William Albert Hiltner

American astronomer (1914-1991) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 77

William Albert Hiltner was an American astronomer, noted for his work leading up to the discovery of interstellar polarization. He was an early practitioner of precision stellar photometry, and a pioneering observer of the optical counterparts of celestial x-ray sources.

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