Scheiner, Christoph (1575-1650)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3981. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Astronomer, born in Wald, near Mindelheim in Swabia (southwest Germany), became a Jesuit and professor of mathematics at the university at Ingolstadt. He made instruments, including sundials and a pantograph. On learning about GALILEO's discoveries, he obtained his own telescopes, with which he observed the Sun, and in 1611 independently discovered sunspots for himself. His publication on the sub...

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