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The 8 pages that link to Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, each with the reason it gives.

• Southern celestial hemisphereRelated: His observations established several southern constellations still used on modern charts.

• Argo NavisRelated: In 1763, he divided Argo Navis into three smaller constellations.

• Messier 83Related: His earlier observations of the galaxy preceded Messier’s catalogue entry.

• R136Related: His nebula cataloging established an early record of the region that contains R136.

• AntliaRelated: Lacaille established Antlia during his southern-sky survey.

• PictorRelated: He named Pictor in the eighteenth century while charting the southern sky.

• MicroscopiumRelated: He introduced Microscopium while charting southern constellations from the Cape of Good Hope.

• OctansRelated: He introduced Octans while cataloguing southern constellations.