Ejnar Hertzsprung
1873-1967
Danish Astronomer
Ejnar Hertzsprung introduced the concept of absolute magnitude, the intrinsic brightness of a star. He worked out the relationship between a star's...
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Born in Frederiksberg, Denmark, on October 8, 1873, Hertzsprung was trained as a chemical engineer, but he was also an amateur astronomer and so impressed Karl Schwarzschild (1873-1916) with his knowl...
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Born in Frederiksberg, Denmark on October 8, 1873, Hertzsprung was trained as a chemical engineer, but he was also an amateur astronomer and so impressed Karl Schwarzschild (1877-1916) with his knowle...
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Ejnar Hertzsprung
Ejnar Hertzsprung
Ejnar Hertzsprung