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Allan Rex Sandage (June 18, 1926 – November 13, 2010) was an American astronomer. He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California . [2] He determined the first reasonably accurate values for the Hubble constant and the age of the universe .
Jun 14, 2024 · Allan Sandage was an American astronomer who led an extensive effort to determine Hubble’s constant, the rate at which the universe is expanding. He also did important early work on quasi-stellar radio sources (quasars), very distant starlike objects that can be strong emitters of radio waves.
Nov 17, 2010 · Allan R. Sandage, who spent his life measuring the universe, becoming the most influential astronomer of his generation, died Saturday at his home in San Gabriel, Calif. He was 84.
May 17, 2016 · Pasadena, CA— Carnegie’s Allan Sandage, who died in 2010, was a tremendously influential figure in the field of astronomy. His final paper, published posthumously, focuses on unraveling a surprising historical mystery related to one of his own seminal discoveries.
Dec 16, 2010 · Astronomer who measured expansion rate of the Universe. Allan Rex Sandage was one of the most prolific and influential astronomers of the second half of the twentieth century.
Dec 24, 2010 · Allan Sandage spent long nights leading observational cosmology until studies of the cosmic microwave background led to a new dawn. For 60 years, he surveyed and measured the universe. He died on 13 November at age 84.
Nov 17, 2010 · Allan R. Sandage, Edwin Hubble’s former observing assistant and one of the most prominent astronomers of the past century, died November 13, 2010, at his home in San Gabriel, California, of...
Feb 1, 2011 · A llan Sandage led observational cosmology through the dark nights till a new era dawned with the interpretation of the fluctuations seen across the sky in the cosmic microwave background.
Nov 22, 2010 · The first time I met the eminent cosmologist Allan R. Sandage, who died Nov. 13 at 84, he refused to talk to me. In the late 1970s I was junior editor at Sky & Telescope magazine.
Allan Sandage (1926–2010) Astronomer who measured expansion rate of the Universe. A llan Rex Sandage was one of the most prolific and influential astronomers of the second half of the twentieth...
