John Ellard Gore

John Ellard Gore (1 June 1845 – 18 July 1910) was an Irish amateur astronomer and prolific author, and a founding member of the British Astronomical Association. He was mainly interested in variable stars of which he discovered several, most notably W Cygni in 1884, U Orionis in 1885, and independently discovered Nova Persei. In 2009, the IAU named a lunar impact crater after Gore. He set up an observatory in Sligo, and later set up at 3 Northumberland Street, Dublin. His greatest contribution was his studies of double and variable stars, and he published catalogues of variables and binary stars.

Gore died on 18 July 1910 when struck by a horse and car whilst crossing Grafton St., Dublin.

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Legacy In 2009, the IAU named a lunar impact crater located on the lunar near side near the northern pole after Gore.