W. Albert Hiltner

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W. Albert Hiltner

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#1290

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#849

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#230

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W. Albert Hiltner's Degrees

PhD Astronomy University of California, Berkeley
Masters Astronomy University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Physics University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, William Albert Hiltner was an American astronomer, noted for his work leading up to the discovery of interstellar polarization. He was an early practitioner of precision stellar photometry, and a pioneering observer of the optical counterparts of celestial x-ray sources. Director of Yerkes Observatory for many years, while there he designed and built a rotatable telescope for polarization studies and developed photometric instrumentation. He was the acting director of the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory, then president of the Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy from 1968 until 1971, and was appointed Director of the University of Michigan Detroit Observatory in 1970, a post he held until 1982. He established MDM Observatory and led the construction of the Hiltner Telescope, which is named for him. After retiring from his professorship at University of Michigan, he joined the staff of the Carnegie Observatories to become the Project Manager for the Magellan Telescope Project, a program to build two 6.5 meter telescopes on Las Campanas in Chile.

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Polarization of Light From Distant Stars by Interstellar Medium. (1949) (262)
Photometric, Polarization, and Spectrographic Observations of O and B Stars. (1956) (257)
On the Presence of Polarization in the Continuous Radiation of Stars. II. (1949) (131)
MK SPECTRAL TYPES FOR BRIGHT SOUTHERN OB STARS. (1969) (104)
MK spectral classifications for southern OB stars (1977) (101)
Polarization of Stellar Radiation. III. The Polarization of 841 Stars. (1951) (68)
The Law of Interstellar Reddening and Absorption. (1956) (59)
Photoelectric Photometry of the Association III Cephei. (1959) (56)
Binary nature of the B supergiant in the error box of the Vela X-ray source. (1972) (42)
Polarization of Radiation from Distant Stars by the Interstellar Medium (1949) (40)
Spectral and location measurements of several cosmic x-ray sources including a variable source in centaurus (1967) (36)
SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATIONS OF THE OPTICAL AND X-RAY SPECTRA OF SCO XR-1. (1968) (34)
Spectral Classification of Wolf-Rayet Stars (1966) (33)
UBV photometry for southern OB stars (1983) (32)
Helix-coil controversy for polyamino acids. (1972) (32)
Spectral classification and photometry of high proper motion stars. (1967) (32)
Colors and Magnitudes of Clusters in M31 and M33. (1960) (31)
A Spectroscopic Study of the Association Scorpius OB 1 (1969) (30)
Observational Confirmation of a Theory of Stellar Evolution. (1956) (27)
The Galactic Cluster, NGC 6633. (1958) (26)
Studies in Spectral Classification. II. The HR Diagram of NGC 6530. (1965) (23)
A PHOTON-COUNTING MULTICHANNEL SPECTROMETER. (1976) (23)
The X-ray, optical, and radio behavior of Scorpius X-1: the 1972 coordinated observations. (1975) (22)
Interstellar Polarization in M 31. (1958) (20)
Optical Observations of Extrasolar X-Ray Sources (1970) (19)
