The California-Michigan axis in American astronomy
Abstract
From the beginning of the big-telescope era in American astronomy there has been a California-Michigan Axis of exchange of astronomers between these two states. Several of the earliest participants in it are identified, and their careers are briefly described; some of the reasons for which it came into existence and survived are discussed.
- Publication:
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Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
- Pub Date:
- December 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003JAHH....6..120O
- Keywords:
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- Berkeley Astronomical Department;
- celestial mechanics;
- Detroit Observatory;
- eclipse expeditions;
- galaxies;
- Lick observatory;
- radial velocities;
- nebulae