Joseph Gaultier de la Vallette, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French astronomer
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Place of Birth: Provence, France
About Joseph Gaultier de la Vallette
- Joseph Gaultier de la Vallette (24 November 1564, Rians – 1 December 1647, Aix-en-Provence) was a 17th-century French astronomer.
- He was a contemporary and friend of Galileo and Peiresc.
- With Peiresc he observed the moons of Jupiter in November 1610 and earlier that year he had been the second person after Peires to see the Orion Nebula.
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