Adam Prazmowski

Adam Józef Ignacy Prażmowski (1821–1885) was a Polish astronomer and astrophysicist of the 19th century.[1] He worked in 1839 to 1850 at the Warsaw Observatory. Among his many discoveries, he discovered the polarized emissions from the Sun's corona in 1860.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rybka 1985, p. 303.
  2. ^ Rybka 1985, p. 305.

Sources

  • Rybka, Przemysław (1985). "Adam Prażmowski (1821—1885)" (PDF). Urania. 56 (11): 303–306. ISSN 0042-0794.
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