Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix
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Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (November 23, 1718, Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

 - January 18, 1802, Toulouse) was a French astronomer. He discovered the Ring Nebula
Ring Nebula
The famously named "Ring Nebula" appears in the northern constellation of Lyra and is located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm...

in 1779.

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