Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux1746
Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux compiles a list of 20 nebulae (including eight not previously known)
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Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux compiles a list of 20 nebulae (including eight not previously known)
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille cataloged 42 nebulae from the Cape of Good Hope, with most of them being previously unknown
The first version of Messier's catalogue contains 45 objects and is published in the journal of the French Academy of Sciences
Charles Messier compiles a catalog of 103 nebulae
The final version of Messier's catalogue is published
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