biography
| name: |
Donati, Giambattista
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pronunciation:
[donahtee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1826–73)
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| biography:
| Astronomer, born in Pisa, W Italy. Director of the observatory at Florence, he discovered the brilliant comet (Donati's comet) of 1858. Noted for his researches on stellar spectra, he was the first to observe the spectrum of a comet. |
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