The stony S/L-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 2.37 hours. Arthur Allen Hoag(January 28, 1921 - July 17, 1999) was an Americanastronomermost famous for his discovery of Hoag's Object, a type of ring galaxyin 1950. Vesto Melvin Slipher was an American astronomer who performed the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies. [1] In 1977, he became director of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.

He died on July 17 1999 in Tucson, Arizona. Hoag also developed astronomical sites and instruments, and researched quasi-stellar objects. Hoag's Object is a non-typical galaxy of the type known as a ring galaxy. He is author, coauthor, or editor of 23 books on science and American history and is known for having founded a magazine on astronomical observing, Deep Sky Monthly, when he was a 15-year-old high school student. It was named for American astronomer Arthur Hoag. He was born January 28, 1921, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965. He is best known for his 1943 research paper on high-excitation line emission from the centers of some spiral galaxies, which are named Seyfert galaxies after him. NOFS and USNO combine as the Celestial Reference Frame manager for the U.S. Secretary of Defense. In 2011, the Observatory was named one of "The World's 100 Most Important Places" by TIME. Upon graduation he went to work at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard in 1953 under Bart Bok.

His mother and sister Mary (aged 3) died on June 1, 1926 when the Washington Irving was rammed by an oil barge and sunk on the North River. He was noted for his work in photoelectric and photographic photometry. He is the discoverer of numerous asteroids including the Mars crossing asteroid 3397 Leyla, as well as six comets.
[2][3], His interest in astronomy started early on. Robert P. Kirshner is an American astronomer, since 2015 Chief Program Officer for Science of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and on leave as the Clowes Professor of Science at Harvard University. [4] He also discovered Hoag's Object in 1950, a nearly perfect ring galaxy. [4] He retired as director of the Lowell Observatory in 1986. Percival Lawrence Lowell was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars. He was noted for his work in photoelectric and photographic photometry.

Carl Otto Lampland was an American astronomer. The United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (NOFS), is an astronomical observatory near Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. David John Eicher is an American editor, writer, and popularizer of astronomy and space. After obtaining his doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, Mayall worked at the Lick Observatory, where he remained from 1934 to 1960, except for a brief period at MIT's Radiation Laboratory during World War II. [1] The son of Lynne Arthur Hoag (Harvard Medical School, Cornell, and University of Michigan faculty member) and wife Wylma Wood Hoag.

In 1955, he moved to Arizona to become the director of the Flagstaff Station of the USNO where he worked on several research programs. [1], In 1966, he was appointed director of the stellar division of Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), where he helped develop the 4-meter Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope. He was Scientific Director of the U.S. She was known for her work on polarized light from galaxies and on the nuclei of active galaxies. [1] The son of Lynne Arthur Hoag (Harvard Medical School, Cornell, and University of Michigan faculty member) and wife Wylma Wood Hoag. He received his Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard in 1953 under Bart Bok. Marc William Buie is an American astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets who works at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado in the Space Science Department. He specialized in astrometry, especially work on double stars and stellar distances. Carl Keenan Seyfert was an American astronomer. She was the second Swedish woman to be elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was the first to discover that distant galaxies are redshifted, thus providing the first empirical basis for the expansion of the universe. He was born January 28, 1921, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Arthur Allen Hoag (January 28, 1921 - July 17, 1999) was an American astronomer most famous for his discovery of Hoag's Object, a type of ring galaxy in 1950. It is located at Anderson Mesa in Coconino County, Arizona (USA), about 12 miles southeast of Lowell's main campus on Mars Hill in Flagstaff, Arizona. Naval Observatory from 1963 to 1977.

[4] He retired as director of the Lowell Observatory in 1986. It was at the Lowell Observatory that the dwarf planet Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Hoag&oldid=963712396, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 June 2020, at 10:40. Asteroid 3225 Hoag, discovered by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker, was named after him in December 1985. Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand was a Danish astronomer who worked in Denmark and the United States. 3225 Hoag, provisional designation 1982 QQ, is a dynamical Hungaria asteroid from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5.5 kilometers in diameter. Robert Burnham Jr. was an American astronomer, best known for writing the classic three-volume Burnham's Celestial Handbook. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for Arthur Hoag. He died on July 17 1999 in Tucson, Arizona.[1].

He has been editor-in-chief of Astronomy magazine since 2002. The galaxy is named after Arthur Hoag who discovered it in 1950 and identified it as either a planetary nebula or a peculiar galaxy with eight billion stars, spanning roughly 100,000 light years. He had two sisters, Mary Alice (born 1922) and Elizabeth Ruth (born 1919), a son named Tom and a daughter named Stefanie. He was also the first to relate these redshifts to velocity. His mother and sister Mary (aged 3) died on June 1, 1926 when the Washington Irving was rammed by an oil barge and sunk on the North River. It is the national dark-sky observing facility under the United States Naval Observatory (USNO). Join Facebook to connect with Arthur Hoag and others you may know.

In 1942 he graduated with a degree in physics from Brown University. Born 28 January 1921. Arthur Allen Hoag (January 28, 1921 - July 17, 1999) was an American astronomer most famous for his discovery of Hoag's Object, a type of ring galaxy in 1950. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death. She was professor of astronomy at Stockholm University and director of the Stockholm Observatory. Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. He had two sisters, Mary Alice (born 1922) and Elizabeth Ruth (born 1919), a son named Tom and a daughter named Stefanie. Arthur Allen Hoag (January 28, 1921 - July 17, 1999) was an American astronomer most famous for his discovery of Hoag's Object, a type of ring galaxy in 1950. He was involved with both of the Lowell Observatory solar system projects, observations of the planet Mars and the search for Planet X. Frank Kelley Edmondson was an American astronomer. In 1942 he graduated with a degree in physics from Brown University. Elizabeth Langdon Williams was an American human computer and astronomer whose work helped lead to the discovery of Pluto, or Planet X. Aina Margareta Elvius (1917-2019) was a Swedish astronomer. Arthur Hoag. In 1955, he moved to Arizona to become the director of the Flagstaff Station of the USNO where he worked on several research programs. Nicholas Ulrich Mayall was an American observational astronomer.

Seyfert's Sextet, a group of galaxies, is also named after him. [1] In 1977, he became director of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. [1], In 1966, he was appointed director of the stellar division of Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), where he helped develop the 4-meter Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope. It was discovered on 20 August 1982, by American astronomer couple Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. View the profiles of people named Arthur Hoag. Formerly he worked at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and was the Sentinel Space Telescope Mission Scientist for the B612 Foundation, which is dedicated to protecting Earth from asteroid impact events. [1]. [2] [3], His interest in astronomy started early on.
Anderson Mesa Station is an astronomical observatory established in 1959 as a dark-sky observing site for Lowell Observatory. Astrometry is the branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies. Hoag also developed astronomical sites and instruments, and researched quasi-stellar objects.