<p>I would say Copernicus. He did his work maybe 100 years earlier and formulated the heliocentric view of the universe. </p>

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Natsfan
<p>Googling is giving me both Galileo Galilei and Nicolas Copernicus as the answer. I am sorry and will remove this question if it is an opinion based question.</p>

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It is opinion based, I'm afraid. What constitutes "modern astronomy" and who is the "father" of it are not things that can be decided in any other way.
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If we must name someone, then IMO it's either Einstein or Hubble.
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I like the Hubble answer.   I'd define modern astronomy as the discovery that the Universe extended beyond the Milky way.    Einstein was obviously huge.   I might call him the father of modern science.   (Opinion based, obviously).    Fritz Zwicky isn't a bad answer for the father of modern astronomy either.
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Who is considered as the father of modern astronomy?
Safwan
# Who is considered as the father of modern astronomy?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-17)

Googling is giving me both Galileo Galilei and Nicolas Copernicus as the answer. I am sorry and will remove this question if it is an opinion based question.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It is opinion based, I'm afraid. What constitutes "modern astronomy" and who is the "father" of it are not things that can be decided in any other way.  
> **username_2**: If we must name someone, then IMO it's either Einstein or Hubble.  
> **username_3**: I like the Hubble answer.   I'd define modern astronomy as the discovery that the Universe extended beyond the Milky way.    Einstein was obviously huge.   I might call him the father of modern science.   (Opinion based, obviously).    Fritz Zwicky isn't a bad answer for the father of modern astronomy either.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-06-17. Score: 1

I would say Copernicus. He did his work maybe 100 years earlier and formulated the heliocentric view of the universe.


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