Sidney van den Bergh
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Sidney van den Bergh is a Canadian astronomer renowned for his work on galaxies and galaxy clusters, including the discovery of several dwarf galaxies.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sidney van den Bergh canonical | 6 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
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Order of Canada ⓘ |
| citizenship | Canadian ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Jan Oort NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Leiden University
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University of Toronto ⓘ |
| employer |
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
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Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics NERFINISHED ⓘ National Research Council Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | van den Bergh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cosmology
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dwarf galaxies ⓘ extragalactic astronomy ⓘ galaxies ⓘ galaxy clusters ⓘ galaxy morphology ⓘ |
| givenName | Sidney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
Local Group dwarf galaxies
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cosmic distance scale ⓘ galaxy clusters in the nearby universe ⓘ supernova statistics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Astronomical Society
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Royal Astronomical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Society of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
contributions to the classification of galaxies
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identification of dwarf galaxies in the Local Group ⓘ research on the Local Group of galaxies ⓘ research on the structure of the Milky Way’s satellite system ⓘ studies of galaxy evolution ⓘ work on supernova rates in galaxies ⓘ |
| notableStudent | astronomers in extragalactic astronomy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
discovery of several dwarf galaxies
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study of galaxies and galaxy clusters ⓘ van den Bergh luminosity classification of galaxies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | astronomer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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