Beverly Turner Lynds
Beverly Turner Lynds | |
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| Born | Beverly Ann Turner August 19, 1929 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
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| Children | 1 |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Academic advisors | Otto Struve |
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| Discipline | Astronomy |
| Sub-discipline | Nebular science |
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| Main interests | Nebulae |
| Notable works | Elementary Astronomy (1959) |
Beverly Turner Lynds (born August 19, 1929, Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American astronomer. She is best known for compiling two astronomical catalogues in the 1960s, Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae and Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]She was born Beverly Ann Turner[2] in Shreveport, Louisiana on August 19, 1929.[citation needed] She graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1955.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Lynds was a research associate at the University of California, Berkeley from 1955 to 1958, and then a research associate at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia from 1959 to 1960. She became assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona from 1961 to 1965, and associate professor of astronomy at the same university from 1965 to 1971. From 1971 to 1986, Lynds was an astronomer at Kitt Peak National Observatory. She served as a consultant for the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy from 1986 to 1987.[citation needed]
Lynds has been an associate of the Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy at the University of Colorado, Boulder since 1987, and has also served as the Sky Math liaison for the Unidata program at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research since 1991.[citation needed]
Publications
[edit]In 1959, Lynds published the textbook Elementary Astronomy, co-authored with Otto Struve and Helen Pillans.[3]
Her works include Dark Nebulae, Globules, and Protostars (1987)[4] and numerous papers.[5]
Professional affiliations
[edit]Lynds' professional affiliations include:[citation needed]
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman of the section D)
- International Astronomical Union[6]
- American Astronomical Society (councillor)
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Personal life
[edit]She married fellow University of California, Berkeley astronomy graduate student Clarence Roger Lynds on June 19, 1954. The couple divorced in September 1986.[2][7] Beverly Lynds then married astronomer Leo Goldberg on January 2, 1987. Goldberg died less than a year later in November 1987.[8]
Lynds has one daughter, named Susan Elizabeth.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Lynds, Beverly T. (1962). "Catalogue of Dark Nebulae" (PDF). The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 7: 1–52. Bibcode:1962ApJS....7....1L. doi:10.1086/190072. ISSN 0067-0049.
- ^ a b c Petrosian, Vahe; Stockton, Alan; Jr., Earl J. O’Neil; Lynds, Beverly T. (January 22, 2024). "Clarence Roger Lynds (1928-2023)". Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 56 (1). American Astronomical Society. Bibcode:2024BAAS...56a.002P. doi:10.3847/25c2cfeb.cb054d76.
- ^ "Elementary Astronomy". Oxford University Press. 1959.
- ^ Lynds, Beverly T. (1971). Dark Nebulae, Globules, and Protostars. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-0300-1.
- ^ Reipurth, Bo (2022). "An interview with Beverly Lynds". The Star Formation Newsletter. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ "Beverly T. Lynds". International Astronomical Union. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ Andrew lynds (April 18, 2023). "Roger Lynds Obituary (2023)". Legacy.com. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ Aller, Lawrence H. (July 23, 1997). "Leo Goldberg". Biographical Memoirs: V.72. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. pp. 115–134. doi:10.17226/5859. ISBN 978-0-309-05788-2.
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