Aleksey Pavlovitch Hansky | |
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Алексей Павлович Ганский | |
 Aleksey Hansky in 1907 | |
| Born | July 20, 1870 |
| Died | August 11, 1908(1908-08-11) (aged 38) |
| Education | Odesa University |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
| Known for | Ganskiy crater, asteroid1118 Hanskya are named after him |
Aleksey Pavlovitch Hansky (Алексей Павлович Ганский; 20 July 1870, inOdessa – 11 August 1908, inSimeiz) was an astronomer from the Russian Empire.[1]
Hansky graduated from theGymnasium and theUniversity of Odessa. He did research onastrophysics andastrophotography in multi-year stays at theObservatory of Meudon and at theAstrophysical Observatory Potsdam, where his main interest was the structure and activity of the solar surface. In particular he worked on thesolar constant,granulation andsun spots.
Hansky was a participant in several scientific expeditions. He observed fromNovaya Zemlya thesolar eclipse of 9 August 1896 and fromAlcossebre thesolar eclipse of 30 August 1905. In 1901 he participated in an expedition toSpitsbergen to make astronomical/geodetical measurements of thefigure of the Earth. In 1907 he was a member of an expedition toTurkestan to observe thesolar eclipse of 14 January 1907 but unfavorable weather thwarted the expedition's purpose. For observations, experiments and astrophotography, Hansy climbedMont Blanc more than ten times.
In 1905 he became an adjunct astronomer atPulkovo Observatory. Early in 1908 he accepted a position atSimeiz Observatory, which was founded in 1900, and moved there in May 1908. After embarking on a new research program he died in August of a heart attack while swimming in the Black Sea.[2]
Theasteroid1118 Hanskya, discovered in 1927, was named in his honor, as was the lunar craterGanskiy.
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