Anthony Moffat
Anthony Moffat, astronomer and emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of Montreal
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
University of Bonn
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsUniversité de Montréal
ThesisComparison of twelve open star clusters using photographic UBV photometry (1970)

Anthony (Tony) Lee Moffat is an emeritus professor of astronomy at the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was appointed as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2001. Moffat's research focuses on massive stars (Wolf-Rayet stars in particular), stellar winds, binary stars, as well as the structure and dynamics of star formation regions and galaxies.

Education

Moffat completed his Master of Science at the University of Toronto in 1966. His doctorate was granted in 1970 from University of Bonn (Dr. rer. nat.). He then completed postdoctoral studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum from 1970 to 1976, and was awarded of his second Dr. Habil. In 1976.

In 1969 he published a paper describing the Moffat distribution, which combines the spread in stellar light due to astronomical seeing and diffraction by the telescope and used to accurately reconstruct point spread functions of images of stars.[1] While originally developed for images taken with photographic plates, these profiles are still widely used in astronomy today.[2]

In a series of papers beginning with a study of the open star cluster NGC 7380[3] and eleven other clusters,[4] Moffat used photographic UBV photometry to identify massive star populations.

Career

Moffat was hired to the faculty of Université de Montréal in 1976. He retired, becoming an emeritus professor, in 2008.[5]

During his time at the Université de Montréal, he supervised 8 postdoctoral scientists and 14 doctoral students. This includes Alexandre David-Uraz's research into dust formation around Wolf-Rayet stars.[6]

Honours and awards

References

  1. ↑ Moffat, A.F.J. (December 1969). "A Theoretical Investigation of Focal Stellar Images in the Photographic Emulsion and Application to Photographic Photometry". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 3 (1): 355. Bibcode:1969A&A.....3..455M.
  2. ↑ "Moffat Function". het.as.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  3. ↑ Moffat, A.F.J. (June 1971). "Photometry and structure of the young open cluster NGC 7380". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 13 (1): 30–39. Bibcode:1971A&A....13...30M.
  4. ↑ Moffat, A.F.J. (November 1972). "Photometry of eleven young open star clusters". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement. 7 (1): 355. Bibcode:1972A&AS....7..355M.
  5. ↑ "APRUM Honneur". www.aprum.umontreal.ca. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  6. ↑ Alpaslan, Mehmet (7 June 2011). "Wolf-Rayet binary a dust-forming factory". Astronomy Now. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "RASC Gold Medal". RASC. 2011-05-15. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  8. ↑ "Killam Program". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  9. ↑ "UdeM:Forum/Divers". www.forum.umontreal.ca. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  10. ↑ "Member Directory | The Royal Society of Canada". rsc-src.ca. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  11. ↑ "Dr. Anthony Moffat: 2022 Carlyle S. Beals Award for Outstanding Research – CASCA". Canadian Astronomical Society. 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2023-08-25.


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