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[HenkBrilNL]

Hi there,

For all those interested in historical observations of comets:
I've just added a page on my website with several starmaps of the 18th Century with observations of comets by Charles Messier and his collegues/ rival comet hunters.

Greetings from The Netherlands.

Henk Bril, www.astrobril.nl

www.astrobril.nl/oudekomeetx.html

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Henk,

Great to see you on the forum again.

That is an excellent addition to your site that you have created. I need a couple of hours just examine all you have placed on it and I like the classic star maps a lot.

Thanks.

[HenkBrilNL]

The last two days I've spent my spare time on identifying deep-sky objects from Messier's famous list (like M1 - Crab nebula, M42 - Orion Nebula etc.) on the charts. These are now added to the above mentioned page.

You all are the first to find out - spread the word I would say.

I intend to publish more, but I'm running out of space on my present webhost....