John Bevis (
October 311693 or
November 101695 –
November 6,
1771) was an
English doctor and
astronomer. He is best known for discovering the
Crab Nebula in
1731.
Bevis was born in
Old Sarum,
Wiltshire. From observations made with his telescope at
Stoke Newington,
Middlesex he compiled a star catalogue (more of an atlas) entitled
Uranographia Britannica around
1750.
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English (from Old English Ænglisc) are a nation and ethnic group native to England and speak English. The largest single population of English people reside in England — the largest constituent country of the United Kingdom.
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physician applies to a person who practices some type of medicine. Such medical practitioners are concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury, through both an area of knowledge
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An astronomer or astrophysicist is a person whose area of interest is astronomy or astrophysics.
Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences
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Crab Nebula
M1, the Crab Nebula. Courtesy of NASA/ESA
Observation data: J2000.0 epoch
Type: Supernova Remnant
Right ascension: 05h 34m 31.97s[1]
Declination: +22° 00′ 52.
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Old Sarum is the site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury, in England. The site contains evidence of human habitation as early as 3000 BC. Old Sarum is mentioned in some of the earliest records in the country. It sits on a hill about two miles north of modern Salisbury.
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Not to be confused with Wilshire.
Wiltshire (abbreviated
Wilts) is a large English county in the South West England region of the UK.
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