On this day in 1713 - March 15th - French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille was born.

Lacaille was one of astronomy's greats. He surveyed nearly 10,000 stars in the southern hemisphere, and invented fourteen new constellations still in use today.


Mona Evans
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