Carl K. Seyfert
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Carl Keenan Seyfert (February 11, 1911 – June 13, 1960) was an American astronomer. He is best known for his 1943 research paper on high-excitation line emission from the centers of some spiral galaxies, which are named Seyfert galaxies after him. Seyfert's Sextet, a group of galaxies, is also named after him.
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Carl Keenan Seyfert | |
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Born | (1911-02-11)February 11, 1911 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | June 13, 1960(1960-06-13) (aged 49) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Education | Harvard University (Ph.D. 1936) |
Spouse | |
Children | Gail and Carl |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions | McDonald Observatory Mount Wilson Observatory Case Institute Dyer Observatory |
Thesis | Studies of the External Galaxies (1936) |
Doctoral advisor | Harlow Shapley |
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