page_title: Georges Rayet
hierarchical_section_title: Georges Rayet
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Georges Rayet, the French astronomer - This is a slightly-cropped version of the one in The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 25, p. 53, 1907
context_page_description: Georges-Antoine-Pons Rayet was a French astronomer.
  He was born in Bordeaux, France. He began working at the Paris Observatory in 1863. He worked on meteorology in addition to astronomy. He specialized in what was then the new field of spectroscopy.
  He was founder and director of the Bordeaux Observatory for more than 25 years until his death. He discovered Wolf–Rayet stars together with Charles Wolf in 1867. Awarded the Janssen Medal from the French Academy of Sciences in 1891.
context_section_description: Georges-Antoine-Pons Rayet (12 December 1839 – 14 June 1906) was a French astronomer.
  He was born in Bordeaux, France. He began working at the Paris Observatory in 1863. He worked on meteorology in addition to astronomy. He specialized in what was then the new field of spectroscopy.
  He was founder and director of the Bordeaux Observatory for more than 25 years until his death. He discovered Wolf–Rayet stars together with Charles Wolf in 1867. Awarded the Janssen Medal from the French Academy of Sciences in 1891.
caption: Georges Antoine Pons Rayet
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