Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 2000
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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3766. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies
Scientific paper
A family of astronomers and calendar-makers. Gottfried Kirch was born in Guben (Germany) and acquired a 4 foot quadrant and some telescopes, making observations of comets, including the comet of 1680, apparently the first comet to be discovered with a telescope. He discovered the star chi Cygni to be variable and observed Mira. He became director at the Berlin observatory in 1700 and began to pre...
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