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Originally Posted by glenc
Nicolas Lacaille made the first catalogue of southern clusters and nebulae.
Lacaille was the first person to make a list of southern non-stellar objects. His list included 22 new objects. It was to be 74 years before James Dunlop made the next search for southern clusters and nebulae.
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