Carl Keenan Seyfert

Carl Keenan Seyfert was an American astronomer. He is best known for his 1943 research paper on high-excitation line emission from the centers of some spiral galaxies, which are named Seyfert galaxies after him. Seyfert's Sextet, a group of galaxies, is also named after him.

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Who was born first?

• Carl Keenan Seyfert and William Howard Stein were born the same year
• Carl Keenan Seyfert and Polykarp Kusch were born the same year
• Carl Keenan Seyfert and Ernesto Sabato were born the same year
• Carl Keenan Seyfert and John Archibald Wheeler were born the same year
• Carl Keenan Seyfert and Mstislav Keldysh were born the same year

Timeline

1. Carl Keenan Seyfert (this page)February 11, 1911 – June 13, 1960
2. Ernesto SabatoJune 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011
3. John Archibald WheelerJuly 9, 1911 – April 13, 2008
4. Mstislav KeldyshJanuary 28, 1911 – June 24, 1978
5. Polykarp KuschJanuary 26, 1911 – March 20, 1993
6. William Howard SteinJune 25, 1911 – February 2, 1980

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