Honors
Awards
- Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1957)
- Eddington Medal (1963)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1967)
- National Medal of Science (1970)
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1972)
- Elliott Cresson Medal (1973)
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Bruce Medal (1975)
- Crafoord Prize (1991)
- Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2000)
Named after him
- Main-belt asteroid, 9963 Sandage (1992 AN)
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