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Who Named The Saturn Nebula?
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- The Saturn Nebula was named by Lord Rosse in the 1840s.
- The name comes from its superficial resemblance to the planet Saturn.
- It looks like Saturn with its rings nearly edge-on to the observer.
- Better telescopes in the 1840s allowed this shape to be discerned.
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