Papers, etc.

Papers are at the Mary Lea Shane Archives of Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz library.

Other References: Historical

DeVorkin, David H., “Electronics in Astronomy: Early Applications of the Photoelectric Cell and Photomultiplier for Studies of Point-Source Celestial Phenomena.,” Proc. IEEE 73, 1205-20 (1985).

Hearnshaw, J. B., The Measurement of Starlight: Two Centuries of Astronomical Photometry (Cambridge University Press, NY, 1996)

Stebbins, Joel, The Electrical Photometry of Stars,” PASP 52, 235 (1940).

Whitford, A.E., “American Pioneer in Photoelectric Astronomy,” Sky & Telescope 31, 268 (1966). [Stebbins obituary]

Whitford, A.E., “Directorship of Lick Observatory, 1958-1968,” Oral History interview by Randall Jarrell, 1995
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Other References:Scientific

Whitford, Albert E., “The Zeeman Effect of the K II Spectrum,” Phys. Rev. 39, 898-904 (1932).

Whitford, Albert E., “The Application of a Thermionic Amplifier to the Photometry of Stars,” Ap.J. 76, 213-23 (1932).

Stebbins, Joel & Albert E. Whitford, “The Diameter of the Andromeda Nebula,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 20, 93-98 (1934).

Stebbins, Joel & Albert E. Whitford, “The Magnitude of the Companion of Sirius,” PASP 47, 151-56 (1935).

Whitford, Albert E., “Photoelectric Magnitudes of the Brightest Extra-Galactic Nebulae,” Ap.J. 83, 424-32 (1936).

Stebbins, Joel & A.E. Whitford, “Absorption and Space Reddening in the Galaxy from the Colors of Globular Clusters,” Ap.J. 84, 132-57 (1936).

Stebbins, Joel & Albert E. Whitford, “Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colors of Extragalactic Nebulae,” Ap.J. 86, 247-73 (1937).

Whitford, A.E. & G.E. Kron, “Photoelectric Guiding of Astronomical Telescopes,” Review of Scientific Instruments 8, 78-82 (1937).

Stebbins, Joel & A.E. Whitford, “The Total Light and Color of the Solar Corona of June 8, 1937,” Ap.J. 87, 225-36 (1938).

Stebbins, Joel & A.E. Whitford, “The Magnitudes of the Thirty Brightest Stars in the North Polar Sequence,” Ap.J. 87, 237-56 (1938).

Whitford, Albert E., “Photoelectric Observation of Diffraction at the Moon's Limb,” Ap.J. 89, 472-81 (1939).

Stebbins, Joel, C.M. Huffer, & A.E. Whitford, “Space Reddening in the Galaxy,” Ap.J. 90, 209-29 (1939).

Stebbins, Joel, C.M. Huffer, & A.E. Whitford, “The Colors of 1332 B Stars,” Ap.J. 91, 20-50 (1940).

Whitford, Albert E., “Advantages and Limitations of the Photoelectric Cell in Astronomy,” PASP 52, 244-49 (1940).

Stebbins, Joel, C.M. Huffer, & A.E. Whitford, “The Mean Coefficient of Selective Absorption in the Galaxy,” Ap.J. 92, 193-99 (1940).

Stebbins, Joel, A.E. Whiford, & P. Swings, “A Strong Infra-Red Radiation from Molecular Nitrogen in the Night Sky,” Phys. Rev. 66, 225-26 (1944).

Stebbins, Joel & A.E. Whitford, “Six-Color Photometry of Stars,” Ap.J. 98, 20-32 (1943); 102, 318-46 (1945); 106, 235-42 (1947); 108, 413-28 (1948).

Whitford, A.E., “An Extension of the Interstellar Absorption-Curve,” Ap.J. 107, 102-06 (1948).

Stebbins, Joel & A.E. Whitford, “The Relation between Color Index and Red Shift for Extragalactic Nebulae,” Astronomical Journal 53, 204-05 (1948).

Whitford, A.E., “Infrared Detectors and Their Astronomical Application, ” Harvard College Observatory Monographs 7, 155-68 (1948).

Stebbins, Joel & Albert E. Whitford, “Magnitudes and Colors of 176 Extragalactic Nebulae,” Ap.J. 115, 284-91 (1952).

Whitford, A.E., “Photoelectric Astronomy,” Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics 1, 25-29 (1956).

