Nicholas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637)
Discovered the Orion Nebula in 1610. However, this discovery fell forgotten
until 1916 when M.G. Bigourdan (1916) announced
its recovery.
de Peiresc biography and references, Galileo Project at Rice University
References
- M.G. Bigourdan, 1916.
La decouverte de la nebuleuse d'Orion (N.G.C. 1976) par Peiresc.
Comptes Rendus, Vol. 162, p. 64-65
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