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Ihle, Abraham

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Born probably Leipzig, (Germany), 14 June 1627

DiedLeipzig, (Germany), circa1699

Though he did not know it, Leipzig postman Abraham Ihle was probably the first person to eye a globular star cluster when he discovered M22 in 1665. Johannes Hevel may have observed it earlier.

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  • Glyn Jones, Kenneth (1991). Messier’s Nebulae and Star Clusters. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Hockey, T. (2014). Ihle, Abraham. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_698

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