Radhagobinda Chandra is one a pioneer of modern astrological research. He was a self educated scientist and didn't get chance to study in college. He was born on 16th July, 1878 at the village Bockchor of Jessore district. His father Gorachand Chandra was an assistant of a local doctor and mother Padmamukhi was a house wife. After trying several times to pass the entrance examination he stopped customary education and took a job at Jessore Collector's Office.

He was first influenced by the article "Brohmanda ki prokando" (How large the universe is) by Akkhyay Kumar Dutt which was part of his third grade book. From then on he always used to watch the night sky and this habit of his childhood made him a great astrologer.

One of his relative's friend Kalinath Mukhopaddhaya helped him to carry on this habit. Kalinath wrote three books on astrology at that age and Radhagobinda was introduced with astrology from those books for the first time. Radhagobinda collected a map of stars from Kalinath and started to observe the stars at night sky.

On the year of 1910, the Haley's Comet was seen and Radhagobinda observed it very carefully. His observation was later published at "Hindu" newspaper. Those observation is still very important to astrologers.

After the observation he was very inspired and bought a telescope from England. He used to observe the night sky always with that telescope. At the evening of 7th June, 1918 he observed a bright star which was not on his map of stars. He informed this observation to Harvard Observatory and thus the Nova Aquila-3 1918 was discovered. Later he was made an honorary member of 'American Association of Variable Star Observers'(AAVSO).

Harvard Observatory sent him a powerful telescope on 1926 to help him in his research works.

Between the time from 1919 and 1954 he used to observe 37215 variable stars and delivered the information about those to AAVSO. For his observations he was listed as one of the most important astrologer in the list published by AAVSO on 1946 where they listed 25 astrologers who had watched more than 10000 variable stars.

For his works on astrology France government gave him special honor on 1928.

He passed his last days at Barasat village of Kolkata.
To show him honor the telescope sent from Harvard Observatory is placed at a small observatory named 'Bapuchandra Observatory' before the Kavalur Observatory of India.