Astronomer in a sentence

If a massive object is situated between the astronomer and a distant target object with appropriate mass and relative distances, the astronomer will see multiple distorted images of the target.

In 1782, he was appointed "The King’s Astronomer" (not to be confused with the Astronomer Royal ).

Influenced by Galileo's work, the Sicilian astronomer Giovanni Hodierna became possibly the first astronomer to use a telescope to find previously undiscovered open clusters.

Soviet astronomer Iosif Shklovsky wrote the pioneering book in the field, Universe, Life, Intelligence (1962), which was expanded upon by American astronomer Carl Sagan as the best-selling book Intelligent Life in the Universe (1966). citation The WOW!

Astronomer Sam Dean has located preservation images that help confirm the 1:1 resonance with Earth.

He quickly achieved international recognition and was widely considered the foremost astronomer in Australia, carrying out an impressive range of astronomical observations and authoring almost 400 publications, all from his base in Windsor.

In 1963, Dutch astronomer Maarten Schmidt discovered quasars, beacons at the edge of the universe pumping out 100 times the energy of a normal galaxy.

In April 1969, the ship reached Tahiti, where it stayed for four months also to allow astronomer Charles Green to study the movements of Venus.

The Hubble Space Telescope is named after Edwin Hubble, an early 20th century astronomer who discovered galaxies beyond our own Milky Way galaxy.

The play focuses on Henrietta Leavitt, an astronomer from the early 1900s, and her underrated contributions to the field of astronomy.

Astronomer Mark Iscaro at the Heathcote Astronomical Society of Victoria in Heathcote.

Astronomer Olivier Staiger actually predicted the spiral.

Astronomer Royal and former president of the Royal Society Lord Martin Rees of Ludlow says that scientists could not say whether aliens were 'likely or unlikely'.

Barbá 2 was first identified a decade ago by Chilean astronomer Rodolfo Barbá.

It was widely believed that Cyril, a notable Alexandrian bishop, made it his mission to eliminate the influence of the idol-worshipping female philosopher and astronomer.

Neptune was discovered when astronomer and mathematician Urbain Le Verrier noticed there was a difference between the observed orbit of Uranus and the way Newtonian physics predicted it to be.

Pausing for a moment, he thought about Carl Sagan, and how the astronomer said the same elements that form in the final gasps of a dying star—hydrogen, oxygen, carbon—are elements found in our bodies today.

The English Astronomer Royal was eager to view a total solar eclipse.

The young Thomas Brisbane would grow up to become a British Army officer, administrator and astronomer before being appointed on the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he had served, as governor of New South Wales in 1821.

A German astronomer discovered it in the early 1800s.