MessageToEagle.com – The American astronomer, George Ellery Hale died on February 21, 1938. He developed important astronomical instruments, including the Hale Telescope, a 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory, near
MessageToEagle.com – Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) is one of the world’s most famous astronomers. He defended Copernicus’s sun-centered universe and discovered that planets move in ellipses. Born in Weil der
MessageToEagle.com – On December 30, 1924, America astronomer Edwin Hubble announced that there are other galaxies in the cosmos. Our home galaxy Milky Way is not alone; it
MessageToEagle.com – On December 27, 1571, Johannes Kepler, ‘Father of Modern Astronomy’ was born. His three fundamental statements about planetary motion represent his work, which he based on
MessageToEagle.com – On December 22, 1911, Grote Reber, amateur astronomer and radio engineer was born in Chicago. He was a ham radio operator, studied radio engineering, and worked
MessageToEagle.com – On December 15, 1612, Simon Marius (1573 – 1624) mathematician and astronomer, independently rediscovered the “Nebula in the Girdle of Andromeda”, actually the Andromeda Galaxy (M31).
MessageToEagle.com – On November 27, 1701, Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician (1701-1744) was born. He invented the centigrade (Celsius) temperature scale commonly used in Europe and founded
MessagetoEagle.com – On October 20, 1632, Sir Christopher Wren – one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history – was born. He was a man of
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Varahamihira (505–587 CE) was an Indian astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer from Ujjain, which during the Gupta period (320 to 550 AD), was a
MessageToEagle.com – On July 23, 1773, Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane original name Thomas Brisbane, was born near Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was a British soldier and astronomical observer,
MessageToEagle.com – On July 13, 1527, John Dee, English mathematician, occultist, astrologer, astronomer, was born in London. Dee who was one of the most learned men of his
MessageToEagle.com – On July 3, 1841, astronomer John Couch Adams was one of two, who independently discovered the planet Neptune. Many people consider him the true discoverer of
MessageToEagle.com – The Struve Geodetic Arc was laid out in 1816-1855 under direction of Wilhelm von Struve (1793 – 1864), a German astronomer, in order to finally establish the
MessageToEagle.com – Have you ever wondered what the Universe will look like for a future alien astronomer? It will in fact be entirely different from what it is today.
