1716年,英国天文学家爱德蒙·哈雷记录道:“它只是一小片,但在天空宁静、无月的时候肉眼可见。”
In 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, "This is but a little Patch, but it shews itself to the naked Eye, when the Sky is serene and the Moon absent."
最后,他指使夫莱姆斯梯德的冤家对头爱德蒙·哈雷夺得夫莱姆斯梯德的工作成果,并且准备出版。
Eventually he arranged for Flamsteed's work to be seized and prepared for publication by Flamsteed's mortal enemy, Edmond Halley.
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