Walter Baade

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German astronomer astronomer human

Walter Baade was a German astronomer whose work on variable stars and the structure of the Milky Way led to a major revision of the cosmic distance scale and our understanding of the universe’s size and age.

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Label	Occurrences
Walter Baade canonical	32
Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German astronomer ⓘ astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Bruce Medal ⓘ Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
birthName	Walter Baade self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire ⓘ Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1893-03-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1960-06-25 ⓘ
discovered	Baade’s Window ⓘ asteroid 1036 Ganymed ⓘ asteroid 944 Hidalgo ⓘ several asteroids ⓘ stellar population I ⓘ stellar population II ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Göttingen ⓘ
employer	Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ Carnegie Observatories ⓘ surface form: Mount Wilson Observatory
era	20th-century astronomy ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ
hasEponym	Baade lunar crater ⓘ Baade’s Window ⓘ Baade’s star ⓘ asteroid 1501 Baade ⓘ
influenced	cosmology ⓘ distance scale of the universe ⓘ
knownFor	distinguishing stellar populations I and II ⓘ improving estimates of the age of the universe ⓘ improving estimates of the size of the universe ⓘ observations of the Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ revision of the cosmic distance scale ⓘ studies of the structure of the Milky Way ⓘ work on Cepheid variable stars ⓘ work on RR Lyrae stars ⓘ work on variable stars ⓘ
memberOf	National Academy of Sciences ⓘ surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
name	Walter Baade self-link ⓘ
notableObservationSite	100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory ⓘ
observed	supernova SN 1954J ⓘ supernovae in external galaxies ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Schröttinghausen, Germany ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Göttingen ⓘ surface form: Göttingen, Germany
researchFocus	extragalactic distance scale ⓘ galactic structure ⓘ stellar populations ⓘ
workLocation	Pasadena ⓘ surface form: Mount Wilson, California, United States Pasadena ⓘ surface form: Pasadena, California, United States

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Baade Telescope → namedAfter → Walter Baade ⓘ

Henry Norris Russell Lectureship → notableRecipient → Walter Baade ⓘ

Magellan I → namedAfter → Walter Baade ⓘ

Walter Baade → name → Walter Baade self-link ⓘ

Walter Baade → birthName → Walter Baade self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade

Fritz Zwicky → coAuthor → Walter Baade ⓘ

asteroid 1036 Ganymed → discoveredBy → Walter Baade ⓘ

subject surface form: 1036 Ganymed

100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory → usedBy → Walter Baade ⓘ

subject surface form: 100-inch Hooker Telescope

Baade’s Window → namedAfter → Walter Baade ⓘ

Baade’s Window → discoveredBy → Walter Baade ⓘ

asteroid 944 Hidalgo → wasDiscoveredBy → Walter Baade ⓘ

subject surface form: 944 Hidalgo

Baade lunar crater → namedAfter → Walter Baade ⓘ

subject surface form: Baade

Baade’s star → discoveredBy → Walter Baade ⓘ

Baade’s star → namedAfter → Walter Baade ⓘ

asteroid 1501 Baade → namedAfter → Walter Baade ⓘ

subject surface form: 1501 Baade

Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Walter Baade ⓘ

Mount Wilson Observatory → notableAstronomer → Walter Baade ⓘ

Schröttinghausen, Germany → birthplaceOf → Walter Baade ⓘ

subject surface form: Schröttinghausen

neutron star hypothesis → proposedBy → Walter Baade ⓘ

Sandage → doctoralAdvisor → Walter Baade ⓘ

subject surface form: Allan R. Sandage

Baade A → namedAfter → Walter Baade ⓘ

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Baade B → namedAfter → Walter Baade ⓘ

Baade C → namedAfter → Walter Baade ⓘ

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Baade M → namedAfter → Walter Baade ⓘ

Baade R → namedAfter → Walter Baade ⓘ

Baade N → hasEponym → Walter Baade ⓘ

Baade P → namedAfter → Walter Baade ⓘ