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Lewis A. Swift

jgerek — 2014-06-09T18:19:30Z

link noteworthy residents; stargazing

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- Lewis A. Smith was a talented astronomer, who in his lifetime made the discovery of thirteen comets, and mapped the location of approximately 1200 nebulae. Swift discovered or co-discovered periodic comets 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR, 64P/Swift-Gehrels, and 109P/Swift-Tuttle, as well as comets C/1877 G2, C/1878 N1, C/1879 M1, C/1881 J1, C/1881 W1, C/1892 E1, C/1896 G1 and C/1899 E1, and D/1895 Q1 (a.k.a. D/Swift, the debris stream of which was probably encountered by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_4 Mariner 4] on September 15, 1967. Swift co-discovered C1883 D1 (Brooks-Swift).	+ '''Lewis A. Smith''', a ["noteworthy residents" noteworthy resident] of the Rochester area, was a talented astronomer, who in his lifetime made the discovery of thirteen comets, and mapped the location of approximately 1200 nebulae. Swift discovered or co-discovered periodic comets 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR, 64P/Swift-Gehrels, and 109P/Swift-Tuttle, as well as comets C/1877 G2, C/1878 N1, C/1879 M1, C/1881 J1, C/1881 W1, C/1892 E1, C/1896 G1 and C/1899 E1, and D/1895 Q1 (a.k.a. D/Swift, the debris stream of which was probably encountered by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_4 Mariner 4] on September 15, 1967. Swift co-discovered C1883 D1 (Brooks-Swift).
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- In 1882, Hulbert Harrington Warner, patron of Swift's astronomy, financed the building of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Observatory Warner Observatory]. Swift used the observatory to investigate comets and nebulae. On Tuesday and Friday evenings, Swift opened the observatory to the public for the price of a 25 cent ticket, purchased from Warner's Patent Medicine Store.	+ In 1882, Hulbert Harrington Warner, patron of Swift's ["stargazing" astronomy], financed the building of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Observatory Warner Observatory]. Swift used the observatory to investigate comets and nebulae. On Tuesday and Friday evenings, Swift opened the observatory to the public for the price of a 25 cent ticket, purchased from Warner's Patent Medicine Store.

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mrsmunson — 2013-08-05T03:20:11Z

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Lewis A. Swift

mrsmunson — 2013-08-05T03:11:58Z

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- Lewis A. Smith was a talented astronomer, who in his lifetime made the discovery of a dozen comets, and mapped the location of approximately 1200 nebulae. Swift discovered or co-discovered periodic comets 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR, 64P/Swift-Gehrels, and 109P/Swift-Tuttle, as well as comets C/1877 G2, C/1878 N1, C/1879 M1, C/1881 J1, C/1881 W1, C/1892 E1, C/1896 G1 and C/1899 E1, and D/1895 Q1 (a.k.a. D/Swift, the debris stream of which was probably encountered by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_4 Mariner 4] on September 15, 1967. Swift co-discovered C1883 D1 (Brooks-Swift).	+ Lewis A. Smith was a talented astronomer, who in his lifetime made the discovery of thirteen comets, and mapped the location of approximately 1200 nebulae. Swift discovered or co-discovered periodic comets 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR, 64P/Swift-Gehrels, and 109P/Swift-Tuttle, as well as comets C/1877 G2, C/1878 N1, C/1879 M1, C/1881 J1, C/1881 W1, C/1892 E1, C/1896 G1 and C/1899 E1, and D/1895 Q1 (a.k.a. D/Swift, the debris stream of which was probably encountered by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_4 Mariner 4] on September 15, 1967. Swift co-discovered C1883 D1 (Brooks-Swift). + + In 1882, Hulbert Harrington Warner, patron of Swift's astronomy, financed the building of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Observatory Warner Observatory]. Swift used the observatory to investigate comets and nebulae. On Tuesday and Friday evenings, Swift opened the observatory to the public for the price of a 25 cent ticket, purchased from Warner's Patent Medicine Store.

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mrsmunson — 2013-08-05T02:48:49Z

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	+ [[Image(Lewis Swift.jpg, 254 "Lewis Swift, (From: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_A._Swift Wikipedia])", right, noborder, thumbnail)]] + + ## Use this template for pages of public persons or figures, not normally for User Pages + ## Tables have to all be on one row. + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Lewis A. Swift''' \|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Birth date'''\|\| \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Birth place'''\|\| + \|\|February 29, 1820\|\| \|\|Clarkson, NY\|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Date of death'''\|\| \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Place of death'''\|\| + \|\|January 5, 1913\|\| \|\|\|\| + ## leave a blank line here (starts a new narrow table + + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Known for'''\|\| + \|\|Astronomical Discoveries\|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Occupation(s)'''\|\| + \|\|Astronomer\|\| + ## Use the following format for website or remove this section if no website is available + + Lewis A. Smith was a talented astronomer, who in his lifetime made the discovery of a dozen comets, and mapped the location of approximately 1200 nebulae. Swift discovered or co-discovered periodic comets 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR, 64P/Swift-Gehrels, and 109P/Swift-Tuttle, as well as comets C/1877 G2, C/1878 N1, C/1879 M1, C/1881 J1, C/1881 W1, C/1892 E1, C/1896 G1 and C/1899 E1, and D/1895 Q1 (a.k.a. D/Swift, the debris stream of which was probably encountered by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_4 Mariner 4] on September 15, 1967. Swift co-discovered C1883 D1 (Brooks-Swift). + + [[Comments]]

Lewis A. Swift

mrsmunson — 2013-08-05T02:46:43Z

Upload of image Lewis Swift.jpg.