Ejnar Hertzsprung

Danish Chemist and Astronomer

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @AstroEjnar]

I'm best known for my discovery that the variations in widths of stellar lines reveal that some stars are much lower density than others.

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @AstroEjnar]

Being an astronomer can be rough because the pay is crap.

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @AstroEjnar]

My boy Karl Schwarzschild is the reason i ended up doing astronomy. Thanks man.

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @AstroEjnar]

Did you know that my dad was also an astronomer.

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @AstroEjnar]

Did you know I had no formal education in astronomy but studied in technological colleges in Denmark and became a chemical engineer.

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @AstroEjnar]

I worked as a chemist and studied photochemistry in Leipzig before I came back to Denmark in 1901 to be an independent astronomer.

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @AstroEjnar]

Did you know that I have a main belt asteroid named after me.

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @AstroEjnar]

Did you know I have discovered 2 asteroids.

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @AstroEjnar]

When I was determining the distance to a bunch of stars, I accidentally put the stars 10 times too close. Oops.

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @AstroEjnar]

Did you know I was awarded the 1937 Bruce Medal.

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @AstroEjnar]

I developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram. Check it out its pretty legit.

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @AstroEjnar]

I was born October 8, 1873 in Denmark and died there on October 21, 1967.

[Ejnar Hertzsprung @AstroEjnar]

"The separation of the c- and ac-stars is the most important advancement in stellar classification since the trials by Vogel and Secchi"