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Ejnar Hertzsprung
Hertzsprung (right) and Karl Schwarzschild in front of the Göttingen Observatory building (1909)
Born(1873-10-08)8 October 1873
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died21 October 1967(1967-10-21) (aged 94)
Roskilde, Denmark
Alma materCopenhagen Polytechnic (DTU)
Known forHertzsprung gap
Hertzsprung–Russell diagram
SpouseHenriette Mariette Augustine Albertine Kapteijn
Parents
  • Severin Carl Ludvig Hertzsprung (father)
  • Henriette Christiane Charlotte Frost (mother)
AwardsBruce Medal (1937)
Gold Medal of RAS (1929)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, Astronomy
InstitutionsLeiden Observatory

Ejnar Hertzsprung (Danish: [ˈɑjnɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsˌpʁɔŋ]; 8 October 1873 – 21 October 1967) was a Danish chemist and astronomer.

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Ejnar Hertzsprung (Danish: [ˈɑjnɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsˌpʁɔŋ]; 8 October 1873 – 21 October 1967) was a Danish chemist and astronomer. Hertzsprung was born in Frederiksberg...

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Main sequence

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include the Sun. Color-magnitude plots are known as Hertzsprung–Russell diagrams after Ejnar Hertzsprung and Henry Norris Russell. After condensation and...

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Hertzsprung gap

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stars. The gap is named after Ejnar Hertzsprung, who first noticed the absence of stars in the region of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram between A5 and...

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Ejnar

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architect and archeologist Ejnar Emborg (1888–1963), Danish composer Ejnar Hansen (1898–1947), Danish wrestler Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873–1967), Danish chemist...

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Henry Norris Russell

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18, 1957) was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (1910). In 1923, working with Frederick...

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Giant star

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different luminosity despite similar temperature or spectral type by Ejnar Hertzsprung about 1905. Giant stars have radii up to a few hundred times the Sun...

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Karl Schwarzschild

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maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) Hertzsprung, Ejnar (June 1917). "Karl Schwarzschild". The Astrophysical Journal. 45:...

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Union Observatory

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astronomers Harry Wood, Cyril Jackson, Hendrik van Gent, Ernest Johnson, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Jacobus Bruwer and Joseph Churms (see § List of discovered minor...

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Astronomical object

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their temperature and mass. In 1913, the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram was developed by astronomers Ejnar Hertzsprung and Henry Norris Russell independently...

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Leiden Observatory

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have worked or directed the observatory include Willem de Sitter, Ejnar Hertzsprung and Jan Oort. Leiden University established the observatory in 1633;...

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Willem Jacob Luyten

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He was the first student to earn his PhD (at the age of 22) with Ejnar Hertzsprung at Leiden University. In 1921 he left for the United States where...

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Polaris

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Polaris had been suspected since 1852; this variation was confirmed by Ejnar Hertzsprung in 1911. The range of brightness of Polaris is given as 1.86–2.13...

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Roskilde

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Østrup (1845–1917) botanist, phycologist, mainly working on diatoms Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873–1967 in Roskilde), chemist and astronomer Hans Helbæk (1907–1981)...

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List of galaxies

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Mly This was the first intergalactic distance measured. In 1913, Ejnar Hertzsprung measures the distance to SMC using Cepheid variables. In 1914, he...

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Reflection nebula

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light from the star (and that of the star Alcyone). Calculations by Ejnar Hertzsprung in 1913 lend credence to that hypothesis. Edwin Hubble further distinguished...

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Henrietta Swan Leavitt

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observations to be useful. One year after Leavitt reported her results, Ejnar Hertzsprung determined the distance of several Cepheids in the Milky Way; with...

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Cepheid variable

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changed their spectral types over the course of a cycle. In 1913, Ejnar Hertzsprung attempted to find distances to 13 Cepheids using their motion through...

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History of astronomy

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram was developed, propelling the astrophysical study of stars. In Potsdam in 1906, the Danish astronomer Ejnar Hertzsprung published...

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Herzsprung

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with the surname include: Bernd Herzsprung (born 1942), German actor Ejnar Hertzsprung Hannah Herzsprung (born 1981), German actress, daughter of Bernd This...

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Gerard Kuiper

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fellow students Bart Bok and Pieter Oosterhoff, and was taught by Ejnar Hertzsprung, Antonie Pannekoek, Willem de Sitter, Jan Woltjer, Jan Oort, and the...

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Magellanic Clouds

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separate satellites of the Milky Way. Distances were first estimated by Ejnar Hertzsprung in 1913 using 1912 measurements of Cepheid variables in the SMC by...

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Dwarf star

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The term was originally coined in 1906 when the Danish astronomer Ejnar Hertzsprung noticed that the reddest stars – classified as K and M in the Harvard...

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Sirius

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system larger than a small brown dwarf or large exoplanet. In 1909, Ejnar Hertzsprung was the first to suggest that Sirius was a member of the Ursa Major...

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October 8

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bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (d. 1952) 1873 – Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer (d. 1967) 1873 – Alexey Shchusev, Russian...

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1967

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and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878) October 21 – Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer (b. 1873) October 29 – Julien Duvivier...

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Small Magellanic Cloud

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relation, in 1913 the distance to the SMC was first estimated by Ejnar Hertzsprung. First he measured thirteen nearby cepheid variables to find the absolute...

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