Carl Keenan Seyfert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carl Keenan Seyfert

American astronomer

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1911

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1960

Profession: astronomer, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Carl Keenan Seyfert (February 11, 1911 – June 13, 1960) was an American astronomer.
He is best known for his 1943 research paper on high-excitation line emission from the centers of some spiral galaxies, which are named Seyfert galaxies after him.
Seyfert's Sextet, a group of galaxies, is also named after him.