191 years ago today, August 31, 1834 (July 27, 1834 in the lunar calendar), German astronomer and discoverer of Maryam died. Karl Ludwig Harding (September 29, 1765-August 31, 1834) was a German astronomer and discoverer of the star Maryam. In 1796, John Hieronymus Schr? ter) hired Harding as his son's tutor. In 1804, after Harding discovered Maryam at the Schroter Observatory, he went to Göttingen to become Gauss's assistant. In addition to Maryam, he also discovered three comets and published a catalog of 12,000 stars: "Atlas novuscoelestis". Comment: A great astronomer, there is a crater named after him on the moon, and asteroid 2003 is also named Harding.