Edward Skinner King (1861-1931) was an American astronomer.
In 1887 he graduated from Hamilton College and joined the staff of the Harvard Observatory, where he supervised the photographic imaging and related work. He became a pioneer and authority on the process of photographic photometry. In 1912 he noticed that some types of films appeared to perform better during the winter months, which led to the use of the so-called "cold camera" where the temperature is lowered to around -40 °C. From 1926 until his death he was the Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University.
King developed the algorithm known as the King Tracking Rate, which corrects the tracking rate of a telescope to account for atmospheric refraction.[1]
His reference work "A Manual of Celestial Photography: Principles and Practice for Those Interested In Photographing the Heavens" was published in 1931. This volume was reprinted as recently as 1988.
edward, skinner, king, 1861, 1931, american, astronomer, 1887, graduated, from, hamilton, college, joined, staff, harvard, observatory, where, supervised, photographic, imaging, related, work, became, pioneer, authority, process, photographic, photometry, 1912. Edward Skinner King 1861 1931 was an American astronomer In 1887 he graduated from Hamilton College and joined the staff of the Harvard Observatory where he supervised the photographic imaging and related work He became a pioneer and authority on the process of photographic photometry In 1912 he noticed that some types of films appeared to perform better during the winter months which led to the use of the so called cold camera where the temperature is lowered to around 40 C From 1926 until his death he was the Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University King developed the algorithm known as the King Tracking Rate which corrects the tracking rate of a telescope to account for atmospheric refraction 1 His reference work A Manual of Celestial Photography Principles and Practice for Those Interested In Photographing the Heavens was published in 1931 This volume was reprinted as recently as 1988 The crater King on the far side of the Moon is co named after him and Arthur S King References Edit Solon Irving Bailey 1854 1931 Edward Skinner King 1861 1931 Annual Report of the Maria Mitchell Association 1932 vol 30 p 10 The Effect of the Earth s Atmosphere University of Florida Archived 2003 08 28 at the Wayback MachineExternal links EditCold cameras This United States astronomer article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Skinner King amp oldid 1065969417, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
