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    Angelo Secchi S.J. (Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo ˈsekki]; 28 June 1818 – 26 February 1878) was an Italian Catholic priest, astronomer from the Italian...
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    The Secchi disk (or Secchi disc), as created in 1865 by Angelo Secchi, is a plain white, circular disk 30 cm (12 in) in diameter used to measure water...
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  • Secchi may refer to: Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer Giuseppe Secchi (1931–2018), Italian footballer Luciano Secchi (born 1939), Italian comic book...
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  • Carbon star (section Secchi)
    characteristics, and they were first recognized by their spectra by Angelo Secchi in the 1860s, a pioneering time in astronomical spectroscopy. By definition...
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    who co-founded the Institute of Geobiology with him in Peking. Pietro Angelo Secchi became a Jesuit priest in 1833. He became a professor of astronomy at...
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    Secchi classes and been progressively modified as understanding improved. During the 1860s and 1870s, pioneering stellar spectroscopist Angelo Secchi...
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    outer rim of the crater Secchi, the formation from which this range gained its name. This crater is named after Angelo Secchi, a 19th-century Italian...
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  • and embryologist Angelo Sala (1576–1637), Italian physician and chemist Angelo Scalzone (1931–1987), Italian sports shooter Angelo Secchi (1818–1878), Italian...
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    of stellar spectroscopy was pioneered by Joseph von Fraunhofer and Angelo Secchi. By comparing the spectra of stars such as Sirius to the Sun, they found...
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    the 19th century, before modern systems of stellar classification, Angelo Secchi included Betelgeuse as one of the prototypes for his Class III (orange...
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    Italian astronomer Angelo Secchi. To the northeast is the crater Taruntius. The western rim is joined with a section of the minor Montes Secchi range. The rim...
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    falling back to the solar atmosphere. They were discovered in 1877 by Angelo Secchi, but the physical mechanism that generates them is still hotly debated...
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    were first photographed during the solar eclipse of July 18, 1860, by Angelo Secchi. From these photographs, altitude, emissivity, and many other important...
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    and comets. The finding is contained in an exchange of letters with Angelo Secchi. In his 2006 novel Against the Day, American novelist Thomas Pynchon...
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  • the theory of spontaneous generation. 1865 – Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's...
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    Observatory of the Capitol, was operated from 1827 to 1870. Father Angelo Secchi SJ relocated the College Observatory to the top of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola...
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    chemical elements in Earth, and also in the Sun. Around 1862 Father Angelo Secchi developed the heliospectrograph, enabling him to study both the Sun...
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    of the mare. Rimae Secchi are named after the nearby crater Secchi which, in turn, is named after an Italian astronomer Angelo Secchi. The name of the rilles...
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    astronomical objects in other wavelengths of light. Joseph von Fraunhofer and Angelo Secchi pioneered the field of spectroscopy, which allowed them to observe the...
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    has been given different names by different cartographers. In 1850s, Angelo Secchi called the feature Atlantic Canale (later he called it Scorpion and...
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    of stellar spectroscopy was pioneered by Joseph von Fraunhofer and Angelo Secchi. By comparing the spectra of stars such as Sirius to the Sun, they found...
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  • Y Canum Venaticorum La Superba A modern (19th century) name, due to Angelo Secchi. /ˌlɑːsuːˈpɜːrbə/ Scorpius ε Scorpii Larawag Traditional name in the...
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    It sometimes goes by the informal name Navi. It was observed 1866 by Angelo Secchi, the first star ever observed with emission lines. It is now considered...
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    64: 904. Chinnici, Ileana (2018). Decoding the stars : a biography of Angelo Secchi, Jesuit and scientist. Leiden, Boston: Brill. p. 182. ISBN 9789004387294...
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  • Matteo Marsili, Joseph L. McCauley, Jean-Francois Muzy, Enrico Scalas, Angelo Secchi, Didier Sornette, H. Eugene Stanley, Victor Yakovenko and Yi-Cheng Zhang...
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    more or less as predicted, with "Comet A" being rediscovered first, by Angelo Secchi on August 26. "Comet B" was finally relocated on September 16, and once...
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  • signature of the Sun and comparing it to those of other stars, Father Angelo Secchi determines that the Sun in itself is also a star. 1887 – The Michelson–Morley...
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    star recognized as a Be star was Gamma Cassiopeiae, observed 1866 by Angelo Secchi, the first star ever observed with emission lines. Many other bright...
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    Mediterranean with scientific purposes made in 1865, in which father Angelo Secchi carried out some experiments on the transparency of water. After the Capture...
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    included astronomy, geomagnetrometry and seismology. Astrophysicist Pietro Angelo Secchi, director of the Vatican Observatory, also taught astronomy at the college...
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