Leslie Peltier

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Leslie Copus Peltier (January 2, 1900 – May 10, 1980) was an American amateur astronomer.

Biography

He was born in Delphos, Ohio. An amateur astronomer, he was a prolific discoverer of comets and also a persistent observer of variable stars and member of the AAVSO. Harlow Shapley once described him as "the world's greatest non-professional astronomer".

He wrote the heart-warming autobiographical Starlight Nights (ISBN 0-933346-94-8), which evokes the magic of stargazing in simpler days, on a farm and without light pollution.

Asteroid 3850 Peltier is named in his honor, as is the Leslie C. Peltier Award of the Astronomical League.

Obituary

JAVSO 9 (1980) 32

External links

Leslie C. Peltier at the AAVSO

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 92360502 LCCN: n86133851 ISNI: 0000 0000 8278 6289 GND: 122845315 NDL: 00452452

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Name	Peltier, Leslie
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Short description	American astronomer
Date of birth	January 2, 1900
Place of birth
Date of death	May 10, 1980
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