Sergey Blazhko
Russian astronomer (1870-1956) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 85
Sergey Nikolayevich Blazhko was a Russian and Soviet astronomer, a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1929). He was a graduate of Moscow State University and held a number of positions there including head of the Moscow Observatory from 1920-1931.
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He discovered a secondary variation of the amplitude and period of some RR Lyrae stars and related pulsating variables, now known as the Blazhko effect.
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Russia
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Scientists
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Scientist
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Deceased
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Lived 1870 to 1956 · aged 85
