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Old 28-12-2006, 03:49 PM
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John Herschel's nebulae

Sir John Herschel found these 11 nebulae using an 18.5" scope from Cape Town in 1834-38. They are all visible in a 10" or 12" scope, the faintest are NGC 3503 and NGC 6164. He also found many nebulae in the LMC.

NGC Const Type RA 2000 declination Size
2579 Pup Neb 08h 20m 53.0s -36º 13' 02" 10'
2626 Vel Neb 08h 35m 31.0s -40º 40' 20" 5'X5'
2736 Vel Neb 09h 00m 16.9s -45º 56' 53" 30.0'X7.0'
3503 Car Neb 11h 01m 17.3s -59º 50' 50" 3'X3'
3581 Car Neb 11h 12m 01.9s -61º 18' 06" …
5367 Cen Neb 13h 57m 43.8s -39º 58' 42" 13'x8'
6164 Nor Neb 16h 33m 41.6s -48º 04' 46" 1.0'X0.3'
6188 Ara Neb 16h 40m 05.8s -48º 39' 44" 20'X12'
6334 Sco Neb 17h 20m 49.7s -36º 06' 10" 35'X20'
6357 Sco Neb 17h 24m 43.5s -34º 12' 05" 35'?
6559 Sgr Neb 18h 09m 56.8s -24º 06' 23" 15'X10'

Reference Bob Erdmann
http://www.ngcic.org/public_HCNGC/HCNGC.htm

Images are at:
http://www.ngcic.org/dss/dss_ngc.asp
see NGC 2579 below.
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