11 November
1572: On 11 November 1572, the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe first observed a 'new star', (B Cassiopeiae or Nova Cassiopeiae 1572), one of the few recorded supernovae in the Milky ...
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1916: On 12 November 1916, Percival Lowell died.
Lowell was an American astronomer who predicted the existence of the planet Pluto and initiated the search that ended in its discovery.
Lowell was also passionately committed to finding proof of intelligent life on Mars. In 1894, he founded the Lowell Observatory as Arizona's first astronomical observatory. Studying Mars, Lowell drew a network of several hundred straight lines and their intersection in a number of 'oases' in intricate detail.
Lowell concluded that the bright areas were deserts and the dark ones were patches of vegetation. He believed that water from the melting polar cap flowed down the canals toward the equatorial region to supply the vegetation.
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10 November
1861: On 10 November 1861, Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes was born.Innes was a Scottish astronomer who was invited by David Gill to the Cape Observatory, South Africa in 1894. He ...
9 November
1934: On 9 November 1934, American astronomer Carl Sagan was born.Sagan contributed to the discovery that the atmosphere of Venus is prohibitively hot and dense, and found evidence that Saturn's ...
8 November
1656: On 8 November 1656, Sir Edmond Halley was born.Halley was an English scientist who calculated that the comet of 1682 was periodic. Using historical records, his own observations, and ...
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