Boris Aleksandrovich Vorontsov-Velyaminov (; February 14, 1904 – January 27, 1994) was a Russian astrophysicist. His name is sometimes given as Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov. He independently discovered the absorption of light by

interstellar dust Cosmic dustalso called extraterrestrial dust, space dust, or star dustis dust that occurs in outer space or has fallen onto Earth. Most cosmic dust particles measure between a few molecules and , such as micrometeoroids (30 μm). Cosmic dust can ...

, which was also discovered by Robert Julius Trumpler. He compiled a catalogue of what are now known as Vorontsov-Velyaminov galaxies (the ''Atlas of Interacting Galaxies''), as well as a larger and more general catalogue of

galaxies A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek ' (), literally 'milky', a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar Sys ...

(the ''

Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies The Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies (MCG) or Morfologiceskij Katalog Galaktik, is a Russian catalogue of 30,642 galaxies compiled by Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov and V. P. Arkhipova. It is based on scrutiny of prints of the Palomar Sky Surv ...

''). He also studied and classified

planetary nebula A planetary nebula is a type of emission nebula consisting of an expanding, glowing shell of ionized gas ejected from red giant stars late in their lives. The term "planetary nebula" is a misnomer because they are unrelated to planets. The ...

e. He is also the author of the standard Russian astronomy textbook for high schools as well as astronomy textbook for secondary school. The inner main belt asteroid (2916) Voronveliya is named after him.

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Literatur von und über Boris Alexandrowitsch Woronzow-Weljaminow im Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek

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The Catalogue of Interacting Galaxies by Vorontsov-Velyaminov
1904 births 1994 deaths Soviet astronomers Russian scientists {{Europe-astronomer-stub

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