ALEXANDER MAIR

Johann Bayer (1572-1625) was not a trained scientist. He worked as a lawyer in Augsburg, Germany. He had an interest in astronomy and taught himself how to observe, research, and document the night sky. In 1603, he published his star atlas titled Uranometria. Uranometria is book containing 51 constellation maps of the night sky. The maps in Bayer’s star atlas were the most accurate and artistic ever produced at that time.