The first drawing of the Orion Nebula M42

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The first known drawing of the Orion Nebula, created by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654.

Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

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