Obituary: MNRAS 69, 250 (1909); Proc. Roy. Soc. 83, XV (1909); Obs. 31, 374 (1908)
Lawrence Parsons (4th Earl of Rosse) found 40 NGC-objects between 1873 and 1878 with the 72" reflector at Birr Castle of his father (Lord Rosse); 37 were new. All are published in: Parsons L., Observations of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars Made With the Six-foot and Three-foot Reflectors at Birr Castle From the Year 1848 up to the Year 1878, Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society Vol. II, 1878.
D | N | NI | Y | M | D | Ap | I | T | Discoverer | Observer | Con | Type | S | ID |
1 | N | 387 | 1873 | 12 | 10 | 72,0 | Rl | v | PSC | E0 | 1 | |||
1 | N | 2 | 1873 | 8 | 20 | 72,0 | Rl | v | PEG | Sab | 1 | |||
1 | N | 399 | 1874 | 10 | 7 | 72,0 | Rl | v | PSC | SBa | 1 | |||
1 | N | 402 | 1874 | 10 | 7 | 72,0 | Rl | v | PSC | * | 9 | |||
1 | N | 506 | 1874 | 11 | 7 | 72,0 | Rl | v | PSC | * | 9 | |||
1 | N | 1177 | 1874 | 11 | 29 | 72,0 | Rl | v | PER | S | 1 | IC 281 (Swift L. 1.11.1888) | ||
1 | N | 1274 | 1875 | 12 | 4 | 72,0 | Rl | v | PER | E3 | 1 | |||
1 | N | 1277 | 1875 | 12 | 4 | 72,0 | Rl | v | Dreyer 12.12.1876 | PER | S0-a | 1 | ||
1 | N | 1608 | 1876 | 1 | 1 | 72,0 | Rl | v | TAU | S0 | 7 | NGC 1593 (Marth 7.11.1863) IC 2077 (Javelle 15.1.1898) |
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1 | N | 2386 | 1876 | 1 | 1 | 72,0 | Rl | v | GEM | *2 | 9 | |||
1 | N | 2846 | 1874 | 4 | 4 | 72,0 | Rl | v | HYA | *2 | 9 | |||
1 | N | 2871 | 1874 | 3 | 7 | 72,0 | Rl | v | LEO | * | 9 | |||
1 | N | 2875 | 1874 | 3 | 7 | 72,0 | Rl | v | LEO | GxyP | 6 | |||
1 | N | 2961 | 1873 | 12 | 26 | 72,0 | Rl | v | UMA | Sb | 1 | |||
1 | N | 3013 | 1874 | 3 | 18 | 72,0 | Rl | v | Javelle 12.5.1896 | LMI | S | 1 | ||
1 | N | 3382 | 1874 | 4 | 5 | 72,0 | Rl | v | LMI | *2 | 9 | |||
1 | N | 3410 | 1878 | 4 | 1 | 72,0 | Rl | v | UMA | S | 1 | |||
1 | N | 3889 | 1878 | 4 | 1 | 72,0 | Rl | v | UMA | S0 | 1 | |||
1 | N | 3950 | 1875 | 4 | 27 | 72,0 | Rl | v | UMA | E? | 1 | |||
1 | N | 3975 | 1874 | 2 | 21 | 72,0 | Rl | v | UMA | Sb | 1 | |||
1 | N | 3999 | 1878 | 4 | 25 | 72,0 | Rl | v | LEO | S0 | 1 | |||
1 | N | 4000 | 1878 | 4 | 25 | 72,0 | Rl | v | LEO | Sbc | 1 | |||
1 | N | 4870 | 1878 | 4 | 1 | 72,0 | Rl | v | CVN | S | 1 | |||
1 | N | 4912 | 1865 | 4 | 24 | 72,0 | Rl | v | CVN | NF | 10 | |||
1 | N | 4913 | 1865 | 4 | 24 | 72,0 | Rl | v | CVN | NF | 10 | |||
1 | N | 4916 | 1865 | 4 | 24 | 72,0 | Rl | v | CVN | NF | 10 | |||
N | 5279 | 1872 | 5 | 2 | 72,0 | Rl | v | Herschel J. 4.5.1831 | UMA | SBa/P | 1 | |||
1 | N | 5338 | 1877 | 5 | 3 | 72,0 | Rl | v | VIR | SB0 | 1 | |||
N | 162 | 1866 | 10 | 16 | 72,0 | Rl | v | d'Arrest 22.8.1862 | Schultz 5.9.1867 | AND | * | 9 | ||
1 | N | 5348 | 1877 | 5 | 3 | 72,0 | Rl | v | VIR | SBbc | 1 | |||
1 | N | 5700 | 1877 | 5 | 4 | 72,0 | Rl | v | BOO | SBbc | 1 | |||
1 | N | 5752 | 1878 | 4 | 1 | 72,0 | Rl | v | BOO | Sb | 1 | |||
1 | N | 5753 | 1878 | 4 | 1 | 72,0 | Rl | v | BOO | S | 1 | |||
N | 5755 | 1878 | 4 | 1 | 72,0 | Rl | v | Herschel W. 16.5.1787 | BOO | SB? | 1 | |||
1 | N | 375 | 1874 | 12 | 1 | 72,0 | Rl | v | PSC | E2 | 1 | |||
1 | N | 6002 | 1873 | 4 | 20 | 72,0 | Rl | v | CRB | * | 9 | |||
1 | N | 6974 | 1873 | 8 | 20 | 72,0 | Rl | v | CYG | SNR | 2 | |||
1 | N | 7326 | 1874 | 10 | 7 | 72,0 | Rl | v | PEG | *2 | 9 | |||
1 | N | 7388 | 1873 | 10 | 11 | 72,0 | Rl | v | PEG | * | 9 | |||
1 | N | 7756 | 1873 | 12 | 11 | 72,0 | Rl | v | PSC | * | 9 |