Herbert Alonzo Howe

Obituary: PASP 38, 379 (1926)

Howe discovered 60 IC objects between 1894 and 1900 with the 20" refractor at Chamberlain Observatory, Denver, Colorado. Except one, which is "lost (IC 5385), all are galaxies. The "No." refer to the lists in the references (a-d is a short liat the end of paper 1).

IC
No.
Con
Date
Type
Ref
Rem
 1557 1 CET Nov. 6, 1899 galaxy 4  
1564 b PSC Aug. 23, 1895 galaxy 1  
1567 c PSC Aug. 23, 1895 galaxy 1  
1592 1 PSC Jan. 1, 1895 galaxy 1  
1598 2 PSC Jan. 1, 1895 galaxy 1  
1602 1 CET Dec. 16, 1898 galaxy 2  
1607 3 CET Jun. 24, 1895 galaxy 1
Javelle 1897
1693 2 CET Jan. 1, 1900 galaxy 4  
1696 3 CET Jan. 19, 1900 galaxy 4  
1705 4 CET Jul. 3, 1895 galaxy 1  
1741 4 CET Jan. 1, 1900 galaxy 4  
1745 5 CET Jan. 1, 1900 galaxy 4  
1758 6 CET Nov. 24, 1899 galaxy 4  
1818 2 CET Jan. 6, 1899 galaxy 2  
1853 8 ERI Jan. 23, 1900 galaxy 4  
1866 9 ERI Jan. 31, 1900 galaxy 4  
1880 10 ERI Jan. 30, 1900 galaxy 4  
1892 11 ERI Jan. 22, 1900 galaxy 4  
1897 12 ERI Jan. 24, 1900 galaxy 4  
1975 13 ERI Jan. 19, 1900 galaxy 4  
2045 14 ERI Jan. 20, 1900 galaxy 4  
2063 5 ERI Jan. 14, 1898 galaxy 1  
2064   ERI 1899? galaxy 3
notes to NGC 1561-5
2080 16 ERI Jan. 31, 1900 galaxy 4  
2132 6 LEP Feb. 22, 1898 galaxy 1  
2151 17 LEP Jan. 22, 1900 galaxy 4  
2163 7 CMA Feb. 11, 1898 galaxy 1  
2311 8 PUP Feb. 16, 1898 galaxy 1  
2375 9 PUP Feb. 22, 1898 galaxy 1  
2377 10 PUP Feb. 22, 1898 galaxy 1  
2379 11 PUP Feb. 22, 1898 galaxy 1  
2403 12 HYA Mar. 23, 1898 galaxy 1  
2437 13 HYA Feb. 23, 1898 galaxy 1
Stewart 1900
2482 3 HYA Mar. 3, 1899 galaxy 2  
2593 4 HYA Apr. 10, 1899 galaxy 2  
2623 18 CRT Apr. 19, 1900 galaxy 4  
2668 14 CRT Apr. 25, 1898 galaxy 1  
3799 5 CRV May 11, 1899 galaxy 2  
3819 6 CRV May 10, 1899 galaxy 2  
3822 7 CRV May 10, 1899 galaxy 2  
3824 8 CRV May 10, 1899 galaxy 2  
3825 9 CRV May 10, 1899 galaxy 2  
3827 15 CRV Apr. 20, 1898 galaxy 1  
4329 20 CEN Jun. 21, 1900 galaxy 4
Frost 1904
4401 11 VIR May 10, 1899 galaxy 2  
4708 21 DRA Sep. 11, 1899 galaxy 4  
4772 12 LYR Sep. 7, 1898 galaxy 2  
5088 16 CAP Oct. 19, 1897 galaxy 1  
5122 13 CAP Sep. 17, 1898 galaxy 2  
5124 17 CAP Sep. 30, 1897 galaxy 1  
5178 18 AQR Oct. 20, 1897 galaxy 1  
5278 d AQR Dec. 3, 1894 galaxy 1  
5310 19 AQR Sep. 27, 1897 galaxy 1  
5319 22 PEG Nov. 25, 1899 galaxy 4  
5334 21 AQR Dec. 14, 1894 galaxy 1  
5341 23 PEG Nov. 27, 1899 galaxy 4  
5342 24 PEG Nov. 27, 1899 galaxy 4  
5345 14 AQR Oct. 11, 1898 galaxy 2  
5349 15 SCL Nov. 16, 1898 galaxy 2  
5385 a PSC Dec. 27, 1894 not found 1  

References: [1] List of Nebulae discovered at the Chamberlin Observatory, University Park, Colorado, MNRAS 58, 523-524 (1898); [2] Nebulae discovered at the Chamberlin Observatory, University Park, Colorado, MNRAS 60, 129-130 (1899); [3] Observations of Nebulae made at the Chamberlin Observatory, University Park, Colorado, MNRAS 60, 130-142 (1899); [4] Nebulae discovered at the Chamberlin Observatory, University Park, Colorado, MNRAS 60, 611-612 (1900)

There are some objects credted to Howe by Dreyer, discovered earlier by other observers. Not listed here are objects credited to Swift and Howe. In these cases Howe has checked Swifts discoveries (see Ref. 3).

IC
Identity
Discoverer
Rem
1840 NGC 1105 Howe 1900
2047 NGC 1538
Stone 1886
 Howe 1900
3831   Howe 1899
5318 NGC 7646
Muller 1886
 Howe 1897
5361 NGC 7761
Stone 1886
 Bigourdan 1896, Howe 1897
5384 NGC 7813
Muller 1886
 Howe 1899?

 

Chamberlin Observatory/Denver and 20" Refractor