Whitford, A.E., “The Law of Interstellar Reddening,” Astronomical Journal 63, 201-07 (1958).

Whitford, A.E., “The Distance to the Galactic Center from the Photometry of Objects in the Nuclear Region,” PASP 73, 94-100 (1961).

Whitford, A.E., “Photoelectric Techniques,” Handbuch der Physik 54, 240-88 (1962). [abstract]

Whitford, A.E., “Distribution of Luminosity, Color, and Spectral Energy in Bright Galaxies,” in G.C. McVittie, ed., Problems of Extra-Galactic Research, Proceedings from IAU Symposium no. 15 (Macmillan Press, NY, 1962), pp.27-33.

Sears, R.L. & A.E. Whitford, “Six-Color Photometry of Stars. XII. Colors of Hyades and Subdwarf Stars,” Ap.J. 155, 899-912 (1969).

Whitford, A.E., “Absolute Energy Curves and K-Corrections for Giant Elliptical Galaxies,” Ap.J. 169, 215-20 (1971).

Whitford, A.E., “Dwarf Content of Old Galaxy Populations,” in John R. Shakeshaft, ed., The Formation and Dynamics of Galaxies: Proceedings from IAU Symposium no. 58 held in Canberra, Australia, August 12-15, 1973. (Reidel, Dordrecht, 1974), pp. 169-72.

Whitford, A.E., “Spectral Scans of the Nuclear Bulge of the Galaxy: Comparison with Other Galaxies,” Ap.J. 226,777-89 (1978).

Frogel, Jay A. & A.E. Whitford, “Luminosity of M Giants in the Nuclear Bulge of the Galaxy,” Ap.J. 259, L7-L11 (1982).

Whitford, A.E. & R.M. Rich, “Metal Content of K Giants in the Nuclear Bulge of the Galaxy,” Ap.J. 274,723-32 (1983).

Whitford, A.E., “The Stellar Population of the Galactic Nuclear Bulge,” PASP 97, 205-13 (1985).

Frogel, Jay A. , et al, “Infrared Photometry and Spectroscopy of Supernova 1986g in NGC 5128-Centaurus A,” Ap.J. 35, L129-L134 (1987).

Frogel, Jay A. & A.E. Whitford, “M Giants in Baade’s Window: Infrared Colors, Luminosities, and Implications for the Stellar Content of E and S0 Galaxies,” Ap.J. 320, 199-237 (1987).

Frogel, Jay A., Terndrup, D. M., V.M. Blanco, & A.E. Whitford, “Galactic Bulge M Giants. II. Content and Structure of the Bulge between b = –3° and –12°, ” Ap.J. 353, 494-523 (1990).

Terndrup, D. M., Jay A. Frogel, & A.E. Whitford, “Galactic Bulge M Giants. III. Near-infrared Spectra and Implications for the Stellar Content of E and S0 Galaxies, ” Ap.J. 357, 453-76 (1990).

Spaenhauer, Andreas, B.F Jones, & A.E. Whitford, “Proper Motions of Bulge Stars,” Astronomical Journal 103, 297-302 (1992).

Whitford, A.E., “Do the OH/JR Stars within 100 pc of the Galactic Center Belong to the Disk Population?” in Herwig DeJonghe & Harm Jan Habing, eds., Galactic Bulges: Proceedings of the 153rd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union Held in Ghent, Belgium, August 17-22, 1992, (Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1993), pp. 339-40.

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Other Works: Popularizations, History, etc.

Whitford, A.E. & J.W. Slowey, “A Model of the Solar Neighborhood,” Sky & Telescope 14, 496 (1955).

Whitford, A.E., “The Plan for a New American Observatory,” PASP 68, 115 -17 (1956).

National Research Council, Ground-Based Astronomy, a Ten-Year Program: A Report Prepared by the Panel on Astronomical Facilities for the Committee on Science and Public Policy of the National Academy of Sciences (National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, Washington, DC, 1964). [popularly known as the Whitford Report; a short version appeared in Science 146, 1641-48 (1964).]

Whitford, A.E., “New Santa Cruz Headquarters for Lick Observatory,” Sky & Telescope 32, 328 (1966).

Whitford, A.E., “Astronomy and Astronomers at the Mountain Observatories,” Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 198, p. 202 - 210 (1972).