🔭 #OTD in the #History of #Astronomy and #Science 4 September 1682, Sir #EdmondHalley first observed the comet that now bears his name. Halley's Comet was named after him posthumously when it made its return in 1758, just as Halley had predicted.

Astronomy Picture from 14/06/2012

M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

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#BOTD #Astronomer #EdmondHalley (1656-1742) English mathematician and astronomer (Halley's comet), born in Haggerston, Middlesex, England.

Astronomy Picture from 20/05/2021

M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

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🔭 #OTD in the #History of #Astronomy and #Science 4 September 1682, Sir #EdmondHalley first observed the comet that now bears his name. Halley's Comet was named after him posthumously when it made its return in 1758, just as Halley had predicted.

Edmond Halley
8 november 1656 - 14 januari 1742

Come celebrate with me in song the name
Of Newton, to the Muses dear, for he
Unlocked the hidden treasures of truth …
Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.

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