John E. Mellish

John E. Mellish

John Edward Mellish (1886 – 1970) was an American amateur astronomer and telescope builder.

In November 1915 he announced to have observed craters on Mars, and being the second person to do so after E. E. Barnard. Both claims are disputed to this day, but he is still credited to be the first human to recognize craters on Mars using the great 40-inch Yerkes refractor. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
] A crater on Mars (Mellish) was named in his honor.

See also

* Sherzer Observatory

External links

* [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/MITC/marsinfo/observe.htm Discussion of crater observations on Mars]
*The boy astronomer of Cottage Grove in Wisconsin Academy review [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=div&did=WI.0009.0264.0011&isize=XL]


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