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Edward Pigott
Born 1753 Died 1825 Nationality British Scientific career Fields Astronomy
Edward Pigott (1753–1825) was an English astronomer notable for being one of the founders of the study of variable stars .[1] [2] [3] [4]
Biography [ edit ]
Son of the astronomer Nathaniel Pigott , Pigott's work focused on variable stars . Educated in France with a mother from Louvain , the family moved to York in 1781. Despite their significant age difference, he was a friend and collaborator of John Goodricke (his distant cousin[2] [5]
In 1784, Pigott informed the Royal Society of his discovery of a new variable star.[6] Eta Aquilae which he had identified the previous year.[7] William Herschel [8] Nevil Maskelyne .[9]
Pigott moved to Bath in 1796.[2] York City Archives .
Asteroid 10220 Pigott is named after Edward and his father. It was discovered by R. A. Tucker at the observatory in Tucson, Arizona which bears Pigott's name and that of his friend Goodricke .
References [ edit ]
^ a b c McConnell, Anita (2004). "Pigott, Nathaniel" . Pigott, Nathaniel (1725–1804), astronomer . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press . doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/22254 .
^ Kopal, Zdeněk (1974). "Pigott, Edward, and Pigott, Nathaniel". In Gillispie, C. C. (ed.). Dictionary of Scientific Biography Charles Scribner’s Sons . pp. 607–608.
^ McConnell, A.; Brech, A. (1999). "Nathaniel and Edward Pigott, Itinerant Astronomers". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 53 3 ). Royal Society of London : 305–318. doi :10.1098/rsnr.1999.0084 . S2CID 145568378 .
^ Hoskin, Michael (1979). "Goodricke, Pigott and the Quest for Variable Stars". Journal for the History of Astronomy 10 1 ): 23–41. Bibcode :1979JHA....10...23H . doi :10.1177/002182867901000103 . S2CID 118155505 .
^ Pigott, Edward (1785). "Observations of a New Variable Star". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society . 75 Bibcode :1785RSPT...75..127P . doi :10.1098/rstl.1785.0007 . S2CID 186212958 .
^ Jones, Bryn. "Nathaniel Pigott and Edward Pigott" . A History of Astronomy in Wales . Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2014 .
^ "William Herschel writes to fellow astronomer Edward Pigott" . Huntington Digital Library . Retrieved 22 April 2014 .
^ "Observations of the Comet of 1783" . Archive.org . January 1784. Retrieved 22 April 2014 .
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