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Ernst Hartwig

German astronomer
Carl Ernst Albrecht Hartwig was a German astronomer. On 20 August 1885, Hartwig discovered a new star, SN 1885A, in the Andromeda Galaxy, which was the first supernova that was ever seen that was outside the Milky Way. Wikipedia
Born: January 14, 1851, Frankfurt, Germany
Died: May 3, 1923 (age 72 years), Bamberg, Germany