Astronomer

that would eventually lead to the discoveries of the most significant moments in science history. Known as the scientific revolution, those scientists, astronomers and philosophers that took part made an effort to address disputes and answer questions of the universe, however challenging predetermined views. Nicolaus Copernicus was a polish astronomer whose major finding would change the worldwide view of the universe and initiated the scientific revolution. Before Copernicus’s discovery and the…

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was a female astronomer who lead the way for the ability to measure the distance between two planets, along with many other. Leavitt was born to a minister in Lancaster, Massachusetts in 1868. She attended a a higher education at Society for the Collegiate Instruction for Women, now named Radcliffe College. She graduated the college with a Bachelor's degree, but it was not in astronomy, which she would later dedicate her life to. She did take an astronomy class in her…

Uranus: Uranus was discovered in 1781 by a British Astronomer named William Herschel, using a 6 inch telescope. At first he thought that it might be a nebulous star or even a comet, but after continued observation, he realized that it appeared to be a disk in the sky that moved relative to the stars. The movement was far too slow to be a comet and soon enough he realized that he had discovered the 7th planet at the time. At first, he wanted to name it Georgium Sidus which translates to…

behind the harmony amongst the stars. One of the most groundbreaking Copernican astronomers, Galileo Galilei was the first stargazer to observe the heavens with a telescope. This was a monumental happening – craters and rocky terrain on the surface of the Moon; the moons of Jupiter; spots on the surface of the sun; the phases of Venus. These findings were detailed in 1610’s The Starry Messenger, and amazed astronomers around the world. Unfortunately, the Church deemed Galileo’s discoveries to be…

in public schools for centuries that G-d is the sole creator of the universe, fauna, and flora. When astronomers and biologists laid the groundwork for the formation of the Big Bang model and Darwinism that followed observations and publishings by Edwin Hubble and Charles Darwin, respectively, religious individuals, Americans especially, profoundly attempted to discredit and criticize the astronomers, strikingly similar to the public’s outrage following Galileo's conclusions. Multiple courts…

tore it apart. The astronomers were astonished with the calculations into the comet’s future to find out that it will physically strike Jupiter in 1994. “The chunks…

PART A: LISTENING NOTES PART B: SUMMARRY The episode THE SHAW PRIZE: ASTRONOMY/MATHS broadcast on Sep. 7th , 2015, recounts the stories of Shall Prize laureates. They are Bill Burocki, an astronomer, Gerd Faltings and Henryk Iwaniezproletarian, mathematicians. They crowned share of Shaw Prize for making fundamental contribution to astronomy and mathematics. The Shaw Prize is an internationally prestigious award to recommend excellency in astronomy, life science and…

Muslims needed to know a lot about astronomy in order to correctly time prayers. An example of this would be the development of the plantary theory by Ibn al-Ahatir. During the 16th an astronomer name Taqi-al-Din created astronomical tables and observation instruments which measure the coordinates of stars and distance between them. The first observatory in Europe was even built by a Muslim in 1190 A.D. All in all, the Muslims have made…

change over time, and even the history and culture of the astronomers who create these catalogues. As early as the 2nd millennium B.C.E, star catalogues have been kept (Van der Waerden); they can be seen all over the world and across cultures, increasing in breadth over time as the technology of telescopes advanced and allowed humans to see more stars than with the naked eye. The Henry Draper catalogue, an extremely useful tool for astronomers, is the result of the work of many different…

Equinox at the ancient site of Chichén Itza in central Yucatan.Each year thousands of pilgrims and curiosity seekers flock to the nearly six square miles of national park ruins to watch a phenomena that was carefully mapped by ancient architects and astronomers. On the day of both the vernal equinox and the autumnal equinox and several days leading up to and after the events afternoon sunlight bathes the western balustrade of the El Castillo pyramid's main stairway causing seven isosceles…