Grigory Shajn

Grigory Abramovich Shajn (Russian: Григорий Абрамович Шайн) (April 19, 1892 – August 4, 1956) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer.

In modern English transliteration, his surname would be given as Shayn, but his astronomical discoveries are credited under the name G. Shajn.

[citation needed] He earned a masters degree from Tomsk University in 1920.

[1] He was the husband of Pelageya Shajn (Пелагея Фёдоровна Шайн) née Sannikova (Санникова), who was also a Russian astronomer.

He discovered new gaseous nebulas and the anomalous abundance of 13C in stellar atmospheres.

Large optical telescope is named after Shajn