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Charles Mason ( 1730– 1787) was an English astronomer.

Mason's early career was spent at the Royal Greenwich Observatory near London. He worked on the surveying of the Mason–Dixon Line ( 1763– 1767), along with fellow Englishman Jeremiah Dixon. The two had previously travelled around the Cape of Good Hope, where they observed the transit of Venus.

A crater on the Moon is named after him.

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Mason's biography from the Dictionary of National Biography


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