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'''George Howard Herbig''' (January 2, 1920 - October |
'''George Howard Herbig''' (January 2, 1920 - October 12, 2013) was an [[astronomer]] at the [[University of Hawaii]] [[Institute for Astronomy]].<ref name=bruce>{{cite web | url = http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/Herbig/index.html | title = The Bruce Medalists: George Howard Herbig | accessdate = 2010-02-01}}</ref> He is perhaps best known for the discovery of [[Herbig-Haro object]]s. |
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Herbig received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]] in 1948 at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]; his dissertation is entitled ''A Study of [[variable star|Variable Stars]] in Nebulosity''. His specialty was [[star]]s at an early stage of [[stellar evolution|evolution]] (a class of intermediate mass [[pre–main sequence star]]s are named [[Herbig Ae/Be stars]] after him{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}) and the [[interstellar medium]]. He was perhaps best known for his discovery, with [[Guillermo Haro]], of the [[Herbig-Haro object]]s; bright patches of nebulosity excited by bipolar outflow from a star being born.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} Herbig has 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."{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} |
Herbig received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]] in 1948 at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]; his dissertation is entitled ''A Study of [[variable star|Variable Stars]] in Nebulosity''. His specialty was [[star]]s at an early stage of [[stellar evolution|evolution]] (a class of intermediate mass [[pre–main sequence star]]s are named [[Herbig Ae/Be stars]] after him{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}) and the [[interstellar medium]]. He was perhaps best known for his discovery, with [[Guillermo Haro]], of the [[Herbig-Haro object]]s; bright patches of nebulosity excited by bipolar outflow from a star being born.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} Herbig has 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."{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} |
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George Herbig | |
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| Born | January 2, 1920 |
| Died | October 12, 2013 (aged 93) |
| Citizenship | United States citizen |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Herbig-Haro objects, Herbig Ae/Be stars |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Star formation, interstellar medium |
| Institutions | University of Hawaii |
George Howard Herbig (January 2, 1920 - October 12, 2013) was an astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy.[1] He is perhaps best known for the discovery of Herbig-Haro objects.
Herbig received his Ph.D in 1948 at the University of California, Berkeley; his dissertation is entitled 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[citation needed]) 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.[citation needed] Herbig has 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."[citation needed]
Honors
Awards
- Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society (1955)[2]
- Foreign Scientific Member, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the AAS (1975)[3]
- Médaille, Université de Liège (1969)
- Bruce Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1980)[1]
- Petrie Prize and Lectureship of the Canadian Astronomical Society (1995)
Named after him
Selected publications
- "High-Resolution Spectroscopy of FU Orionis Stars", ApJ 595 (2003) 384–411 [1]
- "The Young Cluster IC 5146", AJ 123 (2002) 304–327 [2]
- "Barnard's Merope Nebula Revisited: New Observational Results", AJ 121 (2001) 3138–3148 [3]
- "The Diffuse Interstellar Bands", Annu. Rev. Astrophys. 33 (1995) 19–73
- "The Unusual Pre-Main-Sequence star VY Tauri", ApJ 360 (1990) 639–649
- "The Structure and Spectrum of R Monocerotis", ApJ 152 (1968) 439
- "The Spectra of Two Nebulous Objects Near NGC 1999", ApJ 113 (1951) 697
References
- ^ a b "The Bruce Medalists: George Howard Herbig". Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ "Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy". American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ "Henry Norris Russell Lectureship". American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2010-02-01.