Donald Edward Osterbrock (July 13, 1924 - January 11, 2007) was an American astronomer, best known for his work on star formation and on the history of astronomy.

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  • Donald Edward Osterbrock (July 13, 1924 - January 11, 2007) was an American astronomer, best known for his work on star formation and on the history of astronomy. Osterbrock was born in Cincinnati. His father was an electrical engineer. He served with the US Army in the Second World War, making weather observations in the Pacific He was educated at the University of Chicago, where he received bachelor's and master's degrees in physics and a PhD in astronomy in 1952. He was a student of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar while working at University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory. His work there with William Wilson Morgan and Stewart Sharpless showed the existence of the Milky Way's spiral arms. He became a post-doctoral researcher, instructor and Assistant Professor at the California Institute of Technology until 1958. He was then appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, received tenure there in 1959, and was promoted to full professor in 1961. In 1973 he moved from Madison to the University of California at Santa Cruz, as Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Director of Lick Observatory, a position he held until 1981. He remained on the faculty at UC Santa Cruz until his retirement in 1993. Thereafter, Emeritus Professor Osterbrock continued to make daily trips to his office on campus, to work on his research, to keep publishing, and to maintain an active role in the astronomical community. At the time of his death he had authored 12 monographs on astronomy and the history of astronomy, including, in 1989 the influential textbook Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei, and the recently updated and revised 2nd edition (2006) written along with Gary Ferland of the University of Kentucky. Alongside his more than 150 articles on astronomy and astrophysics, he published 70 historical studies, biographical memoirs, and obituaries of major figures in nineteenth and twentieth century astronomy, and numerous book reviews. Osterbrock's research included work on the nature of ionized gases around hot stars and studying active galactic nuclei powered by black holes. Osterbrock received lifetime achievement awards from the American Astronomical Society and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. He was President of the American Astronomical Society from 1988 to 1990. He died following a heart attack. He was survived by his wife of 54 years, Irene Hansen, and their son and two daughters. (en)
  • Donald Edward Osterbrock (* 13. Juli 1924; † 11. Januar 2007) war ein US-amerikanischer Astronom. Osterbrock wuchs in Cincinnati (Ohio) auf. Er war Student von Subramanyan Chandrasekhar an der University of Chicago. Später arbeitete er an der Princeton University, der University of Wisconsin und dem California Institute of Technology. Seit 1973 war er an der University of California, Santa Cruz, wo er von 1973 bis 1981 das Lick-Observatorium leitete. Osterbrock befasste sich besonders mit spektroskopischen Beobachtungen aktiver galaktischer Kerne und der Physik des ionisierten Gases in diesen Objekten und in Gasnebeln in unserer Milchstraße. Er ist Verfasser eines einflussreichen Lehrbuchs zu diesen Themen. (de)
  • ドナルド・オスターブロック（Donald Edward Osterbrock、1924年7月13日 - 2007年1月11日）はアメリカ合衆国の天文学者である。 シカゴ大学、ヤーキス天文台でスブラマニアン・チャンドラセカールに学び、ウィリアム・ウィルソン・モーガン、スチュワート・シャープレスとO型やB型に分類される恒星が銀河のひも状の分枝に分布していることを示した。1973年から1981年までリック天文台の所長を務めた。 "Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei" （『ガス星雲と活動銀河核の天体物理学』田村眞一訳：東北大学出版会）の著者である。天文学史に関する著作もあり、アメリカ天文学会の天文学史分野の賞 LeRoy E. Doggett 賞を 2002年に受賞した。 (ja)
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  • Donald Edward Osterbrock (July 13, 1924 - January 11, 2007) was an American astronomer, best known for his work on star formation and on the history of astronomy. (en)
  • Donald Edward Osterbrock (* 13. Juli 1924; † 11. Januar 2007) war ein US-amerikanischer Astronom. (de)
  • ドナルド・オスターブロック（Donald Edward Osterbrock、1924年7月13日 - 2007年1月11日）はアメリカ合衆国の天文学者である。 (ja)
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  • ドナルド・オスターブロック (ja)
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