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Although Swift’s primary interest in his astronomical career was the discovery of comets, his systