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A. David Andrews

Irish astronomer · Ireland · On the map · Scientists · Born 1933 · age 93

A. David Andrews is an Irish astronomer. He studied at Oriel College, Oxford and University of Dublin. He spent the early 1960s in Denmark working with astrophysicist M. Rudkjobing at the Aarhus Observatory. He moved on in 1963 to Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland where he spent the next 35 years.

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Andrews discovered the minor planet 1727 Mette whilst at the Boyden Observatory located in Bloemfontein, South Africa, where he was acting director. It was while at Boyden Observatory that he commenced his lifelong work on flare stars. He was the first to make full use of computers, in 1968, at Armagh Observatory. Andrews was Editor of the Irish Astronomical Journal following Ernst Öpik, and in 1967 became a founder member of Commission 27 Working Group on Flare Stars of the International Astronomical Union.

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Born 1933 · age 93