Olin J. Eggen
Olin Eggen | |
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Canberra, Australia | |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
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Doctoral advisor | Albert vector |
Olin Jeuck Eggen (July 9, 1919 – October 2, 1998) was an American astronomer.
Biography
Olin Jeuck Eggen was born to Olin Eggen and Bertha Clare Jeuck in the village of
He became known as one of the best observational astronomers of his time. He is best known for a seminal 1962 paper with
Over that time he held positions at
Eggen's professional memberships and honors include the American Astronomical Society's Russell Lectureship (1985), membership in the Royal Astronomical Society (vice president 1961–1962), Pawsey Memorial Lectureship of the Australian Institute of Physics, member of the Astronomical Society of Australia (president 1971–1972), and member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
After his death he was found to have been in possession of highly significant historical files and documents that had apparently gone missing for decades from the
The University of Wisconsin-Madison retains a collection of Eggen's personal papers and correspondence. This collection includes material about the large scale developments in post-war astronomy and astrophysics, especially the creation of large (4 meter) optical telescopes in the southern hemisphere. The Eggen Archives are held in the Steenbock Library at University of Wisconsin–Madison Archives.[5][6]
Olin J Eggen Scholarship
The Olin J Eggen Scholarship was established in 2000 to commemorate Eggen's contributions. The endowment supports a scholarship for international students seeking to pursue PhD research at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University.[7]
Selected works
- Three-colour photometry of 4000 northern stars (1968)
- Contact binaries, II (1967)
- Colours, luminosities and motions of the nearer giants of types K and M (1966)
- The empirical mass-luminosity relation (1963)
- Space-velocity vectors for 3483 stars with accurately determined proper motion and radial velocity ( 1962)
- Three-colour photometry in the southern hemisphere: NGC 6383, NGC 6405 and standard stars (1961)
- Three-colour photometry of red variables (1961)
References
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- ^ Kollerstrom, Nick (2001). "Neptune's Discovery. The British Case for Co-Prediction". University College London. Archived from the original on 2005-11-11. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ISBN 9780387778051.
- ^ Olin J. Eggen and the Eggen Archives (Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System) "About Olin J. Eggen". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
- ^ Olin J. Eggen papers (International Catalog of Sources)
- ^ Olin J Eggen Scholarship (Australian National University College of Physical Sciences) [1]
External links
- "A Remembrance of Olin Eggen — 1919–1998", by Nicholas B. Suntzeff, 6 October 1998; NOAO Newsletter, No. 56, December 1998.
- "Eggen Takes the Papers" at the Nick Kollerstrom, Neptune's Discovery: The British Case for Co-Prediction, Science and Technology Studies, University College London.
- "The Case of the Pilfered Planet", by William Sheehan, Nicholas Kollerstrom, and Craig B. Waff, Scientific American.com, December 2004.