Goodricke John

Forfatter/Opretter:

James Scouler

Kredit:

Original pastel in the possession of the Royal Astronomical Society London; see the Science Photo Library.

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Wikimedia Commons

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beskrivelse:

Portrait of John Goodricke (1764-1786), the astronomer who famously studied the variable star Algol and other variable stars. The picture is said, by a Goodricke descendant, to have been painted in 1785 by James Scouler. See C. A. Goodricke's letter at Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1912, volume 73(11), pages 3 – 4.

Licens:

Public domain