Truman Henry Safford

Obituary: PASP 13, 181 (1901); MNRAS 62, 236 (1902); Obs. 24, 307 (1901), AN 157, 95 (1902)

Safford found 53 NGC- and 44 IC-objects; 29 NGC- and all IC-objects were new. The first two discoveries were made at Harvard College Observatory: NGC 2189 and NGC 2198 in Orion on March 19, 1863 using the 15" f/18 Merz refractor installed in June 1847. George Phillips Bond (director from 1859-1865) published the observations (among others by Bond, Coolidge and Tuttle) in: Bond, G. P., List of New Nebulae seen at the Observatory of Harvard College, AN [1453] 61, 193-198 (1864). NGC 2189 (No. 7 in Bond's list) is described as "two clusters", but only the two reference stars can be seen. The other finding, NGC 2198 (No. 8), is quite similar: instead of a cluster only the two reference stars are present.

All other objets were found at Dearborn Observatory in 1866-68 with the 18.5" refractor. They were noticed too late by Dreyer to enter the NGC, because they were published 1887 in: Safford, T. H., Nebulae found at the Dearborn Observatory, 1866-68, Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Astronomical Society, together with the Report of the Director of Dearborn Observatory for 1885 and 1886. 47 of them, classified as "new" by Dreyer, were listed in an Appendix to the NGC (with their Safford-No.), but Dreyer put them completely into the IC I. Three objects were found by his assistant Skinner. IC 1148 = NGC 6020 is a curious object, seen twice by Safford.

