Marcel Golay (astronomer)

For the mathematician, see Marcel J. E. Golay.
Marcel Golay at Geneva Observatory in 1966

Marcel Golay (French: [gɔlɛ]; 6 September 1927 – 9 April 2015) was a Swiss astronomer, professor at Geneva University and the eighth director of the Geneva Observatory from 1956 to 1992. Golay was a member of the International Astronomical Union and president of several of its commissions including "Stellar Classification" and "Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry".[1] In 1991, University of Basel awarded him an honorary professorship. Asteroid 3329 Golay is named after him.

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