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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005719b.htm person Bessell Michael AACR2 1942 Astronomer Michael Bessell is a world authority on photoelectric photometry. After conducting his undergraduate honours research at the University of Tasmania's Richmond field station, he switched from radio to optical astronomy. His research interests include standard photometric systems. synthetic photometry, high resolution spectroscopy, Magellanic clouds, and stellar evolution and spectroscopy. 1961 1961 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Tasmania 1988 Career position - Professor, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University 1999 2000 Career position - President, Astronomical Society of Australia 2001 Award - Honorary Fellow, Astronomical Society of Australia 2007 2007 Award - Robert Ellery Lectureship, Astronomical Society of Australia Australian National University (1946 - )

Professor, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences 1988 -

 Astronomical Society of Australia (1966 - )

Honorary Fellow, 2001 - ; President 1999 - 2000

 Robert Ellery Lectureship, Astronomical Society of Australia (1991 - )

Awarded the Lectureship 2007

 'Bessell, Michael', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bessell, Michael Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The early history of low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 6: Michael Bessell and the University of Tasmania's Richmond field station near Hobart George, Martin, Orchiston, Wayne, Slee, Bruce and Wielebinski, Richard The early history of low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 6: Michael Bessell and the University of Tasmania's Richmond field station near Hobart 2016 Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 19 2 185-94