About DeLisle Stewart
Lived 1870 – 1941 (aged 70). DeLisle Stewart was an American astronomer.
Discovered in 1900 by astronomer DeLisle Stewart and here imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is IC 4710. + Asteroids discovered: 1 475 Ocllo August 14, 1901
DeLisle Stewart (March 16, 1870 – February 2, 1941)
In 1896 he became a staff member of Harvard College Observatory, and from 1898 to 1901 he worked at that observatory's station at Arequipa, Peru, where he took the photographic plates that William Henry Pickering used to discover Saturn's moon Phoebe. He discovered many new nebulas in the sky's southern hemisphere.
Later he worked at Cincinnati Observatory until 1910, and later founded the Cincinnati Astronomical Society.
He discovered the asteroid 475 Ocllo.
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Who was DeLisle Stewart?
American astronomer (1870–1941)
When was DeLisle Stewart born?
DeLisle Stewart was born on 16 March 1870 in Wabasha.
When did DeLisle Stewart die?
DeLisle Stewart died on 8 February 1941 in Hamilton County.
What was DeLisle Stewart's occupation?
DeLisle Stewart was an astronomer.
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DeLisle Stewart was American.
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