On this day in 1908 - January 21st - Danish astronomer and astrophysicist Bengt Strömgren was born.

He applied quantum mechanics to understanding stars, produced pioneering work in the chemical composition of stars, and discovered vast shells of ionized hydrogen around stars, now known as Strömgren Spheres.


Mona Evans
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