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Old 27-04-2024, 05:46 AM
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198 years

It is 198 years today since James Dunlop started making his catalogues of 629 southern clusters and nebulae and 253 double stars from the rear of 91 Marsden St Parramatta with a 9" aperture speculum reflector.
He started on 27 April 1826 from the back of this property.
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