George Phillips Bond | |
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| Born | (1825-05-20)May 20, 1825 Dorchester, Boston, MA, U.S. |
| Died | February 17, 1865(1865-02-17) (aged 39) Cambridge, MA, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University(BA, 1845) (MS, 1853)[1] |
| Known for | astrophotography |
| Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society(1865) |
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| Fields | astronomy |
| Institutions | Harvard College Observatory |
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George Phillips Bond (May 20, 1825 – February 17, 1865) was an Americanastronomer. He was the son ofWilliam Cranch Bond. Some sources give his year of birth as 1826.
His early interest was innature andbirds, but after his elder brother William Cranch Bond Jr. died, he felt obliged to follow his father into the field ofastronomy. He succeeded his father as director ofHarvard College Observatory from 1859 until his death. His cousin wasEdward Singleton Holden, first director ofLick Observatory.
Bond took the first photograph of astar in 1850 (Vega) and of adouble star in 1857 (Mizar); suggested photography could be used to measure a star'smagnitude; and discovered numerouscomets (includingC/1850 Q1) and calculated theirorbits. Bond also studiedSaturn and theOrion Nebula. He and his father jointly discovered Saturn'smoon,Hyperion (which was also independently discovered byWilliam Lassell). In addition to his astronomical contributions, Bond also surveyed theWhite Mountains ofNew Hampshire.
He died oftuberculosis.
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