He discovered the four moons of Jupiter.
Galileo !
From the first time that people looked at the night sky and the sun and began to wonder about them, you could say that astronomy originated.
The autumnal equinox.
No Astronomy is not the study of the gupta empire. The Gupta empire however, was famous for multiple astronomical inventions. It was supposedly (R.V. Savakar) the first to identify that the earth was not the center of the Universe. Addtionally they viewed multiple planets.
Astronomy was discovered by Ancient peoples in Africa as a way of telling time. The ancient Egyptians used star risings as a way to measure the night time,..the evening and the morning was the first day Genesis 1:5. Later the Egyptians used Astronomy to predict the seasons of the year and the timing of the year. There was a stone calendar in 6500 BCE. Astronomy can be said to be the first science man developed.
Uranus was the first planet discovered by telescope. It was discovered by the German musician William Herschel in 1781. (He was a professional musician, but astronomy was his hobby)
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astronomy was discovered by accident and there was a little need for it because some of the ancient people needed to have time
William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus in 1781.
He discovered the four moons of Jupiter.
Albert Einstein discovered the Theory of Relativity.
Spacecows, flying pigs and alians
She discovered astronomy which led to future inventions
Rizal Technological University in Mandaluyong City is the first and currently the only school that offers courses in astronomy such as B.S. Astronomy Technology and MS in Astronomy
I think they discovered that the earth was round. I don't know for sure :)
Probably there are people who are not named that discovered it first that the known scientist now. I think the Egyptians started it first. But, astronomy started in Greece. So, the first known Greek astronomer is Ptolemy.