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Comet Finder: Dr. William R. Brooks

This exhibit looks at the life and work of Geneva comet finder William Brooks, an astronomer who made sixteen of his discoveries while a professor at Hobart College.
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A man in a black suit standing with his eye to an old-fashioned telescope.

A man in a black suit standing with his eye to an old-fashioned telescope.Astronomer and comet finder William Brooks lived and worked in Geneva from 1887 until his death in 1921. He was the second most prolific visual finder of comets in the history of astronomy, having documented 27 over the course of his life. Sixteen of these he found from his observatory in Geneva. Learn more about his life in the town and see several artifacts associated with him in this exhibit (January – April 2024).

 

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