Frank J. Low dies at 75; one of the fathers of infrared astronomy
Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 02:28
in Astronomy & Space
Low developed and distributed sensors for infrared astronomy and performed the first successful observations above the Earth's atmosphere. Astronomer Frank J. Low, the experimental genius who developed and distributed sensors for infrared astronomy and performed the first successful observations above the Earth's atmosphere, died June 11 in Tucson after a long illness, the University of Arizona announced. He was 75.