NGC/IC Discovery Statistics

Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke

17 August 2012

The tables present the discovery statistics for the NGC/IC (based on the Historic NGC/IC). The columns are explained below (1...10 are called "status", which is roughly an object type). The 105 NGC- and 58 IC discoverers are presented in detail on the observers page. Note that - contrary to the information given by Dreyer - Cysat, Ellery, Magellan and Secchi are not the very NGC discoverers and As-Sufi, Bellamy and W. Parsons are not the very IC discoverers. The last row gives the sums of the columns. The individual sums add to 7840 and 5386, the number of entries in the original NGC and IC, respectively.

Name	D	NGC	Ex	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	10
Aratos		1	1				1
Aristoteles	1	2	2				2
As-Sufi	2	1	1	1
Austin	3	3	1	1							2
Auwers	2	2	2	2
Baily		1	1	1
Ball	11	11	4	4							7
Baracchi		2	2				2
Barnard	20	18	17	9	3	1	4				1
Baxendell	1	1										1
Bevis	1	1	1		1
Bigourdan	76	70	39	39					1	5	26	4
Bode	5	4	4	2				2
Bond	15	14	5	5							9
Borrelly	5	6	6	6
Brorsen	1	1	1					1
Bruhns	1	1	1		1
Burnham	4	5	5	4		1
Cacciatore	1	1	1					1
Cassini	1	1	1				1
Chacornac	1	1									1
Coggia	1	1	1	1
Common	33	29	29	29						5
Coolidge	9	9									8	1
Cooper	7	7									5	2
Copeland	35	34	29	24		5				1	4	1
Cysat	1
Darquier	1	1	1			1
d'Arrest	344	319	280	274	4		2		4	25	33	2
de Cheseaux	4	6	6		1		3	2
Dreyer	19	15	12	12						2	3
Duner	1	1	1	1
Dunlop	116	270	268	48	38	4	149	29		5	1	1
Ellery	2
Ferrari		14	5	5							1	8
Flamsteed	1	1	1				1
Hall	1	1	1	1
Halley	4	2	2					2
Harding	2	1	1			1
Harrington	1	1	1	1
Hartwig	4	5	5	5
Henry	1	1	1		1
Herschel C.	13	10	10	1			9
Herschel J.	1866	1647	1524	1150	38	18	306	12	1	64	110	12
Herschel W.	2439	2419	2362	2111	33	33	148	37	7	27	44	5
Hind	4	4	4	1	1			2
Hipparchus	3	2	2				2
Hodierna	8	12	12	1	1		10
Holden	20	18	17	16			1			1	1
Hough	2	4	4	4
Hunter		1	1	1
Ihle	1	1	1					1
Kirch	2	2	2				1	1
Koehler	2	3	3	2			1
Lacaille	27	23	21	1	2		14	4			2
Langley	1	1										1
Lassell	3	4	4	4
Leavenworth	260	251	245	245						9	1	5
Legentil	4	1	1	1
Lohse	18	16	3	3						1	13
Magellan	1
Mairan	1	1	1		1
Maraldi	2	2	2					2
Marth	594	582	564	557	3	4				5	14	4
Mechain	26	26	26	18	1	2	1	4		1
Messier	33	40	39	13	1	1	9	15		1	1
Mitchell		87	80	79	1				2	2	5
Muller	87	82	64	64						4	11	7
Oppenheim		1	1	1
Oriani	3	1	1	1
Palisa	8	7	7	7
Parsons L.	44	38	24	23	1				1	1	10	3
Parsons W.	225	3	3	3
Pechüle	2	2	2	2
Peirce	1	1										1
Peiresc		1	1		1
Peters	16	16	10	10							6
Pickering	15	15	15			15
Pigott		1	1	1
Ptolemäus		1	1				1
Rümker	1	1									1
Safford	2	29	27	26	1							2
Schmidt	14	16	10	7	3					1	5	1
Schönfeld	3	4	4	3	1
Schultz	14	12	1	1						1	11
Schweizer	1	1									1
Searle	6	6	6	6
Secchi	14
Skinner		1	1	1
Stephan	457	418	409	401	4	2	2			15	6	3
Stone	99	89	84	84						12	2	3
Stoney B.		85	64	63	1				7	2	14
Stoney J.		49	45	45					4	1
Struve O.	16	13	11	11						2	2
Struwe W.	7	7	4			2	2				3
Swift E.		25	23	23								2
Swift L.	560	467	443	437	3	3				56	6	18
Tempel	156	149	111	107	3	1				3	34	4
Todd	8	8	8	8						1
Tuttle	1									1
Vespucci		1	1	1
Voigt		5	5	5
Winlock	2	2	2	2
Winnecke	9	8	7	4			2	1			1
Young	1	1	1	1
Sum	7840	7586	7062	6029	149	94	674	116	27	254	405	92

