Mark Walrod Harrington

Harrington discovered the galaxy NGC 7040 in Equuleus with the 12.5" Fitz refractor of the University of Michigan Observatory at Ann Arbor, erected in 1854.

D N NI Y M D Ap I T Con Type S Author Title Source
1 N 7040 1882 8 18 12,5 Rr v EQU S? 1 Harrington, M. New Nebula by M. W. Harrington, Director of the Observatory Ann Arbor, Mich.  AN [2479] 104, 111 (1883)

 

Univ. of Michigan Observatory and 12.5" Fitz-Refractor