Frederick William Herschel1789
First uses the term "globular cluster" in his Catalogue of a Second Thousand New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
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First uses the term "globular cluster" in his Catalogue of a Second Thousand New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
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