William Henry Pickering
Also known as W. H. Pickering, William H. Pickering
American astronomer (1858–1938)
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- Guide to the Mt. Washington Range
- Visual Observations of the Moon and Planets
- Photographic Atlas of the Moon
- Methods of Determining the Speed of Photographic Exposers
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William Henry Pickering (February 15, 1858 – January 16, 1938) was an American astronomer. Pickering constructed and established several observatories or astronomical observation stations, notably including Percival Lowell's Flagstaff Observatory. He spent much of the later part of his life at his private observatory in Jamaica.
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