Gunnar Malmquist

Karl Gunnar Malmquist (* 21. Februar 1893 i​n Ystad; † 27. Juni 1982) w​ar ein schwedischer Astronom.

Malmquist studierte u​nter Carl Charlier a​m Alten Observatorium d​er Universität Lund. Von 1939 b​is 1959 w​ar er Professor für Astronomie a​n der Universität Uppsala. Der Asteroid Malmquista i​st nach i​hm benannt.

Werke
  • A study of the stars of spectral type A. Lund 1920.
  • Researches on the distribution of the absolute magnitudes of the stars. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1924.
  • A method of determining the arrangement in space of the stars. Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell, 1927.
  • On the zero point of the period-luminosity curve. Uppsala 1927.
  • Investigations on the stars in high galactic latitudes. Lund: Gleerup, 1927.
  • Investigations on the stars in high galactic latitudes. II, Photographic magnitudes and colour indices of about 4500 stars near the north galactic pole. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1936.
  • On the determination of colour indices with reflectors. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1938.
  • A contribution to the absorption problem. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1939.
  • A spectrophotometric survey of stars along the Milky Way. Uppsala 1954.
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