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Nebula
1994 Dutch and British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1

1969 University of Arizona reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula)

1951 Orson Scott Card, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Ender's War

1950 David Brin, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Sundiver, Postman

1945 Michael Bishop, U.S., sci-fi author, Nebula, Stolen Faces

1943 Joe [William] Haldeman, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Worlds Apart

1880 Henry Draper takes that 1st photograph of Orion Nebula

1859 Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope

1779 Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog

1774 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)

1758 Charles Messier observes Crab Nebula and begins catalog

1056 Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye

1054 Brightest supernova (Crab Nebula) 1st reported

1054 Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days)



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