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Tom Johnson (astronomer)

(1923-2012)
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Thomas Jasper Johnson or Tom Johnson (January 11, 1923 – March 13, 2012) was an American electronics engineer and astronomer who founded Celestron, a company which manufacturers telescopes, which revolutionized the amateur astronomy industry and hobby. Sky & Telescope magazine has called him, "among the most important figures shaping the last half century of amateur astronomy."

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Born Thomas Jasper Johnson
11 January 1923
Died
13 March 2012 (aged 89)
Zodiac Capricorn
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