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Al-Battānī refined Ptolemy's Almagest, introduced new ideas, and provided accurate astronomical tables His observations and calculations on solar eclipses, Earth's obliquity, and trigonometry had a profound impact on subsequent astronomers like Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, and Halley
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Throughout human history, astronomers have helped people understand what they see in the night sky These famous astronomers — many of them great scientists who mastered many fields — explained
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Here we've listed some of the most famous astronomers in history: those men and women who revolutionised our view of the night sky, and helped us understand a little better our own place in the vast cosmos
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Astronomers are scientists who mainly focus on the study of space and celestial objects like planets, stars, moons, galaxies—and the universe as a whole Their scientific studies and observations help us understand better the vast cosmos beyond our planet
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These are 20 of the greatest astronomers of all time, beginning with the Charles Messier, the French Comet hunter
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This is a list of astronomers, ordered alphabetically by nationality It includes scientists who received degrees in astronomy, who made significant contributions to the study of astronomy, or who built astronomical instruments, as well as those whose work in other areas of science employed astronomical subjects
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Throughout the centuries Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and other famous astronomers have laid the foundation for modern astronomy Here, we chronicle the life stories and achievements of astronomers, astrophotographers, and community leaders who are masters in their craft, even if they’re not always household names
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The ten most important astronomers of the last several centuries whose insights and discoveries have helped shape the study of the universe
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