Lewis Swift
Orbituary: MNRAS 73, 219 (1913); AN 194, 133 (1913)
Lewis Swift discovered 598 NGC- and 581 IC-objects; 522
NGC- and 546 IC-objects were new. He mainly observed with the 16" Refractor at Warner
Observatory, Rochester, which was later installed on Echo Mountain,
California. The dataset is too large to be presented here. It is available as
excel file. 7 objects were found with smaller
telescopes (see table below). The 4.5" refractor was his private telescope,
already purchased in 1857. With it, some interesting objects were seen, like
the Merope Nebula and the Rosette Nebula. The 12" refractor is that at Lick
Observatory, used by Swift when visiting Barnard in 1889.
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D |
N |
NI |
Y |
M |
D |
Ap |
I |
T |
Discoverer |
Observer |
Name |
Con |
Type |
S |
ID |
Author |
Title |
Source |
List |
| 1 |
N |
1360 |
1859 |
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4,5 |
Rr |
v |
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Tempel 9.10.1861
Winnecke Jan. 1868 |
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FOR |
PN |
3 |
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Swift L. |
The Nebulae |
Sid. Mess. IV, 36-43 (1885) |
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| |
N |
1435 |
1874 |
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|
4,5 |
Rr |
v |
Tempel 19.10.1859 |
|
Merope Nebula |
TAU |
RN |
2 |
|
Swift L. |
The Merope Nebulae |
MNRAS 42, 107 (1882) |
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| 1 |
N |
2237 |
1865 |
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4,5 |
Rr |
v |
|
Barnard 29.1.1883 |
Rosette Nebula |
MON |
EN |
2 |
|
Swift L. |
Catalogue No. 2 of Nebulae discovered at the
Warner Observatory |
AN [2707] 113, 305-310 (1885) |
2–31 |
| 1 |
N |
5707 |
1878 |
|
|
4,5 |
Rr |
v |
|
|
|
BOO |
Sab |
1 |
|
Swift L. |
Catalogue No. 1 of Nebulae discovered at the
Warner Observatory |
AN [2683] 112, 313-318 (1885) |
1–36 |
| 1 |
N |
6951 |
1878 |
|
|
4,5 |
Rr |
v |
|
|
|
CEP |
SBbc |
7 |
NGC 6952 (Coggia 1877) |
Swift L. |
Catalogue No. 2 of Nebulae discovered at the
Warner Observatory |
AN [2707] 113, 305-310 (1885) |
2–85 |
| 1 |
I |
408 |
1889 |
2 |
2 |
12,0 |
Rr |
v |
|
|
|
LEP |
SB0 |
1 |
IC 2121 (Swift L. 26.12.1897) |
Swift L. |
Catalogue No. 8 of Nebulae discovered at the
Warner Observatory |
AN [2918] 122, 241-246 (1889) |
8–38 |
| 1 |
I |
411 |
1889 |
2 |
2 |
12,0 |
Rr |
v |
|
|
|
LEP |
S0 |
1 |
|
Swift L. |
Catalogue No. 8 of Nebulae discovered at the
Warner Observatory |
AN [2918] 122, 241-246 (1889) |
8–39 |
4.5" Fitz Refractor at Rochester
Warner Observatory, Rochester and 16" Clark Refractor
Lowe Observatory, Echo Mountain
12" Clark Refractor at Lick Observatory
Swift's drawings of the Rosette Nebula (NGC 2337) and
the Omega Nebula (M 17), made with the 4.5" refractor
