Guillaume Hyazinthe Legentil

Legentil found 3 objects, only one was new: M 32, a companion of the Andromeda nebula; see: Legentil, G., Mémoire sur une étoile nébuleuse nouvellement découverte à côte de celle qui est audessus de celle de la ceinture d'Androméde, Sav. étrangers, Vol. II, 137-145 (1755). The Auriga clusters M 36 and M 38 were seen by Hodierna 95 years earlier.

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Discoverer

Observer

Name

Con

Type

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1

N

221

1749

10

29

Rr

v

Struve W. 1825

M 32

AND

E2

1

N

1912

1749

Rr

v

Hodierna 1654

M 38

AUR

II2r

4

N

1960

1749

Rr

v

Hodierna 1654

M 36

AUR

II3m

4

Paris Observatory in the 17th century