Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes

 

Innes found 14 IC-objects at the Royal Observatory (Cape Town) using the 7" Merz refractor; all but one (Stewart's IC 4406, a planetary nebula in Lupus) are new. IC 5079 in Indus has the status "not found".

D N NI Y M D Ap I T Discoverer Observer Con Type S Author Title Source List
1 I 1954 1898     7,0 Rr v   Stewart 14.10.1898 HOR SBb 1 Innes, R. T. Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, in 1898  MNRAS 59, 339 (1899) 1
1 I 2035 1898     7,0 Rr v     HOR SB0 1 Innes, R. T. Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, in 1898  MNRAS 59, 339 (1899) 2
1 I 2042 1897 2 5 7,0 Rr v     HOR * 9 Innes, R. T. Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope  MNRAS 58, 329-330 (1898) 2
1 I 2056 1898     7,0 Rr v     RET SBbc 1 Innes, R. T. Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, in 1898  MNRAS 59, 339 (1899) 3
1 I 2141 1898     7,0 Rr v     PIC *3 9 Innes, R. T. Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, in 1898  MNRAS 59, 339 (1899) 4
1 I 4291 1901     7,0 Rr v     CEN II2p 4 Innes, R. T. Notes on Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope   MNRAS 62, 468-470 (1902) 11
1 I 4351 1901     7,0 Rr v     HYA Sb 1 Innes, R. T. Notes on Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope   MNRAS 62, 468-470 (1902) 10
1 I 4400 1898     7,0 Rr v     CEN *4 9 Innes, R. T. Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, in 1898  MNRAS 59, 339 (1899) 5
  I 4406 1901 8 14 7,0 Rr v Stewart 1899 Fleming 1901 LUP PN 3 Innes, R. T. Notes on Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope   MNRAS 62, 468-470 (1902) 13
1 I 4490 1897 2   7,0 Rr v     CEN *2 9 Innes, R. T. Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope  MNRAS 58, 329-330 (1898) 5
1 I 4662 1901     7,0 Rr v   Stewart 1901 PAV IBm 1 Innes, R. T. Notes on Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope   MNRAS 62, 468-470 (1902) 14
1 I 4865 1897 11 11 7,0 Rr v     TEL *2 9 Innes, R. T. Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope  MNRAS 58, 329-330 (1898) 9
1 I 4868 1895 10 16 7,0 Rr v     TEL *2 9 Innes, R. T. Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope  MNRAS 58, 329-330 (1898) 10
1 I 5079 1897 11 26 7,0 Rr v     IND NF 10 Innes, R. T. Nebulae observed at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope  MNRAS 58, 329-330 (1898) 11

Obituary: MNRAS 94, 277 (1934); PASP 45, 142 (1933); AN 249, 51 (1933)

Cape Town Observatory with 7" Merz-Refractor