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930: 767: 762: 877: 122:"Aristyllus, a Greek astronomer, who appears to have lived about B.C. 233. He wrote a work on the fixed stars (τηρήσις ἀπλανῶν), which was used by Hipparchus and Ptolemy, and he is undoubtedly one of the two persons of this name who wrote commentaries on Aratus." 56:(c. 300 BC). He was among the earliest meridian-astronomy observers. Six of his stellar declinations are preserved at Almajest 7.3. All are exactly correct within his over-cautious rounding to 1/4 degree. See discussion (and lessons) at 820: 102:"Aristyllus was an early astronomer in the school of Alexandria. Little is known about him. He made astronomical observations during the first half of the third century BCE, and was probably a pupil of Timocharis." 63:
Aristyllus was long mis-dated to c. 300 BC (which made his data look among the poorest of the ancients); but when his correct date was found by least-squares (Isis 73:259-265 p. 263), it was
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that his star declinations' accuracy was unexcelled in antiquity. His data suggest that he worked in Alexandria: see
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Index

Aristillus
Aristillus (crater)
Greek
astronomer
Timocharis
DIO 7.1
realized
DIO 4.1
lunar crater
Aristillus
Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
William Smith
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
doi
10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_9010
ISBN
978-1-4419-9916-0
Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
ISBN
9780387304007
"A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Abaeus, Ari'stophon, Aristyllus"
"Greek astronomy"
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Ancient Greek astronomy
Astronomers
Aglaonice
Agrippa
Anaximander

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