George Phillips Bond ( Eng. George Phillips Bond ; May 20, 1825 (or May 25, 1826?), Dorchester (Massachusetts) - February 17, 1865 , Cambridge (Massachusetts) ) - an American astronomer . The son of an American astronomer William Crunch Bond .
| George Phillips Bond | |
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| George Phillips Bond | |
| Date of Birth | May 20, 1825 |
| Place of Birth | Dorchester |
| Date of death | February 17, 1865 (39 years old) |
| Place of death | Cambridge |
| A country | |
| Scientific field | astronomy |
| Place of work | Harvard Observatory |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Awards and prizes |  Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1865) |
Biography
In 1845 he received his degree at Harvard University and then became his father's assistant at the observatory. From 1859 until his death in 1865, he was the successor to his father as director of the Harvard University Observatory [1] . His cousin Edward Singleton Holden was the first director of the Lick Observatory .
In 1848, together with his father, Saturn discovered a satellite of Hyperion . He was the founder of photographic photometry . He, his father and Massachusetts General Hospital photographer John Adams Whipple took the first photograph of the star. On the night of July 16-17, 1850, a photograph ( daguerreotype ) of Vega was taken. In addition, J. Bond discovered many comets and calculated their orbits. He studied the planet Saturn and the Orion Nebula . In 1865, J. Bond was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society . Died of tuberculosis .
- In honor of George Bond and his father William, the asteroid (767) Bondia , discovered in 1913, is named.
- In honor of George Bond named a crater on the moon .
Publications
- Zone catalog of 4484 stars located between 0 deg 20 'and 0 deg 40' north declination observed during the years 1854-55 . Annals of Harvard College Observatory 2 (1857) 2-2257
- Photographical Experiments on the Positions of Stars . Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 17 (1857) 230.
- Observations of Comets and Planets made at the Observatory of Harward College Cambridge US Astronomische Nachrichten 51 (1859) 273.
- On the relative brightness of the sun and moon , 1861.
- On the Spiral Structure of the Great Nebula of Orion . Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 21 (1861) 203-207.
- Observations upon the Great Nebula of Orion . Annals of the Harvard College Observatory 5 (1867) 1-22.
Notes
- β Bond, William // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Literature
- Kolchinsky I.G., Korsun A.A., Rodriguez M.G. Astronomers: A Biographical Reference. - 2nd ed., Revised. and additional .. - Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 1986. - 512 p.