Horace Welcome Babcock (1912-2003)
Abstract
Over a span of 40 years, Horace Babcock invented numerous astronomical instruments and procedures, the most important of which continue to be used after his death. Along the way he created a branch of astrophysics and founded one of the world's premier astronomical observatories.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Pub Date:
- March 2004
- DOI:
- 10.1086/382664
- Bibcode:
- 2004PASP..116..290P
- Keywords:
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- Instrumentation: Miscellaneous;
- Obituaries;
- Biographies;
- Sun: magnetic fields;
- Stars: Magnetic Fields