Optical studies of the X-ray globular cluster NGC 6624 (1977) (18)
Studies in Spectral Classification. I. The HR Diagram of the Hyades. (1965) (18)
The Soft X-Ray Spectra of Three Cosmic Sources and Simultaneous Optical Observations of SCO XR-1 (1970) (18)
The Main Sequence of the Globular Cluster M13. (1959) (18)
The X-ray, optical, and radio behavior of Scorpius X-1 - The 1971 coordinated observations (1975) (17)
PHOTOMETRIC MONITORING OF SCO XR-1. (1967) (17)
Studies in Spectral Classification. III. The H-R Diagrams of NGC 2244 and NGC 2264. (1965) (16)
Colors and Magnitudes for 45 Cepheids of the Northern Milky way. (1962) (16)
True polarization curves for Beta Lyrae. (1967) (16)
An Optical Search for the X-Ray Sources GX3+1, GX5-1, GX9+1, and GX17+2 (1970) (15)
The amazing X-ray light curve of 2A 0311-227 (1981) (15)
Letters to the Editor Photoelectric Polarization Observations of the Jet in M87. (1959) (15)
X-ray and optical variations of Scorpius X-1 (1970) (14)
The Wolf-Rayet Spectroscopic Binaries HD 186943, HD 193928, and HD 211853 (1945) (14)
Infrared Spectra of Early-Type Stars. (1947) (13)
Light-Curves for Two Wolf-Rayet Binaries: CV SER and HD 211853. (1963) (13)
Photometry and spectroscopy of V Sagittae through eclipse (1986) (13)
Eclipsing Binaries with Cα II Emission. (1947) (13)
Results of X-ray and optical monitoring of Scorpius X-1 in 1970 (1975) (12)
CPD -48 deg 1577 - The brightest known cataclysmic variable (1984) (12)
Optical identification of A0620-00 (1976) (11)
Polarization of the Crab Nebula. (1957) (11)
Light curve of HZ Herculis. (1973) (11)
Cepheids in Galactic Clusters. VIII. a Reinvestigation of U SGR in M25 (= IC 4725). (1961) (10)
SPECTRUM OF AN ULTRAVIOLET OBJECT IN SAGITTARIUS. (1968) (10)
FURTHER SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATIONS OF THE OPTICAL AND X-RAY SPECTRA OF SCO X- 1. (1969) (10)
Photometric Investigations of the Wolf-Rayet Binary CQ Cephei. (1950) (10)
Optical spectra and the mass of SMC X-1 (1974) (10)
On the Presence of Polarization in the Continuous Radiation of Early-Type Stars. (1947) (10)
Photometric Investigation of the Eclipsing Binary UX Ursae Majoris. (1954) (10)
Compensation of seeing in photoelectric photometry (1951) (9)
The Eclipsing Variable TX Ursae Majoris. (1945) (9)
Color Excesses for Supergiants and Classical Cepheids.VI. on the Intrinsic Colors and the Hess Diagram of Late-Type Supergiants. (1961) (9)
Photometric and Spectroscopic Studies of Early-Type Stars Between Galactic Longitude L = 338° and L = 33°. (1955) (9)
The H-R diagram of the Alpha Persei cluster. (1971) (9)
UBV photometry and spectral types in NGC 6611. (1969) (9)
A New Wolf-Rayet Spectroscopic Binary. (1960) (9)
An optical search for X-ray sources in Sagittarius. (1968) (8)
Michigan, University-Of (1980) (8)
The Wolf-Rayet Spectroscopic Binary BD+363991. (1951) (8)
Scorpius XR-1 - Some X-ray and optical observations /1969 May/ (1970) (8)
Interstellar Polarization of 405 Stars. (1954) (8)
Early-Type Stars in the Direction of the Galactic Center. (1954) (8)
Spectrographic Observations of SV Camelopardalis. (1953) (8)
SPECTRUM OF THE CENTRAL STAR IN NGC 5189. (1968) (7)
Massive eclipsing binary candidates (1983) (7)
Optical Observations of Sanduleak 160 (1973) (7)
Physical parameters of the Centaurus X-3 system (1975) (7)
On the Polarization of SCO X-1 (1967) (7)
Photoelectric Measurements of Extragalactic Nebulae. (1954) (7)
FURTHER BRIGHT PECULIAR A STARS (1968) (7)
POLARIMETRIC OBSERVATIONS OF 14 QUASI-STELLAR OBJECTS. (1967) (7)
