Russell Ormond Redman (born 1951) is a Canadian astronomer and a specialist in
radio astronomy
Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies Astronomical object, celestial objects using radio waves. It started in 1933, when Karl Jansky at Bell Telephone Laboratories reported radiation coming from the Milky Way. Subsequent observat ...
who worked on the staff of the
National Research Council of Canada
The National Research Council Canada (NRC; ) is the primary national agency of the Government of Canada dedicated to science and technology research and development. It is the largest federal research and development organization in Canada.
Th ...
at the
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, located on Observatory Hill (Saanich), Observatory Hill, in Saanich, British Columbia, was completed in 1918 by the Canadian Government, Canadian government. The Dominion architect responsible for the bui ...
until he retired in 2013. In 1966, just after 9th grade, he first volunteered for the DAO in
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Gre ...
. His initial publication was a list of nearest stars in the 1970 ''Observer's Handbook'', while he was still in high school. He received his Ph.D. from
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California, United States. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small group of institutes ...
in 1982, and subsequently published over 75 scientific papers.
Astronomical Data System
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Honors
The inner main-belt
The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It contains a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids ...
asteroid 7886 Redman, discovered by Canadian astronomer David D. Balam in 1993, has been named jointly for him and for Roderick Oliver Redman, Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge University
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, no relation except that both worked at the DAO during significant parts of their careers.
References
External links
Canadian Astronomical Society
Bio at CAS
1951 births
Living people
20th-century Canadian astronomers
21st-century Canadian astronomers
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