Markarian
Markarian (Armenian: Մարգարյան) or its Eastern Armenian variant Margaryan is a common Armenian family name.
Markarian may refer to:
Persons
- Henri Markarian (1926-1985), better known as Marc Aryan, well-known Armenian-Belgian international singer
- Hrant Markarian (born 1958), Armenian politician and head of the ARF
- Ronald Markarian (born 1931), United States Air Force Major General
- Sergio Markarián (born 1944), Uruguayan-Armenian football coach and coach of national football team of Greece
- Tatoul Markarian, Armenian Ambassador most notably to the United States
Space
- Benjamin Markarian (1913-1985), Armenian astrophysicist whose many discoveries were named after him
- Markarian's Chain, stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster
- Markarian galaxies, class of galaxies that have nuclei with excessive amounts of ultraviolet emissions compared with other galaxies
- Markarian 421 (Mrk 421, Mkn 421), blazar located in the constellation Ursa Major
- Markarian 501 (or Mrk 501), galaxy with a spectrum extending to the highest energy gamma rays
See also
- Margaryan, Eastern Armenian variant of Markarian
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