in Fundamental Physics. In October 2011, this work was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, with one half of the prize going to the head of the Supernova Cosmology Project, Saul Perlmutter, and the rest to the heads of a competing team. References External links Schaefer's web page at LSU Schaefer on the "Discovery of the lost Star Catalog of Hipparchus on The Farnese Atlas" N.Y. Times article on Schaefer's work on Hipparchus and The Farnese Atlas Living people Louisiana State University faculty American astronomers Year of birth missing (living people) Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Historians of astronomy