Sigurd Einbu
Sigurd Einbu, was a Norwegian self-taught astronomer from Lesjaskog, known to have discovered a nova in the stellar constellation Gemini on March 12, 1912. The nova was named Nova Geminorum 2. Also in 1912 he introduced a new class of variable stars, the RV Tauri variable stars.
He spelled his family name Enebo during large parts of his scientific career, but in 1926 he changed it to Einbu according to the local pronunciation.
Einbu attended Hamar offentlige lærerskole, and worked as a teacher in Øyer, Vågå and Sel before returning to his home community Dombås. He took an interest in astronomy at an early age, but could not devote himself fully to astronomy until he was appointed statsstipendiat in 1908. He was a founding member of Norsk Novaselskap. He established and ran a magnetic monitoring station at Dombås from 1916.
During his lifetime he was a people's educator and wrote frequently in newspapers and popular journals.
His childhood house Einbustugu has been moved from Lesjaskog to Dombås, and is today a museum in his memory.
Awards
Sigurd Einbu was awarded- Lindemannsprisen granted at the meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft in Jena in 1906
- Atenogenes-Silva medaljen from Sociedad Astronomica de Mexico in 1912
- Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research from Nansenfondet awarded by Videnskapsakademiet i Kristiania in 1926.
- Gunnerus Medal from Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters in Trondheim in 1934.
- Honorary member of Norwegian Astronomical Society in Oslo on May 5, 1938.
Literature
Stjernegransking i gamall og ny tid. 1911 Vår sol. 1922 Gjennem stjerneverdenen. 1: Vor sol og dens følge. 1923 Vår måne. 1923 Gjennem stjerneverdenen. 2: Melkeveiens soler: . 1924 Beobachtungen veränderlicher Sterne I – XIV Bebodde verdener i nytt lys. 1928 Soler og atom. 1930 250 in den Jahren 1903–1941 in Norwegen beobachtete Feuerkugeln: Errechnung der Radianten u. a.. 1942 Dovre kommune gjennom hundreåret 1837–1937. 1949 Lesja: litt frå den kommunale soga 1838–1938, og ymse anna. 1949;About Einbu