John Flamsteed

 

Flamsteed found 3 NGC-objects; only 1 was new: NGC 2244, the cluster around 12 Monocerotis. The known ones are M 8 and M 41. All objects are listed in: Flamsteed, J., Historia Coelestis Britannica (London 1712). He used the 9.7" refractor at Greenwich Observatory.

D N NI Y M D Ap I T Discoverer Observer Name Con Type S ID
1 N 2244 1690 2 17 9,7 Rr v   Herschel W. 13.1.1783 12 Mon MON II3p 4 NGC 2239 (Herschel J. 3.1830)
  N 2287 1702 2 16 9,7 Rr v Aristoteles -325 Hodierna 1654? M 41 CMA II3m 4  
  N 6523 1680     9,7 Rr v Hodierna 1654 de Chéseaux 1764 M 8, Lagoon Nebula SGR EN 2 NGC 6533 (Herschel W. 12.7.1784)

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