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I would like to encourage people to look at the Dunlop objects.
After the Herschels he found more bright deep sky objects (DSO) than anyone else.
He found 5.5 times more objects than Messier.
I just counted all the NGC objects found before the year 1839.
Eight people found most of them.
1. William Herschel found 2,444 NGC objects including 2,109 galaxies
2. John Herschel (William's son) found 1,738 NGC objects including 1,150 galaxies
3. James Dunlop found 228 southern NGC objects from Sydney
4. Charles Messier found 41 NGC objects from Paris
5. Mechain found 27 NGC objects from Paris
6. Lacaille found 23 southern NGC objects from Cape Town
7. Hodierna found 11 NGC objects from Sicily
8. Caroline Herschel (William's sister) found 10 NGC objects
Last edited by glenc; 30-10-2010 at 11:30 AM.
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