Student Education Repository (மாணவர்கள் கல்விக் களஞ்சியம்): Today (February 6, 1923) is the Memorial Day of Edward Emerson Barnard, the discoverer of 15 different comets and the highest precision motion of the galaxy.

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Today (February 6, 1923) is the Memorial Day of Edward Emerson Barnard, the discoverer of 15 different comets and the highest precision motion of the galaxy.

Today (February 6, 1923) is the Memorial Day of Edward Emerson Barnard, the discoverer of 15 different comets and the highest precision motion of the galaxy.

Edward Emerson Barnard was born on December 16, 1857, in Nashville, Tennessee. His father was Aruban Barnard. Elizabeth Jane Barnard, also known as Mother Crowd. Her father died three months before she was born. So he grew up in a poor family. Thus he did not study any formal education. His first interest was in photography. So he worked in his ninth year as an assistant cinematographer. He later developed an interest in astronomy. He bought the five-inch refracting telescope in 1876. He discovered the first comet in 1881. But has failed to announce this finding. He discovered the next comet in the same year and the third comet in 1992.

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In 1881, while still in the film industry, he married Uroda Calvert, an English woman. Albert Arrington Warner donated $ 200 to the discoverer of a new planet in the 1880s. Edward discovered five planets. With this money, he built a new house for himself and his new wife. After his introduction to the Nashville Apprentice Astronomer, they raised a sum of money and offered him a scholarship to study at the University of Vanderbilt. He did not attend school. But he had been awarded the Vanderbilt qualification degree, which had not been awarded to anyone before. He joined the Ilik Observatory in 1887. He was later succeeded by its director, Edward S. Golden has had conflicts with them over access to the use of large astronomical instruments and other research and management work.

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In 1889, Barnard witnessed the abduction of Job by Jupiter. He also saw a shadow pass over the moon as he watched Jobeth pass-through space outside the asteroid and its interior. Although he does not immediately realize it, he has found the setting perpendicular to the circular tracks of the dark shadow zones as evidence of the existence of a carousel. Although these were initially doubtful, the Voyager-1 spacecraft confirmed this. From 1881 to 1892 he discovered 15 different comets, three of which were seasonal. He has also discovered two planets in conjunction with others. He is a qualified astronomer. He is best known for his discovery of the high-precision motion of the star Barnard in 1916.

He has received the Government Astronomical Society Gold Medal (1897), the French Prize for the Brix Johnson Prize (1906), and the Bruce Medal (1917). Barnard (Milk crater), Barnard (Mars crater), the Barnard region of the Canyon Moon, asteroid 819 Barnardiana, NGC 6822 Barnard Milky Way, Barnard meteor, Barnard galaxy, University of Barnard. Edward Emerson Barnard, who discovered the galaxy's high-precision motion, passed away on February 6, 1923, at the age of 65, in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.

Source By: Wikipedia

Information: Ramesh, Assistant Professor of Physics, Nehru Memorial College, Puthanampatti, Trichy.