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Professional and well-known scientists who have worked in the field of astronomy.

Submissions to this category should relate to professional or well-known historical figures in the field of astronomy.

Living astronomers are found in the Astronomers category.

Cassini, Giovanni

Giovanni Cassini was an Italian-born French astronomer who, among others, discovered Cassini's division, the dark gap between the A and B rings of Saturn. Discovered four of Saturn's moons.

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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was a creative, prolific genius whose ability to combine mathematical precision with physical insight changed humanity's view of stellar physics. His most famous discovery was that not all stars end up as white dwarf stars, but those retaining mass above a certain limit - today known as "Chandrasekhar's limit," undergo further collapse. (Source: NASA)

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Copernicus, Nicolas

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Galilei, Galileo

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Herschel, Sir William

German-born Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel moved to England as a musician and composer. He became known as William Herschel and later made a much greater mark as an astronomer. He was knighted in 1817.

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Huygens, Christiaan

Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) was the best known scientist of the Dutch Golden Age. His inventions and discoveries in astronomy, physics and mathematics revolutionized 17th-century science.

Kepler, Johannes

Johannes Kepler, 1571-1630. German mathematician remembered for his contributions to astronomy and physics.

Rømer, Ole

Danish astronomer (1644-1710) who demonstrated conclusively that light travels at a finite speed. Also invented the "Meridian Circle" instrument for charting star positions in the sky.

Sagan, Carl

American astronomer and Nobel laureate Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn, NY on November 9, 1934 and died in Seattle, Wash on December 20, 1996. He is best known as the presenter of the 1980 PBS television series Cosmos; as author of a range of popular science books such as The Demon-Haunted World, Broca's Brain, The Dragons of Eden, and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors; as a columnist for Parade magazine; and as author of the novel Contact which was also released as a major motion picture.

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