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Did Lord Rosse Name the Saturn Nebula in the 1840s?
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- Lord Rosse named the object the Saturn Nebula in the 1840s.
- By then, telescopes had improved enough to see its Saturn-like shape.
- The nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Aquarius.
- It appears greenish-yellowish in a small amateur telescope.
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