Back نورمان بوغسون Arabic Норман Роберт Погсан Byelorussian Norman Pogson Catalan Norman Robert Pogson German Νόρμαν Ρόμπερτ Πόγκσον Greek Norman Robert Pogson Esperanto Norman Pogson Spanish Norman Robert Pogson Finnish Norman Robert Pogson French Norman Robert Pogson Hungarian
Norman Robert Pogson | |
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| Born | 23 March 1829 Nottingham, England |
| Died | 23 June 1891 (aged 62) Chennai, India |
| Nationality | English |
| Awards | Lalande Prize (1856) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
Norman Robert Pogson, CIE (23 March 1829 – 23 June 1891) was an English astronomer who worked in India at the Madras observatory. He discovered several minor planets and made observations on comets.[1] He introduced a mathematical scale of stellar magnitudes with the ratio of two successive magnitudes being the fifth root of one hundred (~2.512) and referred to as Pogson's ratio.
- ^ Vibart, Henry Meredith (1885–1900). . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co.