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Palisa discovered 7 NGC- and 2 IC-objects at Vienna Observatory using the 12" Clark and 27" Grubb refractors. All objects are galaxies.
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Object
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Con
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Date
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Telescope
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Ref
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NGC 927
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ARI
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Jan. 18, 1885
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12"
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1
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NGC 2926
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LEO
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Mar. 27, 1886
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12"
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2
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NGC 2944
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LEO
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Mar. 27, 1886
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12"
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2
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NGC 3071
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LEO
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Mar. 10, 1886
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12"
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2
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NGC 3094
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LEO
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Dec. 31, 1885
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27"
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1
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NGC 3116
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LMI
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Mar. 10, 1886
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12"
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2
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NGC 4587
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VIR
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Apr. 17, 1882
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12"
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3
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IC 1748
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ARI
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Nov. 2 1899
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27"
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4
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IC 5290
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AQR
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Oct. 4, 1896
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27"
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5
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References: [1] Beobachtungen von Planeten und Cometen, AN 114, 337 (1885); [2] Beobachtungen von Planeten, Cometen und Nebelflecken, AN 116, 337 (1887); [3] Planeten- und Cometenbeobachtungen auf der neuen Wiener Sternwarte, AN 105, 369 (1883); [4] Beobachtungen von Planeten, Cometen und Nebelflecken, AN 152, 145 (1900); [5] Beobachtungen auf der k.u.k Sternwarte zu Wien, AN 143, 49 (1897)
NGC 927 was also found by Swift on Dec. 2, 1885. The galaxy NGC 2981 in Leo is credited to Palisa by Dreyer, but actually Dr. Oppenheim (assistant at Wien) has found the object with the 27" on March 10, 1886 (see [2]). NGC 2819, a galaxy in Cancer, was found by Palisa on Apr. 2, 1886 (AN #2782), but discovered 22 years earlier by Marth. NGC 6654, a galaxy in Draco, was found by Palisa on Sep. 20, 1883 with the 12" (AN #2544), but Swift was 9 days quicker! IC 1514, a galaxy in Aquarius, was found by Palisa on Sep. 19, 1893 with the 27" (AN #3235), but this object is identical to NGC 7776, discovered by Stone before 1886. Finally IC 4643, a galaxy in Hercules, found by Palisa on Oct. 6, 1896 [5] is identical to William Herschel's NGC 6301 (IV 57).
Obituary: PASP 37, 174 (1925); AN 225, 125 (1925)
Vienna Observatory
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27" f/15 Grubb-Refractor (installed 1878)
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