He was the first to report the very bright V1500 Cygni (Nova Cygni 1975) at magnitude 3.0 on August 29, 1975; it peaked at 2.0, and many hundreds of independent discoveries were subsequently made by others. [1] (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/02800/02826.html#Item1)
The asteroid 3904 Honda is named after him, 8485 Satoru is named after his wife,and 11442 Seijin-Sanso is named after his astronomical observatory.[2] (http://www8.plala.or.jp/seijin/)
MinoruHonda (æ¬ç"°å®) (February 26, 1913 – August 26 1990) was a Japanese astronomer.
He was the first to report the very bright V1500 Cygni (Nova Cygni 1975) at magnitude 3.0 on August 29 1975; it peaked at 2.0, and many hundreds of independent discoveries were subsequently made by others.
The asteroid 3904 Honda is named after him, 8485 Satoru is named after his wife,and 11442 Seijin-Sanso is named after his astronomical observatory.[2]
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