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Osterbrock, Donald E.
Subjects
Astronomical photography.
Astronomy -- Observations.
Astronomy -- Societies, etc.
H II regions (Astrophysics)
Stars -- Observations.
American Astronomical Society.
Mount Wilson Solar Observatory
University of Wisconsin.
Yerkes Observatory.
Baade, Walter, 1893-1960.
Bok, Bart Jan, 1906-
Code, Arthur D.
Greenstein, Jesse L. (Jesse Leonard), 1909-
Morgan, W. W. (William Wilson), 1906-
Burton, Butler.
Henyey, Louis George.
Miller, James E.
Minkowski, Rudolph Leo Bernhard, 1895-1976.
Morgan, Stanley Owen, 1900-
Sharpless, Stewart L. 1926-
Stars, B.
Whitford, Albert Edward, 1905-
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Sky & Telescope.
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Oral history intervi...
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Oral history interview with Donald E. Osterbrock, 1982 January 21.
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Osterbrock, Donald E.
Call Number:
OH359
Description:
Audio recording: 1 cassette.
Transcript: 11 pages.
Use and Reproduction :
Oral History Interview may be read by any researcher with an approved access application on file, but copies and quotes may not be made without permission from the individual who was interviewed.
Owning Repository:
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Web Site:
http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/4809.html
(Transcript)
Country of Repository:
USA
Biography/History:
Born 1924.
Scope of Material:
Focusses on work during his graduate student years at Yerkes Observatory with Stewart L. Sharpless under the supervision of William Morgan. Morgan's use of H II regions of spiral arms, the Greenstein-Henyey camera, AAS meeting; death of his father; other astronomers' spiral arms and methods; OB stars; doctoral thesis; improvements in infrared photography of galaxies. Also prominently mentioned are: Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade, Bart Jan Bok, Butler Burton, Arthur D. Code, Jesse Leonard Greenstein, Louis Henyey, James E. Miller, Rudolph Leo Bernhard Minkowski, Stanley Owen Morgan, B. Stars, Albert Edward Whitford; American Astronomical Society, Mount Wilson Observatory, Sky and Telescope, University of Wisconsin, and Yerkes Observatory.
Notes:
Interview conducted Owen Gingerich, 21 January 1982.
Finding Aid:
Includes table of contents.
Added Author:
Gingerich, Owen. interviewer.
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