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Herschel Medal

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Herschel Medal
Awarded for"investigations of outstanding merit in observationalastrophysics"[1]
RewardMedal
First award1974[2]
Final award2025
Websitehttp://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2272-herschel-medal Edit this on Wikidata

TheHerschelMedal is awarded by theRoyal Astronomical Society (RAS) for "investigations of outstanding merit in observationalastrophysics". It is awarded for a single piece of work so that younger scientists can be candidates for the award.[1] It is named after the RAS's first president,William Herschel.[3] The medal was first awarded in 1974. From 1974 to 2004 the Herschel Medal was only awarded every three years. From 2004 the frequency was shortened to two years and from 2012 it was awarded annually. The medal has been shared twice, in 1977 and 1986. It has been awarded 28 times to a total of 30 people (28 men, two women), mostly from the UK.[2][4]

Medallists

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PhotoYearMedalist(s)FieldReferences
1974John Paul WildRadio astronomy[2]
1977Arno Penzias
Robert Woodrow Wilson		Discovery of theCosmic Microwave Background Radiation[2]
1980Gérard de VaucouleursGalaxy classification and cataloging[2][5]
1983William W. MorganStellar classification[2][6]
1986Albert Boggess
Robert Wilson		Ultraviolet astronomy[2]
1989Jocelyn Bell BurnellPulsars[2]
1992Andrew LyneRadio astronomy[2]
1995George IsaakHelioseismology[2]
1998Gerry NeugebauerInfrared astronomy[2]
2001Patrick ThaddeusStructure and distribution ofmolecular clouds[2]
2004Keith HorneCataclysmic variable stars andexoplanets[2][7]
2006Govind SwarupRadio astronomy[2][8]
2008Max PettiniExtragalacticcosmology[2][3]
2010James H. HoughPolarimetry[2][9]
2012Mike IrwinDigitaloptical andinfraredsurveys[2][10]
2013Michael KramerPulsars[2][11]
2014Reinhard GenzelGalactic andExtragalactic astronomy[2][12]
2015Stephen EalesSubmillimetre astronomy[4][13]
2016James DunlopGalaxy formation[14]
2017Simon LillyGalaxy evolution[2]
2018Tom MarshDoppler Tomography[15]
2019Nial TanvirStudies of the Explosive Universe
2020Rob FenderBlack hole accretion
2021Stephen SmarttAwarded for his "time-domain studies of transient phenomena, leading ground-breaking progress in our understanding of core collapse supernova and of gravitational wave kilonovae."[16]
2022Catherine HeymansWeak Gravitational Lensing, and measurement of fundamental cosmological parameters.[17]
2023Heino Falcke[18]
2024Roberta HumphreysStellar astrophysics[19]
2025Ian Smail

See also

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References

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  1. ^ab"Awards, Medals and Prizes - Herschel Medal". RAS. Retrieved7 January 2015.
  2. ^abcdefghijklmnopqrst"Herschel Medal Winners"(PDF). RAS. Retrieved7 January 2015.
  3. ^ab"Leading astronomers and geophysicists honoured with RAS medals and prizes". RAS. 8 January 2008. Retrieved9 January 2015.
  4. ^ab"Winners of the 2015 awards, medals and prizes - full details". RAS. 9 January 2015. Archived fromthe original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved9 January 2015.
  5. ^"1980 Jan 13 meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society".The Observatory.100: 53. 1980.Bibcode:1980Obs...100...53.
  6. ^"1983 May 13 meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society".The Observatory.103: 225. 1983.Bibcode:1983Obs...103..225.
  7. ^"Royal Astronomical Society announces 2004 medals and awards". RAS. 2 March 2005. Retrieved9 January 2015.
  8. ^"Citation for Professor Govind Swarup for The Herschel Medal"(PDF). RAS. Retrieved9 January 2015.
  9. ^"RAS Honours Outstanding Astronomers and Geophysicists". RAS. 22 March 2010. Retrieved9 January 2015.
  10. ^"RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicists". RAS. 23 January 2012. Retrieved9 January 2015.
  11. ^"Winners of the 2013 awards, medals and prizes - full details". RAS. 10 January 2013. Archived fromthe original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved9 January 2013.
  12. ^"Winners of the 2014 awards, medals and prizes - full details". RAS. 10 January 2014. Archived fromthe original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved9 January 2015.
  13. ^"Cardiff University astronomers honoured for helping to improve our understanding of the universe".Wales Online. 9 January 2015. Retrieved9 January 2015.
  14. ^"RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicist". RAS. 8 January 2015. Archived fromthe original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved9 January 2015.
  15. ^"RAS medals and awards honour leading astronomers and geophysicists". Archived fromthe original on 2018-01-14. Retrieved2018-02-01.
  16. ^https://ras.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2021-01/Smartt_Stephen_Herschel.pdf Herschel Medal - Professor Stephen J. Smartt (Short citation), date: 06/01/2021, viewed on 31st October 2021.
  17. ^https://ras.ac.uk/sites/default/files/RAS%20Herschel%20Medal%202022%20-%20Professor%20Catherine%20Heymans.pdf Herschel Medal - Professor Catherine Heymans (Short citation), date: 06/01/2022.
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  19. ^Tonkin, Sam (12 January 2024)."Royal Astronomical Society unveils 2024 award winners" (Press release). Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved12 January 2024.
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