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Orion Nebula, M42, the most magnificent object in the sky was the first deep sky object discovered. M42 was discovered by Nicolas Peirese, in 1610AD, one year after Galileo made his discoveries, the year before the King James Version Bible was first published, and the year the Last Anabaptist Heretics were burnt at the stake in England for the Baptist belief in Soul Sleep.
But the Maya of Central America, talked about the Orion Nebula in their "Three Hearthstones" as being the "Fire of Creation," that is they may have known the Orion Nebula's gas clouds.
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