Osterbrock, Donald Edward
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▪ 2008
American astrophysicist
born 1925 , Cincinnati, Ohio
died Jan. 11, 2007 , Santa Cruz, Calif.
was conducting research as a graduate student when he discovered the spiral-arm structure of the Milky Way, and he later uncovered the processes that show how the Sun retains its shape and size. After joining (1972) the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz, he served (1973–81) as director of its Lick Observatory. Osterbrock was the author of the standard reference work Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae (1974; revised ed., Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei, 2006), and he was the recipient of numerous awards, notably the Royal Astronomical Society's Gold Medal.
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