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Nicolas Louis de Lacaille

French astronomer who named fourteen southern constellations

Did you know?During his expedition to the Cape of Good Hope, he mapped nearly ten thousand stars using only a small telescope.

Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (French:; 15 March 1713 – 21 March 1762), formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a French astronomer and geodesist who named 14 out of the 88 constellations. From 1750 to 1754, he studied the sky at the Cape of Good Hope in present-day South Africa.

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Age at death: 49
Years since death: 264

Born: March 15, 1713 · Rumigny, France
Died: March 21, 1762
Nationality: French
Known for: Science, Literature

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