Sir William Huggins (7 February 1824 – 12 May 1910) was a British astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy together with his wife, Margaret
Harlan James Smith (August 25, 1924 – October 17, 1991) was an American astronomer. He served as director of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory from 1963 to 1989, where, among other accomplishments, he initiated the construction of the Harlan J. Smith Telescope, a 2.7-meter (107-inch) reflector bearing his name.
Sir Harold Spencer Jones (1890-1960) was an English astronomer who served as the 10th Astronomer Royal of England from 1933 to 1955.
Elias Loomis (1811-1889) was an American mathematician and astronomer. He was a mathematics and natural philosophy professor at Western Reserve College (now known as Case Western Reserve University) in Ohio. Loomis significantly contributed to astronomy, particularly in the United States, during the 19th century.
Kavasji Naegamvala, also known as Kavasji Dadabhai Naegamvala (1857-1938) (FRAS) was an astrophysicist and the director of the Takhtasingji Observatory. Naegamvala's work included observations of nebulae, solar flash spectrum, and the transit of Mercury on 9 May 1891. He joined the British Astronomical Association expedition to Norway, in 1896, to observe a total solar eclipse. His independently organized, and conducted, expedition to Jeur, in western India, to observe the solar chromosphere and corona, during the 1898 eclipse, broke a psychological barrier to the entry of Indian scientists to the study of astronomy.
Narayana Ayyar was an Indian astronomer at the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, contributing significantly to solar research, particularly in sunspots and solar magnetic fields. Established in 1899, the observatory has played a vital role in advancing solar physics in India and globally, enriching our understanding of solar activity.
Harlow Shapley (November 2, 1885 – October 20, 1972) was an American astronomer, who served as head of the Harvard College Observatory from 1921–1952, and political activist during the latter New Deal and Fair Deal.
Shambhu Dayal Sinvhal (20 November 1923 - 27 May 2015) was an Indian mathematician, astronomist and a former vice chancellor of Kumaon University. Born on 20 November 1923 at Indore in the largest Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to B. D. Sinvhal and Tara Devi, he started his career as a member of the faculty of the department of mathematics and astronomy at Lucknow University in 1946 where he worked till 1954.
Otto Lyudvigovich Struve (12 August 1897 – 6 April 1963) was a Russian-American astronomer of Baltic German origin.
Daichi Sugimoto received the M.S. degree in physics from Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan, in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree from the Physics Department, Tokai University, in 2000.,He is currently working on chemical oxygen iodine laser research at Miki Pulley Company, Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan.,Dr. Sugimoto is a member of the Laser Society of Japan.