Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix

French astronomer

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1718

Place of Birth: Toulouse, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 18-Jan-1802

Profession: astronomer, translator

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (23 November 1718, in Toulouse – 18 January 1802, in Toulouse) was a French astronomer.
He has usually been credited with the discovery of the Ring Nebula in 1779, but in fact he independently rediscovered it upon reading a report of Charles Messier regarding Messier's own observations of Comet Bode.
His description that the object was "...as large as Jupiter and resembles a planet which is fading" led to the terminology "planetary nebula".