Benjamin Markarian
Armenian astrophysicist (1913-1985)
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Benjamin Egishevich Markarian (Armenian: Բենիամին Եղիշեի Մարգարյան) was an Armenian astrophysicist. Markarian's Chain is a group of galaxies which was named after him when he discovered that its members move with a common motion. He is also the namesake of a catalog of compact, optically bright galaxies (including both starbursts and active galactic nuclei) known as Markarian galaxies.
Born
November 29, 1913
Benjamin Egishevich Markarian
November 29, 1913
DiedSeptember 29, 1985 (aged 71)
FieldsAstrophysics
Benjamin Markarian | |
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| Բենիամին Մարգարյան | |
Markarian on a 2013 Armenian stamp | |
| Born | Benjamin Egishevich Markarian November 29, 1913 |
| Died | September 29, 1985 (aged 71) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
