Rain (German pronunciation: [ʁaɪn] ) is a municipality in the district of Straubing-Bogen in Bavaria, Germany. Former head of state of Hungary, Archduke Joseph August of Austria died here in 1962.
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Johann Bayer (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːhan ˈbaɪɐ]; 1572 – 7 March 1625) was a German lawyer and uranographer (celestial cartographer). He was born in Rain in 1572. In 1592, aged 20, he began his study of philosophy and law at the University of Ingolstadt, after which he moved to Augsburg to begin work as a lawyer, becoming legal adviser to the city council in 1612.
Bayer had several interests outside his work, including archaeology and mathematics. However, he is primarily known for his work in astronomy; particularly for his work on determining the positions of objects on the celestial sphere. He remained unmarried and died in 1625.
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