On 15 December 1612 the German astronomer Simon Marius became to first person to observe the Andromeda Nebula (Galaxy) with a telescope.
On 15 December 1612 the German astronomer Simon Marius became to first person to observe the Andromeda Nebula (Galaxy) with a telescope.
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In his Mundus Iovialis (1614) Marius described what he saw as follows:
>Among them the first is that with the spy-glass, from 15 December 1612 I discovered and observed a fixed star with a certain wonderful shape that I cannot find in the entire heavens. It is near the third and northernmost [star] in the belt of Andromeda. Without the instrument the same is seen as some sort of little cloud; and with the instrument no distinct stars are seen as in the nebular star in Cancer and other nebular stars, but rather only white rays, which the closer to the centre the brighter they come out; in the centre there is a dull and pale light; and its diameter is about a quarter of a degree. About the same brilliance appears when a bright candle is observed through a clear lantern from a long distance.
He also named the four largest moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto) of Jupiter:
>Io, Europa, Ganimedes puer, atque Calisto
>lascivo nimium perplacuere Iovi.
>Io, Europa, the boy Ganymede, and Callisto
>greatly pleased lustful Jupiter.
What the hell is he holding in his left hand??
> became to first person to observe
Having a little stroke, haven’t you?
Nebula until Hubble discovered it was actually another Galaxy in 1924.
405 years later Mass Effect: Andromeda was created. Just another example of how destructive the butterfly effect can be.