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The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.
The modern constellation Indus is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts.
Beauty of Faith), etc., Chinese name Zhamaluding) was a 13th-century Persian [2] [3] [4] astronomer. Originally from Bukhara , he entered the service of Kublai Khan around the 1250s to set up the Islamic Astronomical Bureau in the new capital of Beijing , to operate in parallel with the traditional Chinese bureau. [ 5 ]
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. Astronomers observe astronomical objects , such as stars , planets , moons , comets and galaxies – in either observational (by analyzing the data) or theoretical astronomy .
The Revival of Planetary Astronomy in Carolingian and Post-Carolingian Europe. Variorum Collected Studies Series. Vol. CS 279. Ashgate. ISBN 0-86078-868-7. Hodson, F. R., ed. (1974). The Place of Astronomy in the Ancient World: A Joint Symposium of the Royal Society and the British Academy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-725944-8.
Ali Kuşçu was born in 1403 in the city of Samarkand, in present-day Uzbekistan.His full name at birth was Ala al-Dīn Ali ibn Muhammed al-Qushji.The last name Qushji derived from the Turkish term kuşçu—"falconer" [4] —due to the fact that Ali's father Muhammad was the royal falconer of Ulugh Beg. [3]
In Chinese astronomy, ζ Aql is located within the Heavenly Market Enclosure (天市垣, Tiān Shì Yuán), and the other stars of the constellation are placed within the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ). Several different Polynesian equivalents to Aquila as a whole are known.
The observatory is an example of the Ptolemaic positional astronomy which was shared by many civilizations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The monument features instruments operating in each of the three main classical celestial coordinate systems : the horizon-zenith local system, the equatorial system, and the ecliptic system. [ 2 ]