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Born September 13, 1912 • Pasadena • California
Died August 29, 2003 (aged 90) • Santa Barbara • California
Notable Family Members father Harold Delos Babcock
Subjects Of Study Sun • magnetic field • magnetic variable star
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André-Louis Danjon
French astronomer
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Harold Delos Babcock
American astronomer
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George Ellery Hale
American astronomer
Galileo
Galileo
Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician
John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
English astronomer
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Harlow Shapley
American astronomer
David Rittenhouse
David Rittenhouse
American astronomer and inventor
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Jerry Earl Nelson
American telescope designer and astronomer
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Seth Carlo Chandler
American astronomer
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Charles Augustus Young
American astronomer
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer
Engraving of six astronomers, with Hipparchus seated at center and, from left to right, Galileo, Johannes Hevelius, Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Ptolemy standing, each holding scientific instruments.
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer
William Herschel
William Herschel
British-German astronomer
Lovell, Sir Bernard
Sir Bernard Lovell
English radio astronomer
Telescope at Birr Castle
William Parsons, 3rd earl of Rosse
Irish astronomer
Karl Schwarzschild
Karl Schwarzschild
German astronomer
Sir Martin Ryle.
Sir Martin Ryle
British astronomer
De la Rue
Warren De la Rue
British scientist and inventor
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Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert
Belgian astronomer
Gill, Sir David
Sir David Gill
Scottish astronomer

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