Halton Arp
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Halton Arp was an American astronomer best known for his influential Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies and his controversial challenges to the standard cosmological redshift-distance interpretation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Halton Arp canonical | 2 |
| H. C. Arp | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American astronomer
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human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in astronomy ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
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Newcomb Cleveland Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-03-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-12-28 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Walter Baade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of Technology
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Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer |
Carnegie Institution of Washington
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Wilson Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ Palomar Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Arp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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cosmology ⓘ extragalactic astronomy ⓘ observational astronomy ⓘ |
| givenName | Halton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBibliographyItem |
Quasars, Redshifts and Controversies
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Seeing Red: Redshifts, Cosmology and Academic Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies
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arguments for non-cosmological redshifts of quasars ⓘ challenges to standard cosmological redshift interpretation ⓘ studies of peculiar galaxies ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Astronomical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
intrinsic redshift hypothesis
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physical association between high-redshift quasars and low-redshift galaxies ⓘ |
| notableWork | Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Germany
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Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
staff astronomer at Palomar Observatory
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staff member at Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
galaxies
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large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ quasars ⓘ redshift anomalies ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Garching bei München NERFINISHED ⓘ Pasadena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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H. C. Arp