Edwin Foster Coddington
IC 2574 is commonly known as Coddington's Nebula after the American astronomer Edwin Coddington, who discovered it in 1898.[1]
| 439 Ohio | October 13, 1898 |
| 440 Theodora | October 13, 1898 |
| 445 Edna | October 2, 1899 |
Edwin Foster Coddington (June 24, 1870–December 21, 1950) was an American astronomer.
He co-discovered the comet C/1898 L1 (Coddington-Pauly), also known by the older designation Comet 1898 VII. He also discovered a few asteroids, and the galaxy IC 2574 in Ursa Major, which later became known as "Coddington's Nebula".[2]
References
- ↑ "Faint Galaxy with Popping Pink Features". ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ↑ IC 2574 / Coddington's Nebula Dwarf Irregular Galaxy in Ursa Major
External links
- Works by or about Edwin Foster Coddington at Internet Archive
- Portrait of Edwin Foster Coddington from the Lick Observatory Records Digital Archive, UC Santa Cruz Library's Digital Collections
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