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Seth Barnes Nicholson Papers

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The collection contains the astronomical research and correspondence of American astronomer Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891-1963). The majority of Nicholson's research material deals with his study of Jupiter and its moons (Box 1). His other research (Box 2) includes his study of magnetic activity, the asteroid Icarus, Trojan asteroids, Pluto, Venus, the Sun and Sun spots (there is one item dealing with both Jupiter and the Sun in Box 1). There are some pieces of correspondence in the research folders.

Most of the correspondence (Box 3) is between Nicholson and other astronomers throughout the world; the majority of it is also about Jupiter and its moons, asteroids and sun spots. Notable participants in the collection include: Giorgio Abetti, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Robert Grant Aitken, Joseph Ashbrook, Ira Sprague Bowen, Leland E. Cunningham, Sturla Einarsson, Charles Federer, Paul Herget, Samuel Herrick, Theodor S. Jacobsen, Vladimir Kourganoff, Karl Otto Kiepenheuer, Gerard Kuiper, Willem Luyten, M. G. J. Minnaert, Yngve Öhman, Jan Oort, William Henry Pickering, Frederick Hanley Seares, Harlow Shapley, Otto Struve, Alexander N. Vyssotsky, Fred L. Whipple and Fritz Zwicky.

The collection also includes several photographs; their presence is noted in the container list and on the folders.

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Date

1914-1963

Call number

mssNicholson Seth papers

Creator

Nicholson, Seth B (1891-1963)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Deposit; Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Collection, 1988.

Associated people

Abetti, Giorgio, (1882-1982.)

Aitken, Robert Grant, (1864-1951.)

Ashbrook, Joseph, (1918-1980.)

Bowen, Ira Sprague, (1898-1973.)

Einarsson, Sturla. (1909-)

Federer, Charles, (1908-1981.)

Herget, Paul, (1911-1974.)

Herrick, Samuel, (1912-)

Jacobsen, Theodor S. (1905-1973.)

Kourganoff, V. (1899-1994.)

Kiepenheuer, K. O. (1895-)

Kuiper, Gerard P. (1903-)

Luyten, Willem Jacob, (1881-)

Minkowski, Rudolf, (1858-1938.)

Öhman, Yngve, (1929-)

Oort, Jan Hendrik. (1885-1972.)

Pease, F. G. (1897-1963.)

Pickering, William H. (1888-)

Roemer, Elizabeth, (1906-2004.)

Shapley, Harlow, (1898-1974.)

Struve, Otto, (1873-1964,)

Vyssotsky, A. N.

Whipple, Fred L.

Zwicky, F.

Seares, Frederick Hanley,

Associated organizations

Astronomical Society of the Pacific,

Carnegie Institution of Washington.

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Nicholson, Seth B. (Seth Barnes), 1891-1963. "Observational Data: Venus:" tables (1920-1921). 17 items
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The collection contains Seth Barnes Nicholson's astronomical research and correspondence. The majority of Nicholson's research material deals with his study of Jupiter and its moons (Box 1). His other research (Box 2) includes his study of magnetic activity, the asteroid Icarus, Trojan asteroids, Pluto, Venus, the Sun and Sun spots (there is one item dealing with both Jupiter and the Sun in Box 1). There are some pieces of correspondence in the research folders. Most of the correspondence (Box 3) is between Nicholson and other astronomers throughout the world; the majority of it is also about Jupiter and its moons, asteroids and sun spots. Notable participants in the collection include: Giorgio Abetti, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Robert Grant Aitken, Joseph Ashbrook, Ira Sprague Bowen, Leland E. Cunningham, Sturla Einarsson, Charles Federer, Paul Herget, Samuel Herrick, Theodor S. Jacobsen, Vladimir Kourganoff, Karl Otto Kiepenheuer, Gerard Kuiper, Willem Luyten, M. G. J. Minnaert, Yngve Öhman, Jan Oort, William Henry Pickering, Frederick Hanley Seares, Harlow Shapley, Otto Struve, Alexander N. Vyssotsky, Fred L. Whipple and Fritz Zwicky. The collection also includes several photographs.
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