George Herbig | |
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Born | |
Died | October 12, 2013 | (aged 93)
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater |
UCLA University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
Known for |
Herbig–Haro objects Herbig Ae/Be stars |
Awards |
Helen B. Warner Prize (1955) Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1975) Bruce Medal (1980) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Star formation, interstellar medium |
Institutions | University of Hawaiʻi |
George Howard Herbig (January 2, 1920 – October 12, 2013) was an American astronomer at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy. [1] He is perhaps best known for his contribution to the discovery of Herbig–Haro objects. [2] [3]
Born in 1920 in Wheeling, West Virginia, [4] Herbig received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1948 at the University of California, Berkeley; his dissertation is titled A Study of Variable Stars in Nebulosity.
His specialty was stars at an early stage of evolution (a class of intermediate mass pre–main sequence stars are named Herbig Ae/Be stars after him) and the interstellar medium. He was perhaps best known for his discovery, with Guillermo Haro, of the Herbig–Haro objects; bright patches of nebulosity excited by bipolar outflow from a star being born.
Herbig also made prominent contributions to the field of diffuse interstellar band (DIB) research, especially through a series of nine articles published between 1963 and 1995 entitled "The diffuse interstellar bands."
Awards
Named after him
George Herbig | |
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Born | |
Died | October 12, 2013 | (aged 93)
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater |
UCLA University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
Known for |
Herbig–Haro objects Herbig Ae/Be stars |
Awards |
Helen B. Warner Prize (1955) Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1975) Bruce Medal (1980) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Star formation, interstellar medium |
Institutions | University of Hawaiʻi |
George Howard Herbig (January 2, 1920 – October 12, 2013) was an American astronomer at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy. [1] He is perhaps best known for his contribution to the discovery of Herbig–Haro objects. [2] [3]
Born in 1920 in Wheeling, West Virginia, [4] Herbig received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1948 at the University of California, Berkeley; his dissertation is titled A Study of Variable Stars in Nebulosity.
His specialty was stars at an early stage of evolution (a class of intermediate mass pre–main sequence stars are named Herbig Ae/Be stars after him) and the interstellar medium. He was perhaps best known for his discovery, with Guillermo Haro, of the Herbig–Haro objects; bright patches of nebulosity excited by bipolar outflow from a star being born.
Herbig also made prominent contributions to the field of diffuse interstellar band (DIB) research, especially through a series of nine articles published between 1963 and 1995 entitled "The diffuse interstellar bands."
Awards
Named after him