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	Aquarius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is found in a region often called the Sea due to its profusion of watery constellations such as Cetus, Pisces, Eridanus, etc. Sometimes, the river Eridanus is depicted spilling from Aquarius' watering pot.
		There are three deep sky objects that are on the Messier catalog, the Globular Cluster M2, Globular Cluster M72, and the Open Cluster M73.
		Two planetary nebulae are found in Aquarius: NGC 7009, called the Saturn Nebula due to its resemblance to the planet, to the southeast of η Aquarii; and NGC 7293, the famous Helix Nebula, southwest of δ Aquarii.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aquarius (1012 words)

	The Local Group
		It was first recognized by Hubble, in the time of the first distance determinations and redshift measurements (see, e.g., his The Realm of the Nebulae).
		Messier objects: The Andromeda Galaxy M31 and its satellites M32 and M110, as well as the Triangulum Galaxy M33.
		Other members (over 30 in all) include our Milky Way Galaxy, the Large and the Small Magellanic Cloud (LMC and SMC), which have been known before the invention of the telescope, as well as several smaller galaxies which were discovered more recently.
	www.seds.org /messier/more/local.html (1596 words)

	Astronomy History Links Page
		Flamsteed also observed Uranus in 1690 but at the time he listed it as the star, 34 Tauri.
		Charles Messier 1730-1817 Charles Messier is credited with the discovery of 20 comets, 13 were original discoveries.
		He is also famous for his Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters now known as the Messier Catalog or Messier objects.
	astronomywebguide.com /links_astronomyhistory.html (6503 words)

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