About Mike Irwin
Mike Irwin was a British astronomer and researcher, known for Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy.
Michael J. Irwin is a British astronomer. He is the director of the Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit and one of the discoverers of the Cetus Dwarf galaxy and the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy.
Awards and honours In 2012, Royal Astronomical Society awarded Michael Irwin the 2012 Herschel Medal, which recognises investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics.
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