Optical observations of WRA 977 (1976) (7)
A WOLF-RAYET SPECTROSCOPIC BINARY, HD 214419 (1941) (7)
On Polarization of Radiation by Interstellar Medium (1950) (7)
The Wolf-Rayet Spectroscopic Binary HD 168206. (1945) (6)
The Spectrum of Coronae Borealis. (1945) (6)
Spectrographic Observations of RY Persei and RZ Ophiuchi. (1946) (6)
Photometric atlas of stellar spectra (1946) (6)
OBSERVATIONS OF QUASI-STELLAR AND HARO-LUYTEN BLUE OBJECTS. (1966) (6)
Changes in the Line Contours of ∊ Ursae Majoris. (1943) (6)
Optical observations of HD 77581 and a model for the system HD 77581-2U 0900-40 (1974) (6)
Spectroscopic and Photometric Observations of a Faint Wolf-Rayet Spectroscopic Binary. (1948) (5)
The influence of torsional rotation about the peptide bond on polypeptide conformation. (1973) (5)
Variability of the optical intensity and plane polarization of OJ 287. (1972) (5)
Energetics of folding of a lysozyme β-bend☆ (1975) (5)
Spectrographic Observations of TW Andromedae. (1949) (5)
Polarization in "blue Galaxies" and T Tauri Stars. (1958) (5)
The Compensation for Seeing in Stellar Photoelectric Spectrophotometry (1950) (5)
The Light-Curve of UX Monocerotis. (1950) (5)
Association II PUP and the classical Cepheid AQ Pup. (1966) (5)
CPD-31 1701, an extremely helium-rich subluminous O-type star. (1973) (4)
Variable polarization in V444 Cygni. (1966) (4)
Image Converters with Thin Protectiong Foils. II. (1955) (4)
Photometry of CPD – 48○ 1577 (1984) (4)
Compensation for seeing noise in photoelectric polarization photometry. (1952) (4)
Spectroscopic observations of Scorpius X-1 (1971) (3)
Polarization of the Cassiopela Radio Source. (1959) (3)
The Hydrogen Lines in the Spectrum of Scorpius X-1 (1972) (3)
Observations of structure in the interstellar polarization curve: preliminary results (1974) (3)
Radial-velocity variations of Scorpius X-1 emission lines. (1976) (3)
Variability and mass loss in IA O-B-A supergiants (1983) (3)
Polarization of a Heavily Obscured Clustering of OB Stars in Cygnus. (1954) (3)
A self-recording direct-intensity microphotometer (1943) (3)
Image Tubes for Astronomical Purposes (1954) (3)
The RANICON for Ground Based Optical Astronomy (1988) (3)
ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOELECTRIC CONFERENCE: Image tubes for astronomical purposes (1955) (3)
The Spectrum of RW Tauri. (1949) (3)
Three-Color Photometry of Extragalactic Nebulae. (1958) (2)
CV SERPENTIS (THE SOMETIMES ECLIPSING WOLF--RAYET SYSTEM). (1971) (2)
Color variations of Scorpius X-1 (1974) (2)
The Light-Curve of AO Cassiopeiae. (1949) (2)
Complex Lines in the Spectrum of θ Aurigae (1944) (2)
Polarization of the Cluster M29. (1954) (2)
Image converters with thin protecting foils. (1956) (2)
An Ultraviolet Light-Curve of V 444 Cygni. (1949) (2)
Photographs of the Corona Taken during the Total Eclipse of the Sun on July 9, 1945, at Pine River, Manitoba, Canada. (1945) (1)
ON THE PHYSICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PECULIAR EMISSION-LINE STAR HD 122669 AND HD 122691. (1975) (1)
Further photometric observations of 2A 0311-227 (1982) (1)
Some Uses of the Direct-Intensity Microphotometer. (1943) (1)
Note on the Spectrum of a^{2} Canum Venaticorum. (1944) (1)
SPECTRA OF TWO WOLF-RAYET STARS, ONE A NEW SPECTROSCOPIC BINARY (1946) (1)
THE CHANGING SPECTRA OF FOUR SHELL STARS (1968) (1)
A photon-counting multichannel spectrometer. [for astronomical optical spectroscopy (1977) (1)
A unique emission line object. (1969) (1)
Progress of the Magellan Project (1989) (1)
