Prosper Henry

 

The Henrys discovered one NGC object: the Maia Nebula (Pleiades) NGC 1432 in Taurus. It was first seen on a plate taken on November 16, 1885 with the 13" (f/10) photographic refractor at Paris Observatory; see On Photographs of a new Nebula in the Pleiades, MNRAS 46, 98 (1886); see also AN 113, 239 (1886). The Merope Nebula (NGC 1435) was dicovered visually by Tempel on October 19, 1859 with a 4" refractor at Venice.

Obituaries: Paul: MNRAS 65, 349 (1905); AN 167, 223 (1905); Prosper: MNRAS 64, 296 (1904); Pop. Astron. 11, 558 (1903); AN 163, 381 (1903)