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Category List: Science: Astronomy

1.	Barnard used his pioneering work on celestial photography to discover much in space, highlights of which were Jupiter's fifth moon along with many nebulae and comets. Click here to read about Edward Barnard
2.	Nathaniel Bowditch, who, finding the existing de facto reference for maritime navigation to be inaccurate, wrote his own, which would later be adopted as the new standard. Click here to read about Nathaniel Bowditch
3.	Born into a family of mathematicians, Astronomer Anders Celcius was a professor at the University of Uppsala. He didn't live very long, but he packed a lot into that time. Click here to read about Anders Celcius
4.	Sir Arthur Eddington, who was a pioneer investigator into the internal structure of stars. Eddington was one of the first people to understand Einstein's theory of general relativity, and was able to present to the English-speaking community. He was later praised by Einstein for presenting 'the finest presentation of the subject in any language'. Click here to read about Arthur Eddington
5.	Edmund Halley is best remembered for the comet that bears his name. Whilst he surmised that three comet sightings were in fact three sightings of the same comet, he died before his prediction of its reappearance came true. The comet was named for him sixteen years after his death. Click here to read about Edmund Halley