Lalande 21185

French astronomer Jérôme Lalande, working at the Paris Observatory, first cataloged the star that would be known as Lalande 21185 in 1801, in Histoire céleste française. The name/number association came about in 1847 when English astronomer Francis Baily (of Baily’s beads fame) listed the catalog’s stars in numerical order. To find it, point your binocularsContinue reading “Lalande 21185”
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