astronmy history

By Codypoe
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    Grezce

    Greece Ptolemy suggests geocentric theory of the universe in famous work Mathematike Syntaxis.
    Ptolemy a Greek astronomer who lived between 85-165 A.D. his theory states that the Earth was at the center of the universe
  • Apr 29, 1572

    Denmark

    Tycho Brahe discovers a supernova in constellation of Cassiopeia.
  • Apr 29, 1582

    Italy

    Pope Gregory XIII introduces the Gregorian calendar.
  • Germany

    Johann Bayer introduces Bayer designation of stars, assigning Greek letters to stars, still in use today.
  • Netherlands

    Hans Lippershey, a Dutch spectacles maker invents the telescope.
  • italy

    Galileo uses telescope for astronomical purposes. He discovers 4 Jovian moons, the Moon's craters and the Milky Way galaxy
  • The Moon

    Armstrong and Aldrin walk on the Moon as part of Apollo 11 mission.
  • U.S.A

    Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
  • Mars

    New evidence found for water on Mars.
  • Iraq

    Al Mamon founds the Baghdad school of astronomy.