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    Angelo Secchi S.J. (Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo ˈsekki]; 28 June 1818 – 26 February 1878) was an Italian Catholic priest, astronomer from the Italian...
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    The Secchi disk (or Secchi disc), as created in 1865 by Angelo Secchi, is a plain white, circular disk 30 cm (12 in) in diameter used to measure water...
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  • Secchi may refer to: Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer Giuseppe Secchi (1931–2018), Italian footballer Luciano Secchi (born 1939), Italian comic book...
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  • Carbon star (section Secchi)
    characteristics, and they were first recognized by their spectra by Angelo Secchi in the 1860s, a pioneering time in astronomical spectroscopy. By definition...
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    who co-founded the Institute of Geobiology with him in Peking. Pietro Angelo Secchi became a Jesuit priest in 1833. He became a professor of astronomy at...
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    Secchi classes and been progressively modified as understanding improved. During the 1860s and 1870s, pioneering stellar spectroscopist Angelo Secchi...
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  • and embryologist Angelo Sala (1576–1637), Italian physician and chemist Angelo Scalzone (1931–1987), Italian sports shooter Angelo Secchi (1818–1878), Italian...
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    outer rim of the crater Secchi, the formation from which this range gained its name. This crater is named after Angelo Secchi, a 19th-century Italian...
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    the 19th century, before modern systems of stellar classification, Angelo Secchi included Betelgeuse as one of the prototypes for his Class III (orange...
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    falling back to the solar atmosphere. They were discovered in 1877 by Angelo Secchi, but the physical mechanism that generates them is still hotly debated...
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