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Donati graduated at the university in his native city Pisa and afterwards he joined the staff of the Observatory of Florence in 1852 and was appointed director in 1864 . Between 1854 and 1864 he discovered six new Comet s, including the spectacular Comet Donati (C/1858 L1), found in 1858 . He also pioneered Spectroscopy of comets to determine their physical composition, discovering that the spectrum changed when a comet approached the Sun and heating caused it to emit its own light rather than reflected sunlight. Donati died from bubonic plague. HONORS
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