D N NI Y M D Ap I T Discoverer Observer Con Type S ID List
  N 63 1867 9 30 18,5 Rr v d'Arrest 27.8.1865 Vogel 16.8.1868 PSC S/P 1   96
1 N 114 1867 9 23 18,5 Rr v   Tempel 27.9.1880 CET SB0 1   90
1 N 118 1867 9 23 18,5 Rr v   Tempel 27.9.1880 CET C 1   91
1 N 124 1867 9 23 18,5 Rr v   Tempel 27.9.1880 CET Sc 1   92
1 N 140 1866 10 8 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 5.11.1882 AND Scd 1   60
1 N 183 1866 11 5 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 6.10.1883 AND E4 1   65
1 N 237 1867 9 27 18,5 Rr v   Swift L. 21.11.1886 CET SBc 1   94
1 N 425 1866 10 29 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 11.10.1879 AND S? 1   62
1 N 591 1866 10 10 18,5 Rr v   Swift L. 30.11.1885 AND SB0-a 1   61
  N 595 1866 11 1 18,5 Rr v d'Arrest 1.10.1864   TRI GxyP 6   63
1 N 769 1866 11 9 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 5.11.1882 TRI Sc 1   68
1 N 778 1866 11 5 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 17.11.1876 TRI S0 1   64
  N 1016 1867 11 1 18,5 Rr v Marth 15.1.1865 Tempel 1876 CET E0 1   103
1 N 1211 1867 10 31 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 27.11.1880 CET SB0-a 1   102
1 N 2189 1863 3 19 15,0 Rr v     ORI NF 10   7
1 N 2198 1863 3 19 15,0 Rr v     ORI NF 10   8
1 N 2410 1867 2 5 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 2.2.1877
Javelle 11.2.1898		 GEM SBb 1   74
  N 4012 1868 6 12 18,5 Rr v Marth 25.3.1865   VIR Sb 1   108
1 N 4308 1868 6 11 18,5 Rr v   Tempel 17.2.1882 COM E1 1   106
  N 4314 1866 5 16 18,5 Rr v Herschel W. 13.3.1785   COM SBa 1   20
  N 4585 1866 5 16 18,5 Rr v d'Arrest 21.4.1865   COM SBb 1   21
  N 4614 1866 5 11 18,5 Rr v d'Arrest 9.5.1864   COM SB0-a 1   11
  N 4615 1866 5 11 18,5 Rr v d'Arrest 9.5.1864   COM Scd 1   12
  N 5088 1868 5 20 18,5 Rr v Mitchell 18.4.1855 d'Arrest 26.4.1867 VIR Sbc 1   104
1 N 5657 1866 5 14 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 5.6.1880 BOO SBb 1   16
  N 5936 1866 6 1 18,5 Rr v Herschel W. 12.4.1784   SER SBb 1   24
  N 5996 1866 6 1 18,5 Rr v Herschel W. 21.3.1784   SER Sc 1   25
1 N 6020 1866 5 9 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 27.6.1876 SER E3 1 IC 1148 (Safford 9.5.1866) 10
1 N 6098 1867 4 24 18,5 Rr v   Swift L. 3.4.1887 HER E3 1   76
1 N 6099 1867 4 24 18,5 Rr v   Swift L. 3.4.1887 HER E0 1   76
1 N 6347 1866     18,5 Rr v   Stephan 6.7.1880 HER SBb 1 IC 1253 (Safford 6.6.1866) 29
  N 6364 1866 9 5 18,5 Rr v Voigt Jun? 1865 Stephan 21.7.1879
Swift L. 11.9.1885		 HER S0 1   6
  N 6371 1866 8 1 18,5 Rr v Marth 24.6.1864   HER S? 1   45
1 N 6484 1866 7 11 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 27.6.1876 HER Sb 1   41
1 N 6527 1866 8 1 18,5 Rr v   Swift L. 6.6.1886 HER Sa 1   46
1 N 6575 1866 6 7 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 1.7.1880 HER E3 1   33
  N 6577 1866 6 6 18,5 Rr v Marth 7.8.1864   HER E1 1   30
  N 6580 1866 6 6 18,5 Rr v Marth 7.8.1864   HER E? 1   31
1 N 6589 1867 8 28 18,5 Rr v   Swift L. 12.7.1885 SGR RN 2 IC 4690 (Barnard 8? 1905) 81
1 N 6641 1866 8 9 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 20.8.1873 HER S 1   47
  N 6674 1866 6 6 18,5 Rr v Marth 6.6.1864 Stephan 18.7.1871 HER SBb 1   32
  N 6675 1866 9 28 18,5 Rr v Voigt Jul? 1865 Stephan 27.7.1870 LYR Sbc 1   7
