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He was born in [[Bordeaux, France]]. He began working at the [[Paris Observatory]] in 1863. He worked on [[meteorology]] in addition to [[astronomy]]. He specialized in what was then the new field of [[spectroscopy]]. | He was born in [[Bordeaux, France]]. He began working at the [[Paris Observatory]] in 1863. He worked on [[meteorology]] in addition to [[astronomy]]. He specialized in what was then the new field of [[spectroscopy]]. | ||
He was the founder and director of the [[Bordeaux Observatory]] for more than 25 years until his death. | He was the founder{{cn|date=December 2025}} and director of the [[Bordeaux Observatory]] for more than 25 years until his death.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Aitken |first=R. G. |date=October 10, 1906 |title=GENERAL NOTES |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40692417 |journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |publisher=Astronomical Society of the Pacific |volume=18 |issue=110 |page=280 |issn=00046280 |eissn=15383873 |jstor=40692417 |access-date=December 22, 2025 |jstor-access=free}}</ref> | ||
Rayet discovered [[Wolf–Rayet star]]s together with [[Charles Wolf (astronomer)|Charles Wolf]] in 1867 using a [[Optical spectrometer|spectroscope]] the pair had made with an [[emission spectrum]], rather than using [[absorption spectroscopy]] which was more typical for the time. <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Le Gars |first=Stéphane |last2=Maison |first2=Laetitia |year=2006 |title=Janssen, Rayet, Cornu : Trois parcours exemplaires dans la construction de l'astronomie physique en France (1860-1890) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23634219 |journal=Revue d'histoire des sciences |language=French |publisher=[[Armand Colin]] |volume=59 |issue=1 |page=61 |doi=10.3917/rhs.591.0051 |issn=0151-4105 |eissn=1969-6582 |jstor=23634219 |access-date=December 22, 2025}}</ref> | |||
He was awarded the [[Janssen Medal (French Academy of Sciences)|Janssen Medal]] from the French Academy of Sciences in 1891. | |||
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Georges-Antoine-Pons Rayet (12 December 1839 – 14 June 1906) was a French astronomer.[1]
He was born in Bordeaux, France. He began working at the Paris Observatory in 1863. He worked on meteorology in addition to astronomy. He specialized in what was then the new field of spectroscopy.
He was the founderScript error: No such module "Unsubst". and director of the Bordeaux Observatory for more than 25 years until his death.[2]
Rayet discovered Wolf–Rayet stars together with Charles Wolf in 1867 using a spectroscope the pair had made with an emission spectrum, rather than using absorption spectroscopy which was more typical for the time. [3]
He was awarded the Janssen Medal from the French Academy of Sciences in 1891.
Obituaries
- AN 172 (1906) 111//112 (in French)
- ApJ 25 (1906) 53
- Obs 29 (1906) 332 (one paragraph)
- PASP 18 (1906) 280 (one sentence)
References
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External links
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