Edward Emerson Barnard
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Edward Emerson Barnard was an American astronomer. He was commonly known as E. E. Barnard, and was recognized as a gifted observational astronomer. He is best known for his discovery of the high prope
Edward Emerson Barnard
Barnard at the Fourth Conference International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research at Mount Wilson Observatory, 1910
Barnard's Star
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Barnard's Star is a small red dwarf star in the constellation of Ophiuchus. At a distance of 5.96 light-years from Earth, it is the fourth-nearest-known individual star to the Sun after the three comp
Edward Emerson Barnard
…commonly known as E. E. Barnard, and was recognized as a gifted observational astronomer. He is best known for his discovery of the high proper motion of Barnard's Star in 1916, which is named in his honor. Barnard was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 16, 1857, to Reuben Barnard and Elizabeth Jane Barnard (née…
Image of Barnard's Star and its surroundings, c. 2006 (south is up)
Size comparison between Jupiter, Barnard's Star, and the Sun
Artist's conception of a planet in orbit around a red dwarf
Artist's impression of the surface of a super-Earth orbiting Barnard's Star