronomical Society, and namesake of Baily's beads MPC · 3115 3116 Goodricke 1983 CF John Goodricke, 18th-century Dutch-English deaf-mute astronomer, who identified...
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National Observatory, is the owner and chief observer of southern Arizona's Goodricke-Pigott Observatory. JPL · 10914 10916 Okina-Ouna 1997 YB17 Okina and Ouna...
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has contributed greatly to the development of the instrumentation at Goodricke-Pigott Observatory, near Tucson, where this minor planet was discovered...
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sketch contains links to other biographies. For example, the article about John Franklin Enders [1195] has the sentence "Alexander Fleming's [1077] penicillin...
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George Wharton, 1st Baronet, English baronet (d. 1681) April 20 – Sir John Goodricke, 1st Baronet, English landowner and politician (d. 1670) May 3 – Roger...
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