Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc

Peiresc discovered M 42, the Orion Nebula, with a small refractor at Aix-en-Provence. A year later the object was found again by Cysat. About Peiresc and his discovery see: Harald Siebert, Die Entdeckung des Orionnebels. Historische Aufzeichnungen aus dem Jahr 1610 neu gesichtet. In: Sterne und Weltraum. No. 11, 2010, p. 32–42.

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1976

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Cysat 1611

M 42, Orion Nebula

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Bigourdan, G.

La decouverte de la nebuleuse d'Orion (N.G.C. 1976) par Peiresc

Comp. Rend. 162, 489-490 (1916)