On Nov 30, 2006, at 8:24 AM, Mark Wagner wrote:
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> Two interesting articles today.
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> Long Lost Star Catalog Found in Plain Sight
> http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/hipparchus_catalogue_050124.html
Besides being the first star catalogue, Hipparchus also included two
deep sky objects - M44 (the Beehive) along with the Double Cluster.
So, I guess it qualifies as the first deep sky catalogue also.
Ptolemy, a bit later, included 7 "nebulous" stars is his updated
version including the Coma Berenices Star Cluster as well as M7 and
we were on the road heading to Messier and the Herschels.
Steve
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