Boss General Catalogue
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Boss General Catalogue (GC, sometimes General Catalogue) is an astronomical catalogue containing 33,342 star
s. It was compiled by Benjamin Boss
and published in 1936 in USA. Its original name was General Catalogue of 33,342 Stars and it superseded the previous Preliminary General Catalogue of 6,188 Stars for the Epoch 1900 of 1910 by Lewis Boss
.
Star
A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...
s. It was compiled by Benjamin Boss
Benjamin Boss
Benjamin Boss was anAmerican astronomer.He was born to Lewis Boss and Helen M. Boss. After attending The Albany Academy, he graduated from Harvard University in 1901 and worked at Dudley Observatory until 1905. Following a year at the U. S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., he became director...
and published in 1936 in USA. Its original name was General Catalogue of 33,342 Stars and it superseded the previous Preliminary General Catalogue of 6,188 Stars for the Epoch 1900 of 1910 by Lewis Boss
Lewis Boss
-Life:He was born in Providence, Rhode Island and attended secondary school at the Lapham Institute in North Scituate and the New Hampton Institution in New Hampshire. In 1870 he graduated from Dartmouth College, then went to work as a clerk for the U.S. Government. He served as an assistant...
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