Their Best Objects

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Lacaille, James Dunlop and John Herschel were the main discoverers of southern NGC objects.
Here is a list of their best (IMO) objects, one of each type; open cluster, globular cluster, nebula, planetary nebula and galaxy.
Best usually means brightest but other things are also considered.

Lacille’s best deep sky objects (Cape Town, 1751-52)
NGC Con Type
104 Tuc GC
3372 Car Neb
3532 Car OC
5236 Hya Gxy M83

Dunlop’s best deep sky objects (Sydney, 1826)
NGC Con Type
1763 Dor Neb
3114 Car OC
5128 Cen Gxy
5189 Mus PN
6752 Pav GC

John Herschel’s best deep sky objects (Cape Town, 1834-38)
NGC Con Type
2439 Pup OC
3581 Car Neb
3918 Cen PN
5102 Cen Gxy
6558 Sgr GC