Hydrogen Emission in 25 Cygni. (1941) (1)
Spectra of Six Faint Wolf-Rayet Stars. (1964) (1)
A Low Background Image Tube for Electronography (1962) (1)
The 225-240-nm circular dichroism band in disordered and charged polypeptides. (1973) (1)
Spectrophotometry of the F Stars Alpha Canis Minoris and Alpha Persei. III. (1949) (1)
A Note on the Shell Spectrum of 48 Librae (hd 142983). (1944) (1)
PHOTOMETRY OF THE RAPID VARIABLE STAR, HDE 310376. (1971) (1)
Image Tube Developments and the Small Telescope (1958) (1)
POLARIZATION OF HD 71866 (1966) (1)
Erratum: Further Simultaneous Observations of the Optical and X-Ray Spectra of SCO X-1 (1969) (1)
University of Michigan, Department of Astronomy, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Report. (1979) (0)
He II Emission in the Wolf–Rayet Binary Star, CQ Cephei (1950) (0)
CPD -48 1577 (1982) (0)
OPTICAL MONITORING OF Sco X-1 FOR 1967-1969. (1970) (0)
Energetics of folding of a lysozyme beta-bend. (1975) (0)
Study and evaluation of electronography Final report (1964) (0)
SPECTROSCOPIC AND PHOTOMETRIC OBSERVATIONS OF PECULIAR STARS NOTED ON SOUTHERN OBJECTIVE PRISM PLATES. (1968) (0)
SPECTRAL CLASSIFICATION AND SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES (1965) (0)
The HR diagram of NGC 1893 (1966) (0)
89. The Polarization of Starlight (1979) (0)
Spectral classification and spectroscopic studies final report, oct. 1964 - oct. 1965 (1965) (0)
Spectroscopic Discriminant for O-Type Star Clusters. (1963) (0)
DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF AN IMAGE INTENSIFIER FOR ASTRONOMICAL APPLICATION (1962) (0)
Results of X-ray and optical monitoring of SCO X-1 (1974) (0)
LIGHT CURVE OF THE OPTICAL COUNTERPART OF 2A 0311-227. (1980) (0)
A Low-Background Image Tube for Direct Electronography. (1961) (0)
Physical parameters of the Cen X-3 system (1974) (0)
A NEW 16-INCH REFLECTOR AT YERKES OBSERVATORY (1958) (0)
Automatic recording of isophotal contours (1946) (0)
Spectrum of Nova Ophiuchus 1952. (1954) (0)
Optical Candidates for Two X-Ray Sources (1977) (0)
Optical identification of A0620-00. [transient X ray source] (1976) (0)
The Cepheid AQ Puppis, a probable member of the association II Puppis. (1959) (0)
Optical observation of WRA 977 (3U 1233-62?) (1976) (0)
A spectroscopic study of LMC X-4 (1982) (0)
A WoIf-Rayet star of special interest. (1947) (0)
Photoelectric He II light curve of CQ Cephei. (1950) (0)
Temperature Variations of γ Cassiopeiae. (1941) (0)
On the Accuracy of Johnson's Colors and Magnitudes of the Pleiades. (1952) (0)
Image Tube Research at Yerkes Observatory (1960) (0)
Advanced Ranicon Detectors for High Resolution Astronomical Imaging and Spectroscopy (1986) (0)
CA II EMISSION IN RZ CANCRI (1946) (0)
Mirror Handling, Washing, and Aluminizing Equipment (1966) (0)
Four Faint Wolf-Rayet Stars. (1955) (0)
The Less Prominent Features in the Optical Spectrum of SCO X-1. (1972) (0)
An optical search for the X-ray sources GX3 plus 1, GX5-1, GX9 plus 1, and GX17 plus 2 (1970) (0)
Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1971-1972. Observatory report. (1973) (0)
Review of Publications- Astronomical Techniques (1963) (0)
Simultaneous X-ray, Optical and Radio Observations of Galactic X-ray Sources (1973) (0)
Photometry of CPD - 48 deg 1577 (1984) (0)
Possible Optical Counterpart for LMC X-4 (1977) (0)
The light curves of two Wolf-Rayet stars in Cepheus. (1948) (0)
UBV OBSERVATIONS OF CD -33 12119. (1977) (0)

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