Editing Messier 92 (section)

== Discovery ==
It was discovered by [[Johann Elert Bode]] on December 27, 1777, then published in the ''[[Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch]]'' during 1779.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bode |title=Astronomisches Jahrbuch oder Ephemeriden für das Jahr 1782. |trans-title=Astronomical Yearbook or Ephemerides for the Year 1782. |date=1779 |publisher=George Jacob Decker |location=Berlin, (Germany) |page=156 |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fRJ_e8z9nSoC&pg=GBS.RA1-PA156&hl=en |language=German |chapter=Zweyter Theil 20. Beobachtung des Kometen von 1779 und Entdeckung einiger neuen Nebelsterne [Second Part. 20. Observation of the comet of 1779 and discovery of some new nebulae]}} From p. 156: ''" […] ich am 27. Decemb. 1777 einen ''neuen'', mir nicht bekannten ''Nebelfleck im Herkules'', südwestlich unter dem Stern ⍳ an dessen Fusse entdeckt, der sich in einer mehrentheils runden Figur mit einem blassen Lichtschimmer zeigt."'' ( […] on the 27th December 1777, I discovered a ''new nebula'', which was unknown to me, ''in Hercules'', southwest under the star ⍳ [iota] at his feet, which appears as a mostly round shape with a pale glimmer.)</ref><ref name="kanas2007" /> It was inadvertently rediscovered by [[Charles Messier]] on March 18, 1781,{{efn|On March 18}} and added as the 92nd entry in his catalogue.<ref name="garfinckle1997" /> William Herschel first resolved individual stars in 1783.