Discoverers of astronomical objects
22 entries in the Discoverers of Astronomical Objects compendium.
George O. AbellAmerican astronomer known for galaxy clusters and skepticism.Ramón María Aller UlloaGalician priest-astronomer who discovered four double stars.Heinrich Louis d'ArrestGerman astronomer who helped discover Neptune and found a periodic comet.Walter BaadeGerman astronomer who doubled the known size of the universe.Solon Irving BaileyAmerican astronomer who discovered asteroid 504 Cora and led Boyden Station.Edward Emerson BarnardGifted observational astronomer who discovered Barnard's Star.Frank Arthur BellamyBritish astronomer who catalogued over a million stars with his niece.John BevisEnglish doctor, electrical researcher, and discoverer of the Crab Nebula.Willem BlaeuDutch cartographer, globe maker, and publisher of the Atlas Novus.Johann Elert BodeGerman astronomer who popularised the Titius–Bode law and named Uranus.James BradleyEnglish astronomer and priest, third Astronomer Royal.William Frederick DenningBritish amateur astronomer who discovered five comets and studied meteors.Williamina FlemingScottish astronomer who cataloged thousands of stars and discovered the Horsehead Nebula.Margaret GellerAmerican astrophysicist who mapped the nearby universe.Karl Ludwig HardingGerman astronomer who discovered the asteroid Juno in 1804.Guillermo HaroMexican astronomer who co-discovered Herbig–Haro objects.John HerschelEnglish polymath who invented the blueprint and advanced astronomy.Giovanni Battista HodiernaItalian astronomer who catalogued nebulous objects and double stars.Johann Abraham IhleGerman amateur astronomer who discovered the globular cluster M22.Bärbel KoribalskiGalaxy formation scientist and leader of major HI surveys.Nicolas-Louis de LacailleFrench astronomer who catalogued southern stars and named 14 constellations.Guillaume Le GentilFrench astronomer who missed both Venus transits on an 11-year journey.
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