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  • Italy
    1617
    Galileo Galilei

    Galileo observed the double star Mizar in Ursa Major in 1617

    Italy
    1617

    Galileo observed the Milky Way, previously believed to be nebulous, and found it to be a multitude of stars packed so densely that they appeared from Earth to be clouds. He located many other stars too distant to be visible with the naked eye. He observed the double star Mizar in Ursa Major in 1617.



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  • Glückstadt
    Friday Jan 6, 1617

    Christoffer Gabel Birth

    Glückstadt
    Friday Jan 6, 1617

    Christoffer Gabel was born in Glckstadt,Denmark.



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