Astronomer

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An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. Historians often argue that ancient astronomers were priests and that this duality led to the rise of astrology.

Famous Astronomers

Astronomer	Contribution
Hipparchus and Ptolemy	Determined the positions of about 1,000 bright stars, tried to explain the puzzles of astronomy without refuting the commonly believed geocentric model of universe and classified stars by magnitude.
Aristarchus	First known person to propound the heliocentric model of universe
Nicolaus Copernicus	Reitererated the heliocentric model of universe
Galileo Galilei	was the first to use the telescope to observe the sky
Johannes Kepler	suggested the elliptical orbits

See also: List of astronomers

There is also a well-known painting by Johannes Vermeer titled The Astronomer, which is often linked to Vermeer's The Geographer. These paintings are both thought to represent the growing influence and rise in prominence of scientific enquiry in Europe at the time of their painting, 1668-69.

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