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Bayer, Johann

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(1572-1660) Astronomer. Compiled a famous Uramometria comprising 51 maps of the heavens, and inaugurated the system of designating the stars of a constellation by Greek and Latin letters which are usually assigned in order of brightness.

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Entry for 'Bayer, Johann'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​b/bayer-johann.html. 1910.
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