Voituret Anthelme

Voituret Anthelme (1618–1683) was a French Carthusian monk and astronomer.

Life

He was born in Châtenay, France in 1618.[1] and died in 1683.

Career

He was able to devote considerable time in the observation of comets and variable stars.[2]

He discovered several comets and investigated the cause of the brightness change of the variable star Mira.[2] He is credited with being the first to observe the Nova 1670 Vulpeculae, the first ordinary nova discovered in modern times.[1]

Bibliography

In 1681, he published the book Explication de la comete.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://spider.seds.org/spider/Vars/Add/var-dis.html
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hockey, Thomas. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers.
  3. ↑ "Anthelme, Voituret" Springer Reference, Retrieved May 29, 2014

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