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
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