Galaxy Challenge
Sir John Herschel searched the southern sky from Cape Town between 1834 and 1838. The faintest southern galaxies that he found with his 18.5" telescope are listed below.
There are 24 galaxies in the list, all south of dec -30 deg.
NGC 88 has the faintest mag.
How many can you see?
A 10" might show some of them, a 12.5" should show all of them.
NGC Const Vmag
31 Phe 14.1
87 Phe 14.4
88 Phe 14.7
159 Phe 14.0
427 Scl 14.2
549 Scl 14.6
572 Scl 14.2
644 Phe 14.1
698 For 14.0
727 For 14.1
729 For 14.1
754 Eri 14.2
1660 Cae 14.0
1669 Dor 14.0
1998 Pic 14.3
2200 Pup 14.2
2883 Pyx 14.4
5108 Cen 14.2
7178 PsA 14.0
7278 Tuc 14.5
7299 Gru 14.1
7355 Gru 14.3
7657 Tuc 14.1
7658 Gru 14.3
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