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Lacaille
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Lacaille	has name Abbé Nicholas Louis de la Caille
	has contribution named many of the constellations in the southern hemisphere
	has career Invented several southern constellations (many of which are still in use) compiled a catalog of Southern Deep-Sky objects with 42 entries, 33 of which are real. Among them are 25 original and at least two independent rediscoveries. discovered Eta Carinae Nebula NGC 3372 discovered globular cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) discovered the Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070 in the Large Magellanic Cloud discovered spiral galaxy M83, the first discovered galaxy beyond the Local Group
	has death date 1762
	has birth date 1713
	is an instance of astronomer
astronomer	has domain astronomy
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