Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Cape Photographic Durchmusterung Cpd |
A general catalogue of 455,000 southern stars down to tenth magnitude, compiled at the Cape of Good Hope by J. C. Kapteyn 1851-1922 from photographic plates taken by Sir David Gill 1843-1914. The catalogue covers declinations from -19° to the south celestial pole and was produced between 1896 and 1900.
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