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Who discovered the NGC and IC objects south of declination 30 south?
I just did a count of Wolfgang Steinicke's catalogs and the following people found more than 20 objects each.
John Herschel, 1046 objects
DeLisle Stewart, 595 using photography
James Dunlop, 238
Lewis Swift, 138
Royal Frost, 119 using photography
Williamina Fleming, 25
Nicolas Lacaille, 23
Last edited by glenc; 02-05-2008 at 08:52 AM.
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