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Lacaille Abbé Nicholas Louis de la Caille astronomer named many of the constellations in the southern hemisphere 1762
Invented several southern constellations (many of which are still in use)
compiled a catalog of Southern Deep-Sky objects with 42 entries, 33 of which are real. Among them are 25 original and at least two independent rediscoveries.
discovered Eta Carinae Nebula NGC 3372
discovered globular cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104)
discovered the Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
discovered spiral galaxy M83, the first discovered galaxy beyond the Local Group
1713

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Lacaille	Abbé Nicholas Louis de la Caille		astronomer	named many of the constellations in the southern hemisphere		1762	Invented several southern constellations (many of which are still in use) compiled a catalog of Southern Deep-Sky objects with 42 entries, 33 of which are real. Among them are 25 original and at least two independent rediscoveries. discovered Eta Carinae Nebula NGC 3372 discovered globular cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) discovered the Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070 in the Large Magellanic Cloud discovered spiral galaxy M83, the first discovered galaxy beyond the Local Group	1713

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