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Russell Ormond Redman

9/3/2026

Russell Ormond Redman (born 1951) is a Canadian astronomer and a specialist in radio astronomy who worked on the staff of the National Research Council of Canada at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory until he retired in 2013. In 1966, just after 9th grade, he first volunteered for the DAO in Victoria, British Columbia. His initial publication was a list of nearest stars in the 1970 Observer's

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Russell Ormond Redman (born 1951) is a Canadian astronomer and a specialist in radio astronomy who worked on the staff of the National Research Council of Canada at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory until he retired in 2013. In 1966, just after 9th grade, he first volunteered for the DAO in Victoria, British Columbia. His initial publication was a list of nearest stars in the 1970 Observer's Handbook, while he was still in high school. He received his Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology in 1982, and subsequently published over 75 scientific papers.

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