• Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière (French pronunciation: [ɡijom lə ʒɑ̃ti], 12 September 1725 – 22 October 1792) was a...
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  • administrator Guillaume Le Gentil, a French astronomer Jean-François Gentil, a French colonial officer Joseph Philippe Gentil, Mauritian composer Otto Gentil, German...
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    hockey player Guillaume Le Gentil (1725–1792), French astronomer Guillaume Legrant, French composer of the early renaissance Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian...
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  • Theatre Centre in November 1992. The play is based on the life of Guillaume Le Gentil (1725–1792), a gentleman astronomer. In the play, he is obsessed...
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    around 9° east-northeast of Deneb. The cluster was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1749, then Charles Messier added it to his catalogue in 1764....
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    Lagoon Nebula was discovered independently by John Flamsteed in 1680, Guillaume Le Gentil in 1747, and Charles Messier in 1764. The central area of the Lagoon...
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    Battista Hodierna before 1654. M37 was missed by French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil when he rediscovered M36 and M38 in 1749. French astronomer Charles...
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    Messier 32 (category Discoveries by Guillaume Le Gentil)
    satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1749. The galaxy is a prototype of the relatively rare compact...
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    stars are approximately 9th magnitude. It was discovered in 1749 by Guillaume Le Gentil, the first of Auriga's major open clusters to be discovered. M36...
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    reappeared in 1662, claiming to have been abducted by Barbary pirates. Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer, declared dead in the 1760s after being lost at...
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