Gordon J. Stanley

Gordon J. Stanley
Born(1921-07-01)July 1, 1921
Cambridge, New Zealand
Died17 December 2001(2001-12-17) (aged 80)[1]
Known forDiscovering Cygnus A
Scientific career
FieldsRadio astronomy

Gordon J. Stanley (1 July 1921 – 17 December 2001[1]) was a New Zealand-born radio astronomer who with John G. Bolton in 1947, discovered the first radio star, Cygnus A.[2][3]

Stanley was born in Cambridge, New Zealand. By the 1940s he was working in radio astronomy with Bolton, where they discovered the first radio star.[4]

In 1955 Stanley went to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) where he became the director of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Vale Gordon Stanley". www.atnf.csiro.au. New South Wales, Australia: Australia Telescope National Facility. 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. ^ Chang, Kenneth (21 January 2002). "Gordon J. Stanley, 80; Pinpointed Radio Waves From Space". The New York Times. New York, U.S. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Finding Aid for the Gordon J. Stanley Papers 1942-1994". oac.cdlib.org. California, U.S.: California Digital Library. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Interview with Gordon J. Stanley on 13 June 1974 · NRAO/AUI Archives". www.nrao.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Stanley, Gordon James - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation". eoas.info. Centre for Transformative Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology.

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