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Discovery of Andromeda Galaxy

Germany · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1612–1755Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1612

Siman Marius1612

Science / Astronomy

Gives a description of the Andromeda Galaxy based on telescopic observations

1755

Emmanuel Kant1755

Science / Astronomy

In his work Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens conjectures that Andromeda is an island universe

Names involved

Emmanuel KantSiman Marius

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