Radha Gobinda Chandra

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Officer d’Academic Radha Gobinda Chandra OARF FAAVSO, FBBA, FVSS, AFOEV
রাধা গোবিন্দ চন্দ্র
Radha Gobinda Chandra with his telescopes. The bigger one is from Harvard College Observatory
Born	(1878-07-17)17 July 1878 Bagchar, Jessore district, Bengal, British India (now in Bangladesh)
Died	3 April 1975(1975-04-03) (aged 96) Barasat, Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Alma mater	Jessore Zilla School
Known for	Observation of Halley's Comet, 1910 Discovery of Nova Aquila-3, 1918 Observation on variable star Observation of 7P/Pons–Winnecke commet Observation of Comet Encke Calendar reformation
Awards	Officer d’Academic, 1928 Fellow of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, Harvard College Observatory, USA Fellow of British Astronomical Association, England Member of Variable star section Member of Association Française des Observateurs d'Étoiles Variables, France Honorary member of American Museum of Natural History, USA
Scientific career
Fields	Physics Astronomy
Academic advisors	Jadunath Majumdar Jagadananda Ray Kalinath Mukherjee

Radhagobinda Chandra OARF FAAVSO, FBBA, AFOEV (Bengali: রাধা গোবিন্দ চন্দ্র; July 17, 1878 – April 3, 1975) was a Bengali astronomer. He was a pioneer of observational astronomy in the region of Bengal, comprising modern-day Bangladesh and West Bengal. He was born in Jessore, Undived Bengal, British India. Radha Gobinda is especially famous for his observation of variable stars. He observed more than 49,700 variable stars and became one of the first international members of American Association of Variable Star Observers.^[1]