Everything about Johann Bayer totally explained
Johann Bayer (
1572 –
March 7,
1625) was a
German astronomer and
lawyer. He was born in Rain,
Bavaria in 1572. He began his study of philosophy in
Ingolstadt in 1592, and moved later to
Augsburg to begin work as a lawyer. He grew interested in astronomy during his time in Augsburg. He ultimately became legal advisor to the Augsburg city council in 1612 and died in 1625.
He is most famous for his
star atlas Uranometria, published in
1603, which was the first
atlas to cover the entire
celestial sphere. It introduced a new system of star designation which has become known as the
Bayer designation as well as some of the modern constellations.
The
Bayer crater on the
Moon is named after him.
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