Philippe Loys de Chéseaux

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Swiss astronomer astronomer human

Philippe Loys de Chéseaux was an 18th-century Swiss astronomer known for his observations of nebulae and star clusters and for formulating an early version of Olbers' paradox.

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Label Occurrences
Philippe Loys de Chéseaux canonical 6
Jean-Philippe de Chéseaux 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Swiss astronomer ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1718-05-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1751-09-30 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
familyName de Chéseaux NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
observational astronomy ⓘ
formulated early version of Olbers' paradox ⓘ
givenName Philippe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCitizenship Canton of Vaud NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection nebula catalogue later used by Charles Messier ⓘ
influenced Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers NERFINISHED ⓘ
later discussions of Olbers' paradox ⓘ
knownFor early formulation of Olbers' paradox ⓘ
observations of nebulae ⓘ
observations of star clusters ⓘ
work on the brightness of the night sky ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
memberOf Académie des sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableAchievement analyzed distribution of stars in the Milky Way ⓘ
compiled one of the earliest catalogues of nebulae ⓘ
identified several previously unknown nebulae ⓘ
notableConcept Chéseaux's paradox (form of Olbers' paradox) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Mémoire sur la lumière des étoiles ⓘ
catalogue of nebulae and star clusters ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
partOf Republic of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Canton of Vaud NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lausanne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
proposed cosmological argument about the darkness of the night sky ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
residence Lausanne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studied comets ⓘ
nebulae ⓘ
star clusters ⓘ
variable stars ⓘ
studiedAt Academy of Lausanne NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Open cluster M25 → discoveredBy → Philippe Loys de Chéseaux ⓘ
Open cluster M17 → discoveredBy → Philippe Loys de Chéseaux ⓘ
Messier 17 → discoveredBy → Philippe Loys de Chéseaux ⓘ
Eagle Nebula → discoveredBy → Philippe Loys de Chéseaux ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jean-Philippe de Chéseaux
Messier 25 → discoveredBy → Philippe Loys de Chéseaux ⓘ
Omega Nebula → discoveredBy → Philippe Loys de Chéseaux ⓘ
Open cluster M16 → discoveredBy → Philippe Loys de Chéseaux ⓘ
Messier 16 → discoveredBy → Philippe Loys de Chéseaux ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jean-Philippe de Chéseaux