Lacaille found 29 NGC-objects; 23 were new. He also discovered 4 IC-objects. All are listed in: Lacaille, N., Remarques sur les etoiles nebuleuses, Hist. de l'Acad. Sci. 1755, 194-199 (1761). He used a refractor of only 1 inch aperture, erected in Cape Town.

D

N

NI

Y

M

D

Ap

I

T

Discoverer

Observer

Name

Con

Type

S

List

1

N

104

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 1.8.1826

47 Tucanae

TUC

III

5

I.1

1

N

2070

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 3.8.1826

Tarantula Nebula, 30 Dor

DOR

EN

2

I.2

1

N

2477

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 8.5.1826

PUP

I3r

4

I.3

1

N

2516

1751

0,5

Rr

v

CAR

I3r

4

II.3

1

N

2546

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 8.5.1826

PUP

III2m

4

II.4

1

N

2547

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 28.5.1826

VEL

II2p

4

III.2

1

N

3228

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 9.5.1826

VEL

I1p

4

II.7

1

N

3293

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 29.4.1826

Gem Cluster

CAR

I3r

4

II.8

1

N

3372

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 30.4.1826

Eta Carinae Nebula

CAR

EN

2

III.6

1

N

3532

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 27.4.1826

CAR

II1m

4

II.10

1

N

3766

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 27.4.1826

CEN

I1p

4

III.7

1

N

4755

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 26.5.1826

Jewel Box

CRU

I3r

4

II.12

1

N

4833

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 29.4.1826

MUS

VIII

5

I.4

N

5139

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Halley 1677

Dunlop 7.5.1826

Omega Centauri

CEN

VIII

5

I.5

1

N

5236

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 29.4.1826

M 83

HYA

Sc

1

I.6

1

N

5281

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 1.7.1826

CEN

I3m

4

I.7

1

N

5662

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 25.5.1826

CEN

II3m

4

III.8

1

N

6025

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 8.5.1826

TRA

II2p

4

III.10

N

6121

1751

0,5

Rr

v

de Chéseaux 1746

M 4

SCO

IX

5

I.9

1

N

6124

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 10.5.1826

SCO

II3m

4

I.8

N

6231

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Hodierna 1654

Halley 1678

SCO

I3p

4

II.13

1

N

6242

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 13.5.1826

SCO

I3m

4

I.10

1

N

6397

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 28.6.1826

ARA

IX

5

III.11

N

6405

1752

6

16

0,5

Rr

v

Hodierna 1654

de Chéseaux 1745?

M 6, Butterfly Cluster

SCO

III2p

4

III.12

N

6475

1752

6

15

0,5

Rr

v

Ptolemäus -130?

Halley 1678

M 7, Ptolemy's Cluster

SCO

II2r

4

II.14

1

N

6634

1751

0,5

Rr

v

not M 69

SGR

*Grp

9

I.11

N

6656

1752

4

6

0,5

Rr

v

Ihle 26.8.1665

Halley 1715

M 22

SGR

VII

5

I.12

1

N

6777

1751

0,5

Rr

v

PAV

*2

9

I.13

1

N

6809

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 10.7.1826

M 55

SGR

XI

5

I.14

1

I

2391

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Bailey 1896

ο Velorum Cluster

VEL

II3p

4

II. 5

1

I

2395

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Bailey 1896

VEL

II3p

4

III.3

1

I

2488

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Dunlop 8.5.1826 Bailey 1896

VEL

II2m

4

III.4

1

I

2602

1751

0,5

Rr

v

Bailey 1896

Southern Pleiades

CAR

II3m

4

II.9

Lacaille's 1" transit circel

This is not the refractor used for his discoveries (which had only 0.5")