R.I.P. John Goodricke

[mararoxorz]

Oh my god. My astronomy book has the saddest digression ever.

"They are named for delta Cephei, an example of this type of star discovered in 1784 by John Goodricke, a deaf, mute, 19-year-old English amateur astronomer. He found that at its most brilliant, delta Cephei is 2.3 times as bright as at its dimmest. The cycle of brightness

Comments

[semiblondthghts]

that's so sad! =(

[sequelssuck]

That's sad. But your history boys allusion was funny.