Johann Bayer

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astronomer celestial cartographer human

Johann Bayer was a German astronomer and celestial cartographer best known for his 1603 star atlas "Uranometria," which introduced the Bayer designation system for naming stars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomer ⓘ
celestial cartographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd early 17th century ⓘ
activeYearsStart late 16th century ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 17th century ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1572-01-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1625-03-07 ⓘ
deathAge about 53 ⓘ
described constellations of the southern sky ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Bayer NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
celestial cartography ⓘ
genre star atlas ⓘ
givenName Johann NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn modern constellation maps ⓘ
naming conventions for bright stars ⓘ
hasLegacy Bayer designations still used in modern star catalogs ⓘ
hasPartInWork 48 star charts in Uranometria ⓘ
hasWork Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata NERFINISHED ⓘ
inAcademicDiscipline astrometry ⓘ
spherical astronomy ⓘ
influenced later stellar catalogues ⓘ
introduced systematic use of Greek letters to designate stars within constellations ⓘ
knownFor Bayer designation system NERFINISHED ⓘ
star atlas Uranometria NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
name Johann Bayer NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Uranometria NERFINISHED ⓘ
notationSystem Bayer designation ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
cartographer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rain, Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Augsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 1603 ⓘ
Uranometria, 1603 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
uses Tycho Brahe’s observational data in Uranometria ⓘ
workLocation Augsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Dorado → firstPublishedBy → Johann Bayer ⓘ
Musca → firstPublishedInAtlasBy → Johann Bayer ⓘ
constellation Dorado → firstPublishedBy → Johann Bayer ⓘ
subject surface form: Dorado