Andrei Severny

Andrei B. Severny (Северный, Андрей Борисович) (1913–1987) was a Soviet astronomer, particularly known for his work on solar flares and astronomical observations from artificial satellites. He was director of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory from 1952–1987 and vice-president of the International Astronomical Union from 1964 to 1970.

This article is about the astronomer. For the filmmaker, see Andrei Severny (filmmaker).

After World War II, he was assigned to the Crimean Observatory, which was originally based in Simeiz, Crimea, on the Black Sea coast, and was then involved in the construction of a new observer in Naucine, in the Crimean Mountains.

Awards

Severny received the title Hero of Socialist Labor in 1973.

gollark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
gollark: There was the milgram obedience experiment or whatever it is. Humans love our conformity.
gollark: Some humans.
gollark: Although to some extent that's humans anyway.
gollark: Perhaps you would end up with the AIs learning to distinguish training scenarios from not training scenarios, and being awful all the time when not monitored.

References
  • Obituary -- "Andrei B. Severny, 73, Top Soviet Astronomer." The New York Times, April 21, 1987.
  • Keith Davies - Evidence for a Young Sun
  • Severny, A.B., Kotov, V.A., and Tsap, T.T., 1976. "Observations of solar pulsations," Nature, vol. 259, p. 89.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.