# N. R. Pogson

> Norman Robert Pogson, CIE was an English astronomer who worked in India at the Madras observatory. He discovered several minor planets and made observations on comets. He introduced a mathematical scale of stellar magnitudes with the ratio of two successive magnitudes being the fifth root of one hundred (~2.512) and referred to as Pogson's ratio.

*British astronomer (1829–1891)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1829-03-23
- **Died:** 1891-06-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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