Norman Robert Pogson, CIE (23 March 1829 – 23 June 1891) was an English astronomer who worked in India at the Madras observatory. He discovered several...
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Apparent magnitude (redirect from Pogson's ratio)
was mathematically defined to closely match this historical system by Norman Pogson in 1856. The scale is reverse logarithmic: the brighter an object is...
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astronomer Norman Robert Pogson, he had 12 full siblings and two half-siblings. He was married twice. In his first marriage he had a son, Norman Ambrose...
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(Netherlands, 1552–1622) John Stanley Plaskett (Canada, 1865–1941) Norman Robert Pogson (United Kingdom, 1829–1891) Christian Pollas (France, 1947–) John...
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periodic variations". In May 1882, the government astronomer at Madras, Norman Robert Pogson, proposed the need for photography and spectrography of the sun and...
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Alfvén) 1780 Kippes (Otto Kippes) 1803 Zwicky (Fritz Zwicky) 1830 Pogson (Norman Robert Pogson) 1831 Nicholson (Seth Barnes Nicholson) 1832 Mrkos (Antonín Mrkos)...
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periodic variations". In May 1882, the government astronomer at Madras, Norman Robert Pogson, proposed the need for photography and spectrography of the sun and...
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87 Sylvia (category Discoveries by N. R. Pogson)
asteroid known to possess more than one moon. Sylvia was discovered by N. R. Pogson on 16 May 1866, from Madras (Chennai), India. Antonio Paluzie-Borrell, writing...
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Astronomical Society. Elizabeth Isis Pogson was born in Oxford, England, on 28 September 1852, the eldest daughter of Norman Pogson by his first marriage to Elizabeth...
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46 Hestia (category Discoveries by N. R. Pogson)
orbits. Hestia was discovered by N. R. Pogson on 16 August 1857, at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford. Pogson awarded the honour of naming it to William...
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