Arthur Hoag
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Arthur Allen Hoag (January 28, 1921 - July 17, 1999) was an American astronomer most famous for his discovery of Hoag's Object, a type of ring galaxy, in 1950.
Biography
Hoag was born January 28, 1921, in Ann Arbor,
His interest in astronomy started early on. In 1942, he graduated with a degree in physics from
USNO, where he worked on several research programs.[1]
In 1966, he was appointed director of the stellar division of
quasi-stellar objects.[4] He retired as director of the Lowell Observatory in 1986. He died on July 17, 1999, in Tucson, Arizona.[1]
Awards and honors
Asteroid
Eugene Shoemaker, was named after him in December 1985.[4] He also discovered Hoag's Object
in 1950, a nearly perfect ring galaxy.
References
- ^ a b c d American Astronomical Society Archived January 4, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved January 2018.
- ISSN 0362-4331
- ISSN 0362-4331
- ^ ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
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