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Allan Rex Sandage (June 18, 1926 – November 13, 2010) was an American astronomer. He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. He determined the first reasonably accurate values for the Hubble constant and the age of the universe.
Jun 14, 2024 · Allan Sandage was an American astronomer who led an extensive effort to determine Hubble’s constant, the rate at which the universe is expanding. He also did important early work on quasi-stellar radio sources (quasars), very distant starlike objects that can be strong emitters of radio waves.
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Nov 17, 2010 · Allan R. Sandage, who spent his life measuring the universe, becoming the most influential astronomer of his generation, died Saturday at his home in San Gabriel, Calif. He was 84.
Nov 22, 2010 · Allan Sandage, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential astro-nomers of the 20th century, played an integral part in increasing our understanding of the...
Dec 16, 2010 · Astronomer who measured expansion rate of the Universe. Allan Rex Sandage was one of the most prolific and influential astronomers of the second half of the twentieth century.
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May 17, 2016 · Pasadena, CA — Carnegie’s Allan Sandage, who died in 2010, was a tremendously influential figure in the field of astronomy. His final paper, published posthumously, focuses on unraveling a surprising historical mystery related to one of his own seminal discoveries.
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Nov 17, 2010 · A tribute to Allan Sandage, who died in 2010, for his contributions to observational cosmology and extragalactic astronomy. He worked with Edwin Hubble, measured the Hubble constant and the age of the universe, and discovered quasars.
