1994 Event Dutch and British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1 1969 Event University of Arizona reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula) 1951 Birthday Orson Scott Card, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Ender's War 1950 Birthday David Brin, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Sundiver, Postman 1945 Birthday Michael Bishop, U.S., sci-fi author, Nebula, Stolen Faces 1943 Birthday Joe [William] Haldeman, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Worlds Apart 1880 Event Henry Draper takes that 1st photograph of Orion Nebula 1859 Event Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope 1779 Event Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog 1774 Event 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel) 1758 Event Charles Messier observes Crab Nebula and begins catalog 1056 Event Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye 1054 Event Brightest supernova (Crab Nebula) 1st reported 1054 Event Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days)
