Judging by his Slough catalog J. Herschel only reobserved about 1600 to 1700 of his father's objects successfully - I don't know if he targeted more. Owen, how high was your and F. Kemble's site?...
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Judging by his Slough catalog J. Herschel only reobserved about 1600 to 1700 of his father's objects successfully - I don't know if he targeted more. Owen, how high was your and F. Kemble's site?...
Thanks! Quite possibly. I've looked at some of those already, and they are an interesting bunch, especially the Galactic objects, and would be a natural introduction to the Cape catalog should I...
8 since I started to do it systematically, although I probably did half in the last two years when it became the dominant project. Here, if I can average 1 astronomical-quality night a month I feel...
Update: I have now finished the Herschels (2500).
No comparison with the greats here, but just for the sake of completeness... About one thousand. Probably 200 of them with the OP's book - big fan. I started, such as it was, in 2006, and like to...