On this day in 1745 - August 30th - German astronomer Johann Hieronymus Schröter was born.
He built his own observatory and devoted himself primarily to solar and planetary astronomy. His two volumes on lunar topography reached levels of detail that were to remain unsurpassed for many years.
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