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Giovanni Domenico Cassini – Scientist of the Day

Giovanni Domenico Cassini, an Italian/French astronomer, had a distinguished career in Bologna, where he built a large meridian in the church of San Petronio, and discovered the Great Red Spot on the surface of the planet Jupiter and a division in the rings of Saturn...

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Mappa della Luna,1746, dall'opera "Institutions Astronomique" di Pierre Charles Le Monnier.

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Francesco Fontana – Scientist of the Day

Francesco Fontana was a Neapolitan lawyer and telescope maker, with no known birth or death dates.  

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Wilhelm Beer – Scientist of the Day

Wilhelm Beer, a German banker, was born Jan. 4, 1797, in Berlin.

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Johannes Hevelius – Scientist of the Day

Johannes Hevelius, a Polish astronomer, was born Jan. 28, 1611.

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Tobias Mayer - Scientist of the Day

Tobias Mayer, a German astronomer, died Feb. 20, 1762; he was just 39 years old.

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Francesco Maria Grimaldi – Scientist of the Day

Francesco Maria Grimaldi, an Italian Jesuit, was born Apr. 2, 1618.   

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Johann Nepomuk Krieger – Scientist of the Day

Johann Nepomuk Krieger, a German astronomer, was born Feb. 4, 1865. 

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