Herschel Medal

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Herschel Medal
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Mike Irwin receiving the Herschel Medal in 2012
Awarded for "investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics"[1]
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Reward Medal
First awarded 1974[2]
Last awarded 2015[3]
Currently held by James Dunlop[4]
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The Herschel Medal is awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) for "investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics". It is awarded for a single piece of work so that younger scientists can be candidates for the award.[1] It is named after the RAS's first president, William Herschel.[5] The medal was first awarded in 1974. The medal has been shared twice, in 1977 and 1986. It has been awarded 18 times to a total of 20 people (19 men, one woman).[2][3]

Medalists

Photo Year Medalist(s) Field References
100px 1974 John Paul Wild [2]
Wilson penzias200.jpg 1977 Arno Penzias
Robert Woodrow Wilson
[2]
Gérard de Vaucouleurs00.jpg 1980 Gérard de Vaucouleurs [2]
1983 William W. Morgan [2]
1986 Albert Boggess
Robert Wilson
[2]
Launch of IYA 2009, Paris - Grygar, Bell Burnell cropped.jpg 1989 Jocelyn Bell Burnell [2]
1992 Andrew Lyne [2]
1995 George Isaak [2]
1998 Gerald Neugebauer [2]
2001 Patrick Thaddeus [2]
2004 Keith Horne Cataclysmic variable stars and exoplanets [2][6]
100px 2006 Govind Swarup Radio astronomy [2][7]
2008 Max Pettini Extragalactic cosmology [2][5]
2010 James Hough Polarimetry [2][8]
100px 2012 Mike Irwin Digital optical and infrared surveys [2][9]
100px 2013 Michael Kramer Pulsars [2][10]
Reinhard Genzel.jpg 2014 Reinhard Genzel Galactic and Extragalactic astronomy [2][11]
2015 Stephen Eales Submillimetre astronomy [3][12]
2016 James Dunlop [4]

References

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