Legacy
Innes tirelessly campaigned for foreign investment in South Africa's astronomy infrastructure - he believed that its clear skies were ideally suited for astronomical observation. He discovered some 1600 new pairs of double stars, had a great interest in stellar proper motions and devoted much time to the study of Jupiter's satellites.
He discovered Innes star.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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