... The discovery of `nebula', fuzzy objects in the sky that were not planets, comets or stars, is attributed to CharlesMessier in the late 1700's. His collection of 103 ...
... Acad. year 1774, p. 40. Reviewed 1780 September 5, 1781 January 30 and March 22." [2] CharlesMessier revealed the globular cluster on May 23, 1764. ...