Nils Christoffer Dunér

Obituary: Obs. 37, 446 (1914); MNRAS 75, 256 (1915); AN 199, 391 (1914)

Dunér discovered the galaxy NGC 2273 in Lynx. He found it with the newly erected 9.6" Merz refractor at Lund Observatory. It was observed by Schultz, in Sept. 1872. After his work at Lund, Dunér became director of Upsala Observatory in 1888..

D N NI Y M D Ap I T Con Type S Author Title Source
1 N 2273 1867 9 15 9,6 Rr v LYN SBa 1 Dunér, N. Beobachtung eines neuen Nebelflecks  AN [1864] 78, 251 (1871)

 

Uppsala Observatory

 

9.4" f/17 Steinheil-Refractor

 

Duner at the 14.2"/13" Double-Refractor (Repsold)