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Old 06-01-2007, 06:22 AM
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Dunlop’s descriptions #5

NGC 3532 was described on the night that he started his catalogue.
Dunlop 323 27-Apr 1826 NGC 3532 OC Car found by Lacaille
(5 Centauri, Bode) is a very large cluster of stars about the 9th magnitude, with a red star of the 7-8th magnitude, north following the centre of the cluster. Elliptical figure: the stars are pretty regularly scattered.

Dunlop 445 28-May 1826 NGC 3201 GC Vel found by Dunlop
A pretty large pretty bright round nebula, 4' or 5' diameter, very gradually condensed towards the centre, easily resolved into stars; the figure is rather irregular, and the stars are considerably scattered on the south preceding side: the stars are also of slightly mixed magnitudes.

Dunlop 309 date? NGC 3372 BN eta Car found by Lacaille
(eta Roboris Caroli, Bode) is a bright star of the 3rd magnitude, surrounded by a multitude of small stars, and pretty strong nebulosity; very similar in its nature to that in Orion, but not so bright. Figure 14 is a very correct representation of it; the circle A B is about 1° and 37' diameter, with the star eta in the centre. I can count twelve or fourteen extremely minute stars surrounding eta in the space of about 1'; several of them appear close to the disk: there is a pretty bright small star about the l0th magnitude north following eta, and distant about 1'. The nebulosity is pretty strongly marked; that on the south side is very unequal in brightness, and the different portions of the nebulosity are completely detached, as represented in the figure. There is much nebulosity in this place, and very much extensive nebulosity throughout the Robur Caroli, which is also very rich in small stars

Dunlop 487 2-Sep 1826 NGC 1269/1291 Gx Eri found by Dunlop
A pretty bright round nebula, about 1.5' diameter, very bright and condensed to the centre, and very faint at the margin; with a very small star about 1' north, but not involved.
See http://www.ngcic.org/dss/n/1/n1269.jpg
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