Halley reports stellar proper motions
Year only · Date as reported
Comparing stellar positions across centuries, Halley showed that some apparently fixed stars move.
- Type
- astronomical observation
- Category
- astronomy measurement
- Organization
- Edmond Halley
- Participants
- Edmond Halley
Sources and attribution
- NASA HEASARC — 1700–1799 (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.