Quote Originally Posted by Ivan Maly View Post
That's a great-looking map. What publication is it from?
Herschel modestly titled the map "First Approximation to a chart of the Nubecula Major, or greater Magellanic Cloud", but he did a wonderful job mapping the positions of the main stars with a 5-inch apochromat. This work began on 2 Nov 1836 and was completed on 26 Mar 1837. He worked across the LMC in 34 different zones with his refractor, taking down the positions of all stars down to roughly 10th-magnitude.

The completed catalogue of LMC stars and nebulae was published in his 1847 CGH catalogue -- "Results of astronomical observations made during the years 1834 to 1838 at the Cape of Good Hope". The drawings of all nebulae proved an overwhelming task, but you can download the map here