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Large galaxies
Who found the 200 largest NGC galaxies?
1 William Herschel found 107
2 James Dunlop found 20
3 Pierre Mechain found 16
4 John Herschel found 15
5 Charles Messier found 8
The other 34 large galaxies were found by 23 people
James Dunlop was also the first to catalogue the star clusters and nebulae in the two Magellan Clouds.
Last edited by glenc; 29-01-2021 at 06:51 AM.
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