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Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (23 November 1718, in Toulouse – 18 January 1802, in Toulouse) was a
Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix
18th-century French astronomers 1718 births 1802 deaths Scientists from Toulouse {{france-astronomer-stub
Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (23 November 1718, in Toulouse – 18 January 1802, in Toulouse) was a French
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astronomer. He has usually been credited with the discovery of the Ring Nebula
The Ring Nebula (also catalogued as Messier 57, M57 and NGC 6720) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra. Such a nebula is formed when a star, during the last stages of its evolution before becoming a white dwarf, expels a v ...
in 1779, but in fact he independently rediscovered it upon reading a report of Charles Messier regarding Messier's own observations of Comet Bode
Johann Elert Bode (; 19 January 1747 – 23 November 1826) was a German astronomer known for his reformulation and popularisation of the Titius–Bode law. Bode determined the orbit of Uranus and suggested the planet's name.
Life and career
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. His description that the object was "...as large as Jupiter and resembles a planet which is fading" led to the terminology "planetary nebula".
References
Jean-Michel Faidit, Darquier et la découverte, à Toulouse, de la nébuleuse de la Lyre. Revue l’Astronomie, juillet-août 2005, pp. 346-53.External links
Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix
18th-century French astronomers 1718 births 1802 deaths Scientists from Toulouse {{france-astronomer-stub