Published April 1, 2003
| public
Journal Article
Obituary: J. Beverley Oke (1928–2004)
- Creators
- Sargent, Wallace
Abstract
Optical telescopes have very long useful lives, but they are only as good as the light-detecting instruments at their focal planes — which, in turn, are only as good as their designers. J. Beverley (Bev) Oke, who died on 2 March 2004 at the age of 75, devoted most of his scientific career to devising and building a succession of such instruments — photometers, cameras and spectrographs that have helped, in particular, to keep the 50-year-old Hale telescope at the Palomar Observatory, California, at the forefront of astronomical research.
Additional Information
© 2004 Nature Publishing Group.Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 56082
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20150325-142318901
- Created
-
2015-03-26Created from EPrint's datestamp field
- Updated
-
2021-11-10Created from EPrint's last_modified field