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23-11-2010, 08:35 AM
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John Herschel at the Cape
John found 1,230 southern DSO when he was at the Cape in South Africa from 1834 to 1838. Most of these were found in the first 3 years 1834-36.
In September 1834 he catalogued a record 124 DSO.
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