Sandra Faber
Astronomer
1944 –
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Who is Sandra Faber?
Sandra Moore Faber is a University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and works at the Lick Observatory. She has made important discoveries linking the brightness of galaxies to the speed of stars within them and was the co-discoverer of the Faber–Jackson relation. Faber was also instrumental in designing the Keck telescopes in Hawaii.
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- Born
- Dec 28, 1944
Boston - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Swarthmore College
- Employment
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Lived in
- California
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on July 23, 2013
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