Editing Edward D. Swift

{{Short description|American astronomer (1870–1935)}}
'''Edward Doane Swift''' (24 December 1870 – 25 September 1935 in [[Buffalo, New York]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74906178/edward-doane-swift|title=Edward Doane Swift (1870-1935) - Find A Grave...|website=www.findagrave.com|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref>) was an American [[astronomer]]. Like his father Lewis, he was a founder member of the British Astronomical Association in 1890, resigning 1892.

==Early years==
Edward D. Swift was the youngest son of the astronomer [[Lewis A. Swift]] and born during his father's second marriage to Caroline Doane Topping. At the age of almost two years, his family moved to [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[New York (state)|New York]], as his father hoped his hardware business would improve in a larger city.<ref name="usskyhistory">[http://usskyhistory.blogspot.com/2012/06/lewis-swift-and-son.html Skywatchers: LEWIS SWIFT AND SON by Richard Taibi, 2012]</ref>

==Collaboration with father==
The astronomical collaboration between Edward and his father began with the inauguration of a newly built observatory including a sixteen-inch refracting telescope in 1883. In the following years, many of Lewis Swift's publications are brief references to Edward. Most notably, Edward discovered 25 new [[New General Catalogue|NGC]]-objects, 22 new IC-objects, multiple comets and a total of 46 [[nebula]]e.<ref name="klima-luft">{{Cite web|url=http://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/ngcic/persons/swift_e.htm|title=Photos|website=www.klima-luft.de|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref> He also followed in his father's footsteps by co-discovering the periodic comet [[54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT]].<ref name="usskyhistory"/>

==See also==
* [[:Category:Discoveries by Edward Swift]]
* [[New General Catalogue]]

==External links==
* [http://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/ngcic/persons/swift_e.htm Photo of Edward Swift]

==References==
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