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pietro angelo secchi

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Sec⋅chi

[sek-ee; It. sek-kee]
–noun
Pie⋅tro An⋅ge⋅lo [pye-traw ahn-je-law] , 1818–78, Italian Jesuit and astronomer.
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Pietro Angelo Secchi

Italian Jesuit priest and astrophysicist, who made the first survey of the spectra of stars and suggested that stars be classified according to their spectral type.

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