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Alan William James Cousins
South African astronomer (1903-2001) · South Africa · On the map · Scientists · Died at 97
Alan William James Cousins FRAS was a South African astronomer. His career spanned 70 years during which time he concentrated on the measurement of variable stars, including the measurement of the two sinusoidal periods of Gamma Doradus.
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His precise measurements in the 1970s of stellar fluxes helped standardize the UBVRI photometric system now known as the "Johnson-Cousins system".
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Country
South Africa
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 2001 · aged 97
