Complex sentence: Its name honors Richard Emmons (1919-2005), who was a longtime professor of physics and astronomy at Kent State University and known as "Mr. Astronomy" to the thousands of children and residents who look at the heavens through his homemade telescopes.
Split into simpler sentences: Its name honors Richard Emmons (1919-2005), who was a longtime professor of physics and astronomy at Kent State University. Emmons helped thousands of children and residents look at the heavens through his homemade telescopes.