Charles Marc Max Fehrenbach | |
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| Born | (1914-04-29)29 April 1914 |
| Died | 9 January 2008(2008-01-09) (aged 93) |
| Alma mater | University Paris |
Charles Fehrenbach (born 29 April 1914 inStrasbourg; died 9 January 2008 inNîmes) was a Frenchastronomer and member of theFrench Academy of Sciences. He was director of theObservatoire de Haute Provence (OHP) until 1983. Following theSecond World War, he was one of the first astronomers to pioneer thereversion method of using objective prisms to measure theDoppler shift of stars.[1]
He was awarded theLalande Prize in 1950,[2] thePrix Jules Janssen in 1959, and theKarl Schwarzschild Medal in 1963. Theminor planet3433 Fehrenbach was named in his honor.[3]
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