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The good spectroscopist — to parody the old jest — might perhaps be permitted to go, when he died, instruments and all, and set up an observatory on the moon. Where Astronomers Go When They Die

Henry Norris Russell

The main object of astronomy, as of all science, is not the collection of facts, but the development, on the basis of collected facts, of satisfactory theories regarding the nature, mutual relations, and probable history and evolution of the objects of study.

Henry Norris Russell

The unsolved problems of Nature have a distinctive fascination, though they still far outnumber those which have even approximately been resolved.

Henry Norris Russell

Henry Norris Russell

Henry Norris Russell

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Born: October 25, 1877

Died: February 18, 1957 (aged 79)

Bio: Henry Norris Russell was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung Russell diagram. In 1923, working with Frederick Saunders, he developed Russell Saunders coupling which is also known as LS coupling.

Known for:

Determination of Stellar Parallax (1911)
Fate and Freedom (1927)
The Solar System and Its Origin (1935)
Determinations of Stellar Parallax (1911)

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