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Biografia. Leçons elementaires d'astronomie géométrique et physique, 1755. Era il figlio di Charles Louis (1679-1731), gentiluomo della guardia reale, e Barbe Rebuy. È noto soprattutto per il suo catalogo di quasi 10 000 stelle del cielo australe, inclusi 42 oggetti nebulosi.
Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (French: [nikɔla lwi də 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.
11 mag 2024 · Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (born May 15, 1713, Rumigny, France—died March 21, 1762, Paris) was a French astronomer who mapped the constellations visible from the Southern Hemisphere and named many of them. In 1739 Lacaille was appointed professor of mathematics in the Mazarin College, Paris, and in 1741 was admitted to the Academy ...
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LEMMI CORRELATI. Astronomo francese (Rumigny 1713 - Parigi 1762), abate. Partecipò alle misurazioni della lunghezza del grado di meridiano in Francia, e più tardi (1750-54) al Capo di Buona Speranza, dove effettuò determinazioni di posizioni stellari nel cielo australe ed estese a questo il raggruppamento delle stesse in costellazioni.
L’abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, aussi écrit La Caille, né le 15 mars 1713 à Rumigny ( Ardennes) et mort le 21 mars 1762 1 à Paris, est l'un des principaux astronomes français du XVIIIe siècle, membre de l' Académie royale des sciences .
1 apr 2002 · Split View. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. Two hundred and fifty years ago French astronomer Nicolas Louis de la Caille spent two years at the Cape of Good Hope, carrying out astronomical and geodetic observations that had long-lasting repercussions.
Quick Info. Born. 15 March 1713. Rumigny-en-Thiérache, France. Died. 21 March 1762. Paris, France. Summary. Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille was a French astronomer and geodesist who catalogued the stars of the Southern Hemisphere and named 14 out of the 88 constellations. View three larger pictures. Biography.
