William Henry Finlay

William Henry Finlay ( born June 17, 1849 in Liverpool, England; † December 7, 1924 in Cape Town, South Africa) was a South African astronomer.

He was first assistant at the Royal Observatory in Cape Town in 1873 to 1898.

He was also the first astronomer who has seen the Great September Comet ( C/1882 R1). This happened on September 7, 1882. Four years later, on 26 September 1886, he discovered then the short-period comets 15P/Finlay.

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  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol 85, pp. 309f February 1925 ( ADS Link )
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