Talk:List of astronomers

Women astronomers

This page is lacking many women astronomers. If anyone wants to start work on them, [1] lists a good number, along with book and web resources with more information on them. -- zandperl 03:00, 28 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Be bold in updating pages. RickK 03:03, 28 Oct 2003 (UTC)

I'm doing what I can.  :) Just figuring out how people are listed (last name only? with or without middle name?) is confusing! I pointed it out in case anyone else's interested. -- zandperl 04:00, 28 Oct 2003 (UTC)

A number of woman astronomers are now in the list.

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I think this page would be easier to read if we did last names ALL CAPS. I don't think this is the convention with other name lists though, so I'd like to know if others agree/disagree before I do it. --zandperl 17:22, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Last names in all caps is a convention in French and perhaps some other languages, but not in English. So this should not be done.

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Should this list and list of astrophysicists be merged? If not, there are names here that should be moved to the other list. --zandperl 14:12, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)

They should be merged, because astronomers are often also astrophysicists. Now as some are theorists only and some are obversors only, I think the name should be List of astronomers and astrophysicists.Wikibob 00:28, 2004 Mar 9 (UTC)

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As zandperl pointed out the lack of women, I have added stubs for two Margaret Burbidge and Heather Couper, someone more skilled please improve them. -Wikibob 00:28, 2004 Mar 9 (UTC)

Some have been added: Maria Mitchell, Liisi Oterma, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Eleanor Helin, Janet Mattei. Probably Jane Luu will be added soon.

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just some suggestions: good idea to merge astronomers and astrophysicists lists Women astronomers: look for Elizabeth Roemer (Flagstaff??) (check Christian Name)

added to the list a while ago, no page yet.

missing in the list Charles Fehrenbach, famous french astronomer (on 29th of April 2004 will be his 90th birthday)

1. 1. information by Hans-Emil Schuster

added a while ago

Objectivity, completeness, and comprehensiveness.

This list is rather objective, incomplete and in-comprehensive as there are many many astronomers/astrophysicists not listed and no real criteria either.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Lithium6 (talk • contribs)

• I think you mean "subjective" or "unobjective". :) And you're probably right. It could do with some cleaning up. By the way, please sign you comments. --Etacar11 12:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

As a starting point, here's the current criteria that is used by WP:ASTRO to rate an astronomer article as at least mid:

Generally people who made important contributions to their fields who are recognized by their peers. All astronomers who won major prizes or awards besides the Nobel Prize. All astronomers who developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy. Directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.

With a little tweaking, that may serve.—RJH (talk) 18:34, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Abdul Ahad

In my opinion, this entry has to go, since:

• He is not notable enough to justify his own article: see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdul Ahad. He is very far from satisfying the notability criteria for academics.
• He has not even published (a substantial amount of) peer-reviewed scientific articles.

So this is not a famous astronomer, the subject of this list. --Crowsnest (talk) 01:39, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Non-astronomers on the list

Nether Grote Reber or Karl Guthe Jansky are "astronomers". The former is an amateur astronomer and the latter is a radio engineer. Looks like they should be deleted, or the list-def can be re-written per: "The following list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people that have made important contributions to the field of astronomy,"

Also "famous astronomers" is redundant, if you are in Wikipedia your "famous" (notable). Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 00:54, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Did some cleanup. rm'ed redundant astronomical instrument makers, they have their own list. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 16:23, 28 April 2010 (UTC)