EUSTACHIO MANFREDI (Bologna, 1674-1739)
Mathematics professor at Bologna University, was the first director of the
Observatory. Enfant prodige, at 16 he founded at his own home a scientific
academy, which later gave origin to the Institute of Sciences. Main topic
of research in his early years at the Observatory was the annual aberration of
fixed stars, about which he published "De annuis inerrantium
aberrationibus" in 1729. Manfredi was al
Manfredi, together with his brothers and sisters, made astronomical
observations which are available in the archives, and published the
"Ephemerides Bononienses", a series started
in 1715 which was continued until 1845.
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