Nicholas Sanduleak (Romanian: Nicolae Sanduleac June 22, 1933 inLackawanna,New York,United States – May 7, 1990) was anAmericanastronomer.
Sanduleak's parents were born inRomania. His family moved toCleveland soon after he was born, where Sanduleak did undergraduate work at theCase Institute of Technology, receiving aB.S. in 1956. After serving in theArmy, Sanduleak came back to Case Institute, receiving amaster's degree in 1961 and adoctorate in 1965. His advisor was Dr.Victor Manuel Blanco. After working at theKitt Peak andCerro Tololo Observatories, Sanduleak moved to theWarner and Swasey Observatory, where he remained until his death fromcardiac arrest.[1][2]
Sanduleak was aspectroscopist who worked on a number of very largeobjective prism surveys. He discoveredNova Aurigae 1964 on one of the objective prismplates. He was the first to discovermetallicity differences between theSmall andLargeMagellanic Clouds, and wrote papers about a number of spectroscopically interesting objects.[1][2] He produced acatalogue of stars in the Magellanic Clouds which included the starSanduleak -69° 202, the progenitor of the supernovaSN 1987A.
Theasteroid9403 Sanduleak is named after him.[3]
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