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Lacaille Objects
Here are some objects from Lacaille's Catalogue.
He made his catalogue of 42 objects in 1751-52 at Cape Town using a 0.5" refractor.
It was the first southern deep-sky catalogue. and was finished 6 years before Messier found M1 on September 12, 1758.
NGC Type Const Other
2070 BN Dor 30 Dor
3372 BN Car Eta Car
6523 BN Sgr M8
104 GC Tuc 47 Tuc
4833 GC Mus
5139 GC Cen Omega Cen. Halley found this first.
6121 GC Sco M4
6397 GC Ara
6656 GC Sgr M22
6809 GC Sgr M55
5236 GX Hya M83 an amazing find!
2477 OC Pup
2516 OC Car
2546 OC Pup
2547 OC Vel
3228 OC Vel
3293 OC Car
3532 OC Car
3766 OC Cen
4755 OC Cru K Cru
5281 OC Cen
5662 OC Cen
6025 OC TrA
6124 OC Sco
6231 OC Sco
6242 OC Sco
6405 OC Sco M6
6475 OC Sco M7
IC2391 OC Vel o Vel
IC2488 OC Vel
IC2602 OC Car
Last edited by glenc; 28-12-2006 at 07:55 AM.
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