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To be clear, people have discovered galaxies earlier, but didn’t understand their true nature. Hence, the discussed galaxy was first known as “Andromeda Nebula”
by exitb 4y ago
To be clear, people have discovered galaxies earlier, but didn’t understand their true nature. Hence, the discussed galaxy was first known as “Andromeda Nebula”.
- mnw21cam 4y agoAnd anyone to anyone sailing on one of those first ships to Australia, the SMC and LMC would have been really obvious in the sky. Sure, they're only dwarf galaxies, but still.