Astronomers

  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    Feb 19, 1473

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    He was a polyglot. He was careful about publicizing his views.
  • Tycho Brahe
    Dec 14, 1546

    Tycho Brahe

    He had a fake nose. He believed his friend was pschic.
  • Galileo Galilei
    Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Galilei

    He was a college dropout. He constructed his own telescope.
  • Kepler Johannes
    Dec 27, 1571

    Kepler Johannes

    He was born prematurely and was a feeble child with weak vision. He was introduced to astronomy at an early age by his mother.
  • Edmond Halley

    Edmond Halley

    He was 85 when he died. He went to St Paul's school.
  • Herschel William

    Herschel William

    He died when he was 83. He used the Great Forty-Foot Telescope.
  • Olbers Heinrich

    Olbers Heinrich

    He discovered the paradox. He discovered Vesta and Palla.
  • Friedrich Bessel

    Friedrich Bessel

    He discovered the long-sought Steller parallax. He used an tiny angular shift.
  • William Huggins

    William Huggins

    He was an English artist. He was known for Astronomical spectroscopy.
  • Edwin Hubble

    Edwin Hubble

    He helped Albert Einstein. He discovered other galaxies using the most advanced telescope