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Obituary: AN 181, 313 (1909); MNRAS 70, 299 (1910)
Gothard was a pioneer of astrophotography. He used a 10.25" Browning reflector at his private observatory in Herény, Hungary. There he re-discovered two IC objects: the famous Flaming Star Nebula IC 405 in Auriga and the small galaxy IC 1296 near the the Ring Nebula M 57 in Lyra (the central star was first photographed). IC 405 was found earlier on plates by Schaeberle and Wolf; IC 1296 was visually discovered by Barnard.
| D | N | NI | Y | M | D | Ap | I | T | Discoverer | Observer | Name | Con | Type | S | Author | Title | Source |
| I | 405 | 1892 | 10 | 10,3 | Rl | p | Schaeberle 21.3.1892 | Wolf 25.9.1892 | Flaming Star Nebula | AUR | EN | 2 | Gothard, E. | (Note 3) | AN [3130] 131, 159 (1893) | ||
| I | 1296 | 1888 | 6 | 13 | 10,3 | Rl | p | Barnard 2.10.1893 | LYR | SBbc | 1 | Gothard, E. | Der kleine Barnard'sche Nebel bei M. 57 | AN [3217] 135, 11 (1894) |
10.25" Browning Reflector at Herény
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M 57 and IC 1296
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Gothardt's photographs
