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1      153 years ago, in 1804: Karl Ludwig Harding of Germany discovers the asteroid Juno.      98 years ago, in 1859: First day of the Carrington Event; one of the most powerful geomagnetic solar storms on record.	2      98 years ago, in 1859: Second day of the Carrington Event; one of the most powerful geomagnetic solar storms on record.	3	4      275 years ago, in 1682: English astronomer Edmond Halley first observes the comet that will be named after him.	5	6      10 years ago, in 1947: The U.S. Navy launches a German V-2 rocket at sea from the aircraft carrier USS Midway, where it splashes down 10 km (6 miles) away.	7
8      173 years ago, in 1784: William Herschel discovers NGC 16, a lenticular galaxy located in the Pegasus constellation.	9      65 years ago, in 1892: Edward Barnard discovers the fifth moon of Jupiter, Amalthea, using the Lick 36-inch refractor.	10      173 years ago, in 1784: William Herschel discovers NGC 23, a spiral galaxy in the Pegasus constellation.      99 years ago, in 1858: George Mary Searle, an American astronomer and Catholic priest, discovers asteroid 55 Pandora.	11	12	13	14
15	16      109 years ago, in 1848: William Bond, his son George, and William Lassell co-discover one of Saturn's moons, Hyperion.      8 years ago, in 1949: Aboard a US-launched V-2, Albert III, a long-tailed macaque, dies when the rocket explodes ten seconds after launch.	17      168 years ago, in 1789: William Herschel discovers a moon of Saturn, Mimas.	18      171 years ago, in 1786: William Herschel discovers NGC 14, an irregular galaxy in the Pegasus constellation.	19	20	21
22	23      111 years ago, in 1846: Johann Galle discovers the planet Neptune, based on calculations by Urbain Le Verrier.	24	25	26	27	28      6 years ago, in 1951: Seth Barnes Nicholson discovers on of Jupiter's moons, Ananke.
29      73 years ago, in 1884: 243 Ida, a minor planet in the inner asteroid belt, is discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at the Vienna Observatory.	30      77 years ago, in 1880: Using an 11 inch Clark Brothers photographic refractor, Henry Draper is the first person to photograph the Orion Nebula.