Compendium
Beta Pictoris
This is an artist's concept of the near stellar environment of the star Beta Pictoris. This illustration is based upon recent observations made with the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope…
Rowland-Brown, Henry (1865-1921)
— Henry Rowland-Brown was born at Woodridings, Pinner, on 19 May 1865. He was educated at Rugby; at school he was a noted athlete, and winner of the record quarter-mile. After leaving Rugby he proceeded to University College, Oxford, where he took his degree…
Oberthuer, Charles (1845-1924)
— Born at Rennes in 1845, Charles Oberthuer was a son of the founder of the celebrated printing firm which bore his name, and of which for many years he was chairman. Previous to the removal of the family from Strasbourg and its establishment in Rennes,…
Korshunov, Yuri Petrovich (1933-2002)
— Yuri P. Korshunov was born on 22 September 1933 in Chernorechka Village near Novosibirsk. The family soon moved to Novosibirsk. His mother's ancestors were migrants from the Volga region, his father's ones were from the Samara region. Korshunov's first…
Grumm-Grshimailo, Grigorii Efimovich (1860-1936)
— A great contribution to Russian and world entomology was made by Grigorii Efimovich Grumm-Grshimailo, a prominent lepidopterist, traveller, geographer and ethnographer. He was born in St. Petersburg, and his interest in entomology appeared when he was…
Pluto
— Pluto is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting the Sun. From the time of its discovery in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh until 2006, Pluto was considered the Solar System's ninth planet;…
Orion Nebula
— The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation, from the massive, young stars that are shaping the nebula to the pillars of dense gas that may be the homes of budding stars. The bright central region is the home of the four heftiest stars in the…
NGC 1672
— The barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672, showing up clusters of hot young blue stars along its spiral arms, and clouds of hydrogen gas glowing in red, lies in the constellation Dorado. Delicate curtains of dust partially obscure and redden the light of the…
Messier, Charles (1730-1817)
— French astronomer, born on 26 June 1730 in Badonvillier, Lorraine, France. He became interested in astronomy in younger years. Then he went to Paris, where he arrived on 2 October 1751 and was employed by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, because of his fine hand-writing.…