Ferdinand Ellerman | |
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![]() Ferdinand Ellerman, c. 1920 | |
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Died | March 20, 1940 | (aged 70)
Spouse | Hermine Louise Hoenny[2] |
Children | Louise[2] |
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Ferdinand Ellerman (May 13, 1869 to March 20, 1940) was an American astronomer and photographer. He spent a good part of his career as an associate of the solar astronomer George E. Hale, and is known for his study of a phenomenon in the solar chromosphere later dubbed Ellerman bombs.