Name	D	IC	Ex	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Aitken	1	1	1			1
As-Sufi	1
Bailey	5	1	1		1
Barnard	157	129	114	74	34	3	3			13	12	5	10
Bellamy	1
Bidschof	2	2	1	1								1
Bigourdan	322	264	85	82	2		1		11	3	53	121	47
Burnham	22	22	22	22						1
Clemens		1	1				1
Coddington	1	1	1	1
de Cheseaux	1	2	2				2
Denning	18	18	18	15		1	2
Dunlop		10	10	3	2		5
Engelhardt	1	1										1
Espin	21	18	13		1	1	6					10
Finlay	5	4	2	2							1	1	1
Fleming	39	45	38	2	14	22					5	5	2
Frost	454	446	435	431	3	1				4	3	2	9
Gale	1	1	1			1
Herschel J.	1	1	1	1
Herschel W.	3	2	2					1
Howe	64	58	57	57						1	4		1
Innes	13	13	6	5			1					6	1
Javelle	1431	1364	1342	1339	2	1				15	49	13	9
Keeler	7	7	6	6									1
Kobold	37	37	34	34								3
Lacaille	2	4	4				4
Leavenworth		3	2	2					1		1
Lunt	6	7	7	5		2
Marth	1	1										1
Messier	1	1	1				1
Mitchell		1	1	1
Muller		13	12	12							1		1
Palisa	4	1	1	1							3
Parrish		5	2	2								1	2
Parsons W.	9
Pechüle	3	3	3	2			1
Pickering	17	2	2		1		1
Roberts	33	34	31	24	7							3
Safford	47	39	38	35	1	1	1				5		1
Schaeberle	1	1	1		1
Schwassmann	172	149	67	67					1	3	18	68	13
Skinner		3	3	3
Spitaler	63	64	55	53	1			1			2	9
Stewart	672	655	599	582	3	1	7	6		6	9	17	39
Stone	29	8	7	7							1	1
Stoney B.		6	6	6							2
Stratonov	1	1	1		1
Swift E.		21	20	20							1	1
Swift L.	585	447	388	386		1		1	1	33	78	14	44
Tempel		1	1		1
Thome	5	5	1				1					2	2
Todd		2	2	2							1
Trouvelot		1	1		1
Voigt		3	3	3
Webb		1	1				1
Wilson	3	3	3	3
Wolf	1127	1112	688	677	10		1		8		11	389	27
Sum	5386	5047	4140	3970	87	36	39	8	23	79	260	674	210

Explanation of columns

Column	Meaning
Observer	Name of discoverer
Dreyer	Number of discoveries as given by Dreyer (original NGC)
NGC or IC	Actual number of discoveries
Ex	Number of existing objects (status 1 ...6 as listed below)
1	Galaxy
2	Galactic nebula, Supernova remnant
3	Planetary nebula
4	Open cluster
5	Globular cluster
6	Part of galaxy (e.g. bright HII regions)
7	Object already in the NGC or IC
8	IC object aöready in NGC
9	Star(s), star group
10	Not found (maybe non existent)