  N 6688 1866 6 9 18,5 Rr v Marth 3.8.1864 Stephan 25.7.1870 LYR S0-a 1   35
  N 6765 1866 7 12 18,5 Rr v Marth 28.6.1864 Stephan 20.7.1870 LYR PN 3   42
  N 6842 1866 7 12 18,5 Rr v Marth 28.6.1863 d'Arrest 26.8.1864 VUL PN 3   43
  N 6897 1867 8 24 18,5 Rr v Marth 28.6.1863   CAP Sbc 1   80
  N 6898 1867 8 24 18,5 Rr v Marth 28.6.1863   CAP Sa 1   79
1 N 6941 1867 8 29 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 1.9.1872 AQL Sb 1   83
  N 7288 1867 9 19 18,5 Rr v Marth 1.10.1864   AQR S0-a 1   84
1 N 7291 1866 10 1 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 21.9.1876 PEG S0 1   56
1 N 7343 1866 9 14 18,5 Rr v   Stephan 26.9.1876 PEG SBbc 1   53
1 N 7375 1866 10 1 18,5 Rr v   Swift L. 2.9.1886 PEG S0-a 1   57
  N 7783 1867 10 23 18,5 Rr v Marth 9.9.1864   PSC S0 1   99
1 I 8 1867 9 23 18,5 Rr v   Javelle 19.9.1892 PSC Sc 1   89
1 I 34 1867 10 22 18,5 Rr v   Swift L. 18.9.1889 PSC SBa 1   97
1 I 69 1866 11 8 18,5 Rr v     PSC Sbc 1   66
1 I 96 1866 12 1 18,5 Rr v     PSC Sbc 1   69
1 I 163 1866 12 27 18,5 Rr v   Swift L. 25.11.1889 ARI SBdm 1   72
1 I 178 1866 11 8 18,5 Rr v     AND Sab 1   67
1 I 200 1866 12 1 18,5 Rr v     TRI SBb 1   71
1 I 204 1867 10 22 18,5 Rr v     CET E3 1   98
1 I 348 1866 12 1 18,5 Rr v     PER IV2pn 4 IC 1985 (Barnard 6.12.1893) 70
1 I 357 1867 1 1 18,5 Rr v     TAU SBab 1   73
1 I 777 1866 5 14 18,5 Rr v     COM SBab 1   18
1 I 779 1866 5 16 18,5 Rr v     COM SBc 1   19
1 I 791 1866 6 6 18,5 Rr v     COM SBa 1   26
1 I 832 1866 5 16 18,5 Rr v   Spitaler 14.2.1892 COM E0 1   22
1 I 842 1866 5 3 18,5 Rr v     COM SBc 1   2
1 I 843 1866 5 3 18,5 Rr v     COM S0 1   3
1 I 909 1866 6 6 18,5 Rr v     BOO SBa 1   28
1 I 916 1866 6 6 18,5 Rr v     BOO C 1   27
1 I 949 1866 5 14 18,5 Rr v     BOO Sd 1   14
1 I 971 1868 5 20 18,5 Rr v   Wolf Apr. 1905 VIR SBc 1   105
1 I 1006 1866 5 14 18,5 Rr v     BOO S? 1   15
1 I 1008 1866 5 4 18,5 Rr v     BOO P 1 IC 4414 (Javelle 27.7.1895) 5
1 I 1012 1866 5 9 18,5 Rr v     BOO Sc 1 IC 4431 (Javelle 9.7.1896) 8
1 I 1014 1867 4 27 18,5 Rr v     BOO SBdm 1   78
1 I 1026 1866 5 11 18,5 Rr v     BOO Sb 8 NGC 5653 (Herschel W. 13.3.1785) 13
1 I 1030 1866 5 4 18,5 Rr v     BOO Sb 8 NGC 5672 (Herschel W. 13.3.1785) 6
1 I 1060 1868 5 23 18,5 Rr v     LIB Sa 1   106
1 I 1127 1866 5 4 18,5 Rr v     SER Sd 1 IC 4553 (Javelle 25.7.1903) 7
1 I 1132 1866 5 9 18,5 Rr v     SER Sc 1   9
1 I 1148 1866 5 9 18,5 Rr v     SER E3 8 NGC 6020 (Safford 9.5.1866) 10
1 I 1174 1867 8 26 18,5 Rr v     SER S0-a 1   77
1 I 1236 1866 8 1 18,5 Rr v   Barnard 31.7.1888
Swift L. 17.9.1890		 HER SBc 1   44
1 I 1253 1866 6 6 18,5 Rr v     HER SBb 8 NGC 6347 (Safford 1866) 29
1 I 1295 1867 8 28 18,5 Rr v     SCT PN 3   82
1 I 1302 1866 6 9 18,5 Rr v     CYG SBc 1   36
1 I 1303 1866 6 9 18,5 Rr v     CYG Sc 1   37
1 I 1340 1866 9 13 18,5 Rr v     CYG SNR 2   51
1 I 1376 1867 9 21 18,5 Rr v     AQR NF 10   85
1 I 1382 1866 9 29 18,5 Rr v     PEG SBbc 8 NGC 7056 (Marth 17.9.1863) 55
1 I 1392 1866 9 12 18,5 Rr v     CYG E-S0 1   50
1 I 1427 1866 9 14 18,5 Rr v     PEG E1 1   52
1 I 1473 1866 10 1 18,5 Rr v     PEG S0 1   58
1 I 1476 1866 10 1 18,5 Rr v     PEG S? 1   59
1 I 1524 1867 9 23 18,5 Rr v     PSC SBbc 1 IC 1490 (Swift L. 5.11.1891) 87

Harvard Observatory with 15" Refractor

 

Dearborn Observatory (Chicago) and 18.5" Refractor