With more than 900 journal articles and books, Struve was one of the most distinguished and prolific astronomers of the mid-20th century.

Ibn al-Nadim mentions Nayrizi as a distinguished astronomer with Eight works by him listed in his book al-Fihrist.

His brother Richard (1794-1855) was a distinguished astronomer and man of science, whose collection of instruments eventually passed to the Royal Astronomical Society.

This article is about the distinguished astronomer.

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm became a distinguished astronomer.

His son Egon von Oppolzer also became a distinguished astronomer.

Equally so are those of David Hughes, another distinguished astronomer and the author of The Star of Bethlehem Mystery (1979).

He was a distinguished astronomer and served as President of the Royal Society for many years.

"He was certainly one of the more distinguished astronomers of this century."

A panel of distinguished astronomers judged that the Hubble "has arguably had a greater impact on astronomy than any instrument since the original astronomical telescope of Galileo."