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Birth Name:

George O. Abell

Male

Birth Date:

Tue, Mar 01, 1927

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Age:

97

Zodiac Sign:

Pisces

Astrology Data:

Sun

10°

Pis

15'

About George O. Abell

George Ogden Abell (March 1, 1927 – October 7, 1983) was an American educator. Teaching at UCLA, priorly he worked as a research astronomer, administrator, as a popularizer of science and of education, and as a skeptic. He earned his B.S. in 1951, his M.S. in 1952 and his Ph.D. in 1957, all from the California Institute of Technology. He was a Ph.D. student under Donald Osterbrock. His astronomical career began as a tour guide at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. Abell made great contributions to astronomical knowledge which resulted from his work during and after the National Geographic Society - Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, especially concerning clusters of galaxies and planetary nebulae. A galaxy, an asteroid, a periodic comet, and an observatory are all named in his honor. His teaching career extended beyond the campus of UCLA to the high school student oriented Summer Science Program, and educational television. He not only taught about science but also about what is not science. He was an originating member of the Committee on Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal now known as the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for George O. Abell: Sun 10 Pisces, Moon 12 Aquarius, Mercury 27 Pisces, Venus 4 Aries, Mars 4 Gemini, Jupiter 9 Pisces, Saturn 7 Sagittarius, Uranus 28 Pisces, Neptune 25 Leo, Pluto 13 Cancer, Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Mercury Quincunx Neptune, Mercury Conjunct Uranus, Sun Trine Pluto, Sun Square Saturn, Venus Sextile Mars, Venus Trine Saturn, Venus Conjunct Uranus, Mars Opposition Saturn, Jupiter Square Saturn, Jupiter Trine Pluto

Categories related to George O. Abell: American astronomers, California Institute of Technology alumni, University of California, 1983 deaths, Los Angeles faculty, March 1 births, Discoverers of comets, Summer Science Program, 20th-century American educators, American skeptics, Military personnel from California, United States Army Air Forces soldiers, 1927 births, United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II, Abell objects