David B. Healy was born 1936 in Los Angeles, California. He was an automotive industry analyst for Drexel Burnham in New York and later a stock broker before retiring to Arizona. He dedicated his life to Astronomy and the discovery of planets. While in New York, he was a longtime member of the Astronomical Society of Long Island. Once in Sierra Vista, Arizona, he became a valued member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club.
He was well known for his pioneering work in astrophotography (in particular with cooled and hypered emulsion astrophotography before silver became silicon) with multiple contributions to leading astronomy publications. Healy established the Junk Bond Observatory in Arizona for visual work and recoveries of minor planets.
On September 4, 1999 a main-beltasteroid was discovered by Myke Collins and M. White at Anza. It was called 66479 Healy after the founder of the JBO.[2] Healy was also an original contributor to Burnham's Celestial Handbook. The JBO established by Healy operates a 32-inch Ritchey Chretien reflector chiefly for minor planet astrometry and is credited with over 500 discoveries.[3] After his chief co-discoverer Jeffrey Medkeff died in 2008, Dave decided to participate in the search for exo-planets. His telescope is still being used in the search for these planetary systems.
He was a Contributing Editor of Astronomy Magazine. Bloomberg Press reviewed Healy's transition from investment analyst to amateur astronomer in the following article. [1]
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David B Healy 22 December 1936 6 June 2011 was an American astrophotographer and asteroid discoverer who is known for his contributions to Burnham s Celestial Handbook 2 David B HealyBorn22 December 1936Los Angeles CaliforniaDied6 June 2011 2011 06 07 aged 74 Sierra Vista ArizonaNationalityAmericanOccupationastrophotographerMinor planets discovered 217 1 see List of discovered minor planetsHistory editDavid B Healy was born 1936 in Los Angeles California He was an automotive industry analyst for Drexel Burnham in New York and later a stock broker before retiring to Arizona He dedicated his life to Astronomy and the discovery of planets While in New York he was a longtime member of the Astronomical Society of Long Island Once in Sierra Vista Arizona he became a valued member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club He was well known for his pioneering work in astrophotography in particular with cooled and hypered emulsion astrophotography before silver became silicon with multiple contributions to leading astronomy publications Healy established the Junk Bond Observatory in Arizona for visual work and recoveries of minor planets On September 4 1999 a main belt asteroid was discovered by Myke Collins and M White at Anza It was called 66479 Healy after the founder of the JBO 2 Healy was also an original contributor to Burnham s Celestial Handbook The JBO established by Healy operates a 32 inch Ritchey Chretien reflector chiefly for minor planet astrometry and is credited with over 500 discoveries 3 After his chief co discoverer Jeffrey Medkeff died in 2008 Dave decided to participate in the search for exo planets His telescope is still being used in the search for these planetary systems He was a Contributing Editor of Astronomy Magazine Bloomberg Press reviewed Healy s transition from investment analyst to amateur astronomer in the following article 1 List of discovered minor planets editSee also Category Discoveries by David Healy astronomer 15512 Snyder 18 October 1999 list 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