Southern Gems describes 120 objects in detail. All of these were seen by James Dunlop with a 9" speculum reflector when he made the first good catalogue of southern clusters, nebulae and galaxies from Parramatta, Sydney in 1826.
For each object O'Meara gives basic data, historical descriptions, a DSS B&W image, a finder chart, a drawing and 2 or more pages of interesting information.
The book also includes 42 additional objects, 6 of these from the SMC and 14 from the LMC. Appendix C gives a brief history of the early telescopic exploration of the far-southern sky.
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You can download the contents page and the index here.
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