Frank Low, 1933-2009
Surround Sound
June 13, 2009Backyard Observing
July 29, 2009
Frank Low, a pioneer on infrared astronomer who was involved in the 102 cm balloon-borne far infrared telescope that formed the basis for my PhD thesis, died on June 11. The NY Times had a nice obituary on June 21. The low temperature bolometers pioneered by Low are employed on both Herschel and Planck.
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Ned Wright, 65 years old, is a professor at UCLA. He did far-infrared observations using a 102-cm balloon-borne telescope for his PhD thesis, and has since observed with the Kuiper Airborne Observatory, and the space-based COBE, WMAP, Spitzer and WISE missions.
