Question

In 1750 French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille set up an observatory in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, where he did what?

Answer 1

Observed nearly 10,000 southern stars
His catalogue is the first comprehensive one of the stars of the southern sky. He also introduced 14 new constellations which have since become standard, and determined the lunar and solar parallaxes as well as determining the radius of the earth in the southern hemisphere. The discovery of Uranus is credited to William Herschel.