James E. Gunn

James Edward Gunn ( born October 21, 1938) is an American astrophysicist. Eugene Higgins Professor He is of Astronomy at Princeton University.

Gunn was born in 1966 at the California Institute of Technology for Ph.D. doctorate.

He conducted research on the formation of galaxies and dark matter. He developed plans for the use of digital cameras for astronomical research, a project that led to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

On October 17, 1970 he succeeded the discovery of the periodic comets 65P/Gunn.