Definition of astronomer. Meaning of astronomer. Synonyms of astronomer

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Definition of astronomer

Astronomer
Astronomer As*tron"o*mer, n. [See Astronomy.] 1. An astrologer. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena. An undevout astronomer is mad. --Young.

Meaning of astronomer from wikipedia

- An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe...
- of the following fields: Astronomers and Institutions: links to the corresponding article about the discovering astronomer or institution on Wikipedia...
- Look up astronomer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Astronomer may refer to: Vita Hludovici or the "Limousin Astronomer", the anonymous author of...
- Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the astronomer royal dating from...
- Claudius Ptolemaeus; c. 100 – c. 170 AD) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific...
- with the Sumerians. During the 8th and 7th centuries BC, Babylonian astronomers developed a new empirical approach to astronomy. They began studying...
- Anwā’. The study of Anwā’ was developed after Islamization when Arab astronomers introduced mathematics to their study of the night sky. The first astronomical...
- The Astronomers Monument in front of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California is a New Deal artwork created under the au****es of the Public Works...
- The Astronomer (Dutch: De astronoom) is a painting finished in about 1668 by the Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer. It is in oil on canvas with...
- interferometry, developed by British radio astronomer Martin Ryle and Australian engineer, radiophysicist, and radio astronomer Joseph Lade Pawsey and Ruby Payne-Scott...