Edward Emerson Barnard The American astronomer and astronomical photographer Edward Emerson Barnard (1857-1923) received the Lalande Medal from the French Academy of Sciences for his discovery of the fifth satellite of Jupiter. Edward Barnard was born on Dec. 16, 1857, in Nash... more
Barnard, Edward Emerson (born Dec. 16, 1857, Nashville, Tenn., U.S.—died Feb. 6, 1923, Williams Bay, Wis.) astronomer who pioneered in celestial photography and who was the leading observational astronomer of his time. In 1889 he began to photograph the Milky Way with lar... more
