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During the first two centuries of its recognition by humans, M33 was just a vague fuzzy object among the stars. In time it evolved from a bothersome curiosity to an intriguing and puzzling phenomenon. This chapter summarizes the slowly accelerating interest in it, starting with Messier’s catalog and culminating in the early observations at the Mt. Wilson Observatory.
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Hodge, P. (2012). Developing Knowledge. In: The Spiral Galaxy M33. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 379. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2025-1_2
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