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Old 25-12-2006, 07:04 AM
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More Dunlop Descriptions.

Today’s list is in discovery order.
Dunlop started his catalogue of 629 deep-sky objects on 27/4/1826 and finished it just 7 months later on 24/11/1826.

Dunlop 265 GC Car NGC 2808 7/5/1826
A very bright round nebula, about 3’ or 4' diameter, very gradually bright to the centre. This has a fine globular appearance

One week later
Dunlop 360 OC Nor NGC 6067 14/5/1826
A pretty large cluster of small stars of mixed magnitudes, about 12’ diameter; the stars are considerably congregated towards the centre, extended south preceding and north following.

Dunlop 25 Nebula in the SMC NGC 346 1/8/1826
A pretty large pretty bright nebula, about 2.25 ' diameter, irregular round figure, resolvable, very slight condensation, not well defined at the edges.
See http://www.zodiaclight.com/images/SM...a4Wall1280.jpg
It shows N330, N346 and N371.

Only 3 days later!
Dunlop 507 GX Scl NGC 55 4/8/1826
A beautiful long nebula, about 25’ in length; position north preceding, and south following, a little brighter towards the middle, but extremely faint and diluted to the extremities. I see several minute points or stars in it, as it were through the nebula: the nebulous matter of the south extremity is extremely rare, and of a delicate bluish hue. This is a beautiful object. Figure 21

Dunlop 606 PN Sgr NGC 6563 3/9/1826
A faint nebula, about 1.25' long and 30" or 40" broad, with a considerable brightness near each end, and faint in the middle, resembling two small nebulae joined
Note: D606 is 36.5’ nf N6563 but the description matches, I suspect he saw this. Mag 10.8, diam 50”
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