Caroline Lucretia Herschel

 

Caroline Herschel found 18 NGC objects at Datchet, 10 were new. She first used a small refractor and then the "small sweeper" (4.2" Newtonian f/6.4 with magnification 30, built 1783). All objects are contained in her Book of Observations 1782-87; most of them are included (by their H designation) in William Herschel's three papers in the Philosophical Transactions 76, 457 (1786); 79, 212 (1789); 92, 477 (1802). Caroline Herschel is not involved in the discovery of NGC 381, NGC 891 and NGC 2204 (all discovered by William Herschel).

D N NI Y M D Ap I T Discoverer Observer Name Con Type S Author Source
1 N 189 1783 9 27 4,2 Rl v   Herschel J. 27.10.1829   CAS III2p 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
  N 205 1783 8 27 4,2 Rl v Messier 10.8.1773   M 110 AND E5 1 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
1 N 225 1783 9 27 4,2 Rl v       CAS III1p 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
1 N 253 1783 9 23 4,2 Rl v     Sculptor Galaxy, Silver Dollar SCL SBc 1 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
1 N 663 1783 9 27 4,2 Rl v   Herschel W. 3.11.1787   CAS III2m 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
  N 752 1783 9 29 4,2 Rl v Hodierna 1654 Herschel W. 24.8.1783   AND III1m 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
1 N 2311 1783 3 4   Rr v       MON III2p 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
1 N 2360 1783 2 26   Rr v       CMA II2m 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
  N 2437 1783 2 26   Rr v Messier 19.2.1771   M 46 PUP III2m 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
  N 2447 1783 2 26   Rr v Messier 20.3.1781 Herschel W. 26.3.1783 M 93 PUP IV1p 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
  N 2548 1783 3 8   Rr v Messier 19.2.1771 Bode <1782 M 48 HYA I2m 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
  N 4449 1793 7 9 4,2 Rl v Herschel W. 27.4.1788     CVN IBm 1 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.2
  N 6633 1783 7 31 4,2 Rl v de Chéseaux 1745? Herschel W. 30.7.1788   OPH III2m 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
1 N 6819 1784 3 12 4,2 Rl v   Harding 1824
Herschel J. 31.7.1831		   CYG I1r 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
1 N 6866 1783 10 16 4,2 Rl v       CYG II2m 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
  N 6913 1783 4 6   Rr v Messier 29.7.1764 Bode 5.12.1774 M 29 CYG III3p 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
1 N 7380 1787 8 7 4,2 Rl v       CEP III3pn 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1
1 N 7789 1783 11 1 4,2 Rl v       CAS II2r 4 Herschel C. RAS Archive C. Herschel 1/1.1

Small Sweeper (4.2" reflector)