Charles Messier1774
Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M16, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M16.
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Messier's first published 45-object catalogue includes M16, giving comet hunters a fixed deep-sky reference under the designation M16.
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