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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
− | Ancient [[Solomani]] astronomers originally used the [[Latin]] term "[[Nebula]]" (''Lat. "Cloud"'') to refer to any diffuse object observed in the night skies of Ancient [[Terra]]. These included what were termed "nebulous stars" at the time (which included both what were later discovered to be star clusters and nebulae proper) as well as what were later discovered to be galaxies before their true nature was known. Numerous astronomical catalogs were published by different [[Terran]] observers over a long span of time, which included among their lists objects originally classified as "nebulae". Such catalogs included the ''Messier Catalog'' of Charles Messier (abbr. "'''M'''", which was later supplemented by the the | + | Ancient [[Solomani]] astronomers originally used the [[Latin]] term "[[Nebula]]" (''Lat. "Cloud"'') to refer to any diffuse object observed in the night skies of Ancient [[Terra]]. These included what were termed "nebulous stars" at the time (which included both what were later discovered to be star clusters and nebulae proper) as well as what were later discovered to be galaxies before their true nature was known. Numerous astronomical catalogs were published by different [[Terran]] observers over a long span of time, which included among their lists objects originally classified as "nebulae". Such catalogs included the ''Messier Catalog'' of Charles Messier (abbr. "'''M'''", which was later supplemented by the the Caldwell Catalog (abbr. "'''C'''")), and the ''New General Catalog of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars'' (abbr. "'''NGC'''"), with the "''Index Catalog of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars''" (abbr. "'''IC'''") as an associated later supplement, among others. |
* Known to Vilani science | * Known to Vilani science |