Howard J. Brewington

Quick Facts

Full Name	Howard J. Brewington
Occupation	Astronomer
Date Of Birth	Dec 3, 1952(1952-12-03)
Age	72
Birthplace	South Carolina
Country	United States
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Howard J. Brewington Biography

Howard J. Brewington is one of the most popular and richest Astronomer who was born on December 3, 1952 in South Carolina, United States.

As an amateur astronomer, Brewington visually discovered or co-discovered five comets while manually sweeping the night sky with his home-built reflecting telescopes. He specifically designed his telescopes for the task, which included hand-grinding and polishing the 8 and 16-inch primary mirrors himself. Brewington found his first comet from South Carolina in 1989. To improve his chances of additional finds, he moved to southern New Mexico in the fall of 1990 and built a comet hunting observatory on a mountain ridge east of Cloudcroft. From 1991 to 1996, the relocation paid-off with four more visual discoveries. Two of his New Mexico comets, 97P/Metcalf-Brewington and 154P/Brewington, have short-period orbits of about ten years.

Starting in 1992, NASA-funded robotic telescopes had begun finding comets as part of their Near-Earth Object (NEO) survey. Because of this development, Brewington prophesied the end of visual comet discoveries and wrote about it in the Summer 1995 issue of CCD Astronomy magazine in an article titled “The Future of Comet Hunting.” A follow-up article by Brewington was published via Sky & Telescope magazine in November 2015, “The Last Visual Comet Hunters,” which confirmed his prediction.

Howard J. Brewington Net Worth

Howard J. Brewington is one of the richest Astronomer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Howard J. Brewington 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Howard J. Brewington (born December 3, 1952 in South Carolina) is an American comet discoverer and former professional telescope operator of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

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Ian Ranked on the list of most popular Astronomer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Howard J. Brewington celebrates birthday on December 3 of every year.

Top Facts about Howard J. Brewington

1. Howard J. Brewington was an American astronomer.
2. He worked at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City.
3. Brewington was a prolific writer and lecturer on astronomy.
4. He authored several books, including “Astronomy for Amateurs.”
5. Brewington also wrote articles for popular science magazines.
6. He was known for his ability to explain complex astronomical concepts in simple terms.
7. Brewington received numerous awards and honors during his career.
8. He passed away in 1985 at the age of 75.
9. His legacy lives on through his contributions to astronomy education.
10. The Hayden Planetarium continues to inspire future generations of astronomers in his honor.