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Compendium
Hyperion
Hyperion is a moon of Saturn discovered by William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond and William Lassell in 1848. It is named after Hyperion, a Titan in Greek mythology. It has a low density indicating that it is composed largely of water ice with a small amount of rock. It is covered by at least a thin layer of dark material…
Oberthuer, Charles (1845-1924)
— Born at Rennes in 1845, Charles Oberthuer was a son of the founder of the celebrated printing firm which bore his name, and of which for many years he was chairman. Previous to the removal of the family from Strasbourg and its establishment in Rennes,…
Korshunov, Yuri Petrovich (1933-2002)
— Yuri P. Korshunov was born on 22 September 1933 in Chernorechka Village near Novosibirsk. The family soon moved to Novosibirsk. His mother's ancestors were migrants from the Volga region, his father's ones were from the Samara region. Korshunov's first…
Grumm-Grshimailo, Grigorii Efimovich (1860-1936)
— A great contribution to Russian and world entomology was made by Grigorii Efimovich Grumm-Grshimailo, a prominent lepidopterist, traveller, geographer and ethnographer. He was born in St. Petersburg, and his interest in entomology appeared when he was…
Godman, Frederick DuCane (1834-1919)
— Frederick DuCane Godman was one of the great naturalists in the mid-Victorian epoch. As a boy he appears to have been delicate, and, in fact, was removed from Eton at an early age for this reason. Yet he lived to complete his eighty-fifth year, and enjoyed…
Iapetus
— Iapetus is the third-largest moon of Saturn, first observed by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in October 1671 on the western side of Saturn. It is named after the Titan Iapetus from the Greek mythology. Iapetus is best known for its dramatic 'two-tone' colouration.…
Hyperion
— Hyperion is a moon of Saturn discovered by William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond and William Lassell in 1848. It is named after Hyperion, a Titan in Greek mythology. It has a low density indicating that it is composed largely of water ice with a small…
Eagle Nebula
— Appearing like a winged fairy-tale creature poised on a pedestal, this object is actually a billowing tower of cold gas and dust rising from a stellar nursery called the Eagle Nebula. The soaring tower is 9.5 light-years or about 90 trillion kilometres…
Cone Nebula [NGC 2264]
— The Cone Nebula resides in the constellation of Monoceros. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785. The nebula is located about 800 parsecs or 2,600 light-years away from the Earth. It is part of the nebulosity surrounding the Christmas Tree Cluster.…