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Old 04-06-2007, 10:00 AM
Rob_K
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Thanks Glen. Dunlop is a really interesting and important person in the history of astronomy, and I see that you've been personally involved in tracking down & confirming some of his original nebulae/cluster observations that had later been discounted by Herschel. Must have been very satisfying for you Glen.

IISers that regularly look at and image NGC5128 (Centaurus A galaxy) might want to reflect that Dunlop was the original discoverer of this extraordinary object. Here are a couple of links for more information about Dunlop:
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010322b.htm
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/...ar/dunlop.html

Cheers -
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