Thomas M. Dame | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University Boston University |
| Known for | Far 3 kpc Arm |
| Awards | Secretary's Research Prize, Smithsonian Institution, 2009 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Harvard University Columbia University Goddard Institute for Space Studies |
| Doctoral advisor | Patrick Thaddeus |
Thomas M. Dame is Director of the Radio Telescope Data Center at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, a Senior Radio Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and a Lecturer on Astronomy at Harvard University. He is best known for mapping the Milky Way galaxy in Carbon Monoxide and for the discovery of both the Far 3 kpc Arm and the Outer Scutum–Centaurus Arm of the Milky Way.