Robert Stawell Ball

 

Obituary: MNRAS 75, 230 (1915)

Ball discovered 11 NGC-objects using Lord Rosse's 72" reflector at Birr Castle. All objects are listed in: Parsons W., On the Construction of Specula of Six-feet Aperture; and a selection from the Observations of nebulae made with them, Phil. Trans. 151, 681-745 (1861) They are also described (by their G.C. number as continued by Dreyer) in: Lawrence Parsons, Observations of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars Made With the Six-foot and Three-foot Reflectors at Birr Castle From the Year 1848 up to the Year 1878, Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society Vol. II, 1878. Only 4 objects are non-stellar (galaxies).

D N NI Y M D Ap I T Con Type S ID
1 N 308 1866 12 31 72 Rl v CET * 9  
1 N 310 1866 12 31 72 Rl v CET * 9  
1 N 397 1866 12 6 72 Rl v PSC E? 1  
1 N 400 1866 12 30 72 Rl v PSC * 9  
1 N 401 1866 12 30 72 Rl v PSC * 9  
1 N 1742 1866 12 29 72 Rl v ORI * 9  
1 N 2390 1866 12 10 72 Rl v GEM * 9  
1 N 2391 1866 12 10 72 Rl v GEM * 9  
1 N 3695 1867 3 31 72 Rl v UMA SBbc 1 NGC 3698 (Dreyer 18.3.1876)
1 N 3700 1867 3 31 72 Rl v UMA SBab 1  
1 N 5601 1867 3 27 72 Rl v BOO S? 1  

Birr Castle

 

72" Reflector