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This dimension names the larger system that a celestial object belongs to, such as a particular planetary system or star cluster. Wikipedia notes that an astronomical object "admits a more complex, less cohesively bound structure, which may consist of multiple bodies or even other objects with substructures." Browsing this way moves from a single object up to the wider system that contains it.

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1. Wikipedia: Nebula
Wikimedia FoundationNebula, Observational history section, Messier catalogue sentence
Quote, Nebula, Observational history section, Messier catalogue sentence
Charles Messier then compiled a catalog of 103 nebulae (now called Messier objects, which included what are now known to be galaxies) by 1781
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