Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
French astronomer
Died when: 48 years 83 days (578 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (French: [nik?la lwi d? lakaj]; 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.Lacaille observed over 10,000 stars using just a half-inch refracting telescope.
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