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Old 07-11-2010, 07:18 AM
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W & J Herschel - 450 DSO

In 1976 the Ancient City Astronomy Club in Florida published the Herschel 400 list of deep sky objects (DSO).
http://www.saguaroastro.org/content/...ERSHEL400.html
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=...page&q&f=false
It contains 107 OC, 33 GC, 7 Neb, 22 PN and 231 galaxies selected from William Herschel's catalogs of 2500 objects.
The Herschel 400 list does not include objects south of -33 degrees declination.

The attached file contains 410 DSO from both William and John Herschel's catalogs.
Note: The file in post #2 replaces this file.
These were selected from a list of 4,659 Herschel DSO.
The list of 410 includes southern objects and it also contains more nebulae than the Herschel 400. It contains:
72 OC brighter than mag 7.0.
72 GC, all the Herschel Milky Way GC.
55 Nebula, all the Herschel Milky Way nebulae.
56 PN, all the Herschel PN.
155 Galaxies brighter than mag 10.5.
Six LMC & 3 SMC objects are included.
Messier objects are not included.

All of these objects should be visible in a 16" Newtonian. A UHC filter will enhance most nebulae.
Four GC and 13 PN are fainter than mag 12. Some nebulae are also faint.
Most of these DSO were found by William Herschel (236 DSO), John Herschel (69), James Dunlop (69) and Lacaille (19).
The attached file includes a rough "map" of the 410 DSO.

Reference: http://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/n...l_Hist_NGC.htm
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=...page&q&f=false
Attached Files
File Type: zip W & J Herschel - 410 DSO.zip (61.7 KB, 73 views)

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