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Old 10-10-2012, 03:19 AM
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Lacaille

Lacaille made the first catalogue of southern deep sky objects in 1751-52.
It contained 18 new open clusters, 4 new globular clusters, 2 nebulae (eta Carinae and the Tarantuala) and one galaxy (M83).
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache...1-f78886de6401
http://goo.gl/maps/Boezl
http://goo.gl/maps/kKMlj

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