On this day in 1857 - December 16th - American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard was born in Nashville, Tennessee.
He was one of best visual observers of his day as well as a pioneer of celestial photography. Barnard's Star was named for him. It's a red dwarf star for which Barnard measured its proper motion relative to the Sun.
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