Norman Robert Pogson

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astronomer human

Norman Robert Pogson was a 19th-century English astronomer best known for defining the modern stellar magnitude scale and for his extensive observations and discoveries of asteroids and variable stars.

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Label	Occurrences
Norman Robert Pogson canonical	2
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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ
birthCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
birthDate	1829-03-23 ⓘ
birthPlace	Nottingham ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathCountry	India ⓘ
deathDate	1891-06-23 ⓘ
deathPlace	Chennai ⓘ
educatedAt	Nottingham High School ⓘ
employer	Madras Observatory ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	Norman Robert Pogson self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pogson
fieldOfWork	astrometry ⓘ astronomy ⓘ minor planets ⓘ photometry ⓘ variable stars ⓘ
givenName	Norman ⓘ
hasDiscovered	asteroid 107 Camilla ⓘ asteroid 183 Istria ⓘ asteroid 222 Lucia ⓘ asteroid 232 Russia ⓘ asteroid 244 Sita ⓘ asteroid 261 Prymno ⓘ asteroid 264 Libussa ⓘ asteroid 266 Aline ⓘ asteroid 267 Tirza ⓘ asteroid 268 Adorea ⓘ asteroid 269 Justitia ⓘ asteroid 270 Anahita ⓘ asteroid 271 Penthesilea ⓘ asteroid 272 Antonia ⓘ asteroid 273 Atropos ⓘ asteroid 274 Philagoria ⓘ asteroid 275 Sapientia ⓘ asteroid 276 Adelheid ⓘ asteroid 279 Thule ⓘ asteroid 280 Philia ⓘ asteroid 281 Lucretia ⓘ asteroid 283 Emma ⓘ asteroid 284 Amalia ⓘ asteroid 285 Regina ⓘ asteroid 286 Iclea ⓘ asteroid 287 Nephthys ⓘ asteroid 288 Glauke ⓘ asteroid 289 Nenetta ⓘ asteroid 290 Bruna ⓘ asteroid 291 Alice ⓘ asteroid 292 Ludovica ⓘ asteroid 293 Brasilia ⓘ asteroid 294 Felicia ⓘ asteroid 295 Theresia ⓘ asteroid 296 Phaetusa ⓘ asteroid 297 Caecilia ⓘ asteroid 298 Baptistina ⓘ asteroid 299 Thora ⓘ asteroid 300 Geraldina ⓘ asteroid 301 Bavaria ⓘ asteroid 302 Clarissa ⓘ asteroid 303 Josephina ⓘ asteroid 304 Olga ⓘ asteroid 305 Gordonia ⓘ asteroid 306 Unitas ⓘ asteroid 307 Nike ⓘ asteroid 308 Polyxo ⓘ asteroid 309 Fraternitas ⓘ asteroid 310 Margarita ⓘ asteroid 311 Claudia ⓘ asteroid 312 Pierretta ⓘ asteroid 313 Chaldaea ⓘ asteroid 314 Rosalia ⓘ asteroid 315 Constantia ⓘ asteroid 316 Goberta ⓘ asteroid 317 Roxane ⓘ asteroid 318 Magdalena ⓘ asteroid 319 Leona ⓘ asteroid 320 Katharina ⓘ asteroid 42 Isis ⓘ asteroid 63 Ausonia ⓘ asteroid 67 Asia ⓘ asteroid 80 Sappho ⓘ asteroid 87 Sylvia ⓘ
knownFor	defining the modern stellar magnitude scale ⓘ observations of asteroids ⓘ observations of variable stars ⓘ
name	Norman Robert Pogson self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Pogson magnitude scale ⓘ
occupation	astronomer ⓘ
positionHeld	director of Madras Observatory ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	India ⓘ Madras, India ⓘ surface form: Madras

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