ASTRONOMY FACES

Adams John Couch Adams predicted the existence of Neptune.
Bode Johann Bode. Bode's law of planetary spacing.
Brahe Tycho Brahe made accurate observations unaided by telescopes
Cassini Giovanni Cassini first observed Saturn's moons and ring gap.
Copernicus Nicolas Copernicus proposed a heliocentric solar system.
Eddington Arthur Eddington: pioneer in stellar astrophysics and general relativity.
Encke Johann Encke. Encke's gap in Saturn's rings.
Flammarion Camille Flammarion. Double stars.
Flamsteed John Flamsteed. Founded Greenwich Observatory.
Halley Edmond Halley predicted the return of his famous comet.
C. Herschel Caroline Herschel: perhaps the first woman astronomer.
J. Herschel John Herschel, son of William.
W. Herschel Sir William Herschel, brother of Caroline, discovered the planet Uranus.
Hevelius Johannes Hevelius. The first lunar map.
Hind John Russel Hind discovered Hind's Crimson Star also known as R Leporis.
Hubble Edwin Hubble discovered the expansion of the universe.
Kepler Johann Kepler discovered three laws of planetary motion.
Lalande Joseph Lalande. Star catalog.
LeVerrier Urbain LeVerrier predicted the existence of Neptune.
Newcomb Simon Newcomb made fundamental contributions to celestial mechanics.
Russell Henry Norris Russell, co-inventor of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.