[glenc (Glen)]

The 6 foremost visual discoverers of NGC and IC objects in the southern sky
(South of declination -25 deg)

John Herschel from Cape Town, 1046 southern objects, 1834-38
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Herschel

James Dunlop from Sydney, 277 southern objects in 1826
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dunlop

Lewis Swift from NY state and CA, 129 southern objects 1886-98
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_A._Swift

William Herschel from London, 48 southern objects 1784-93
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel

Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille from Cape Town, 24 southern objects 1751-52
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-Louis_de_Lacaille

Edward Emerson Barnard from TN, CA, WI, 19 southern objects 1885-95
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Emerson_Barnard


Data from Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke
http://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/ngcic/ngcic_e.htm

Making Herschel’s 20’ replica
https://scienceanddomesticity.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/herschels-telescope/
https://youtu.be/5VhAGr4lEFk
https://youtu.be/qKh5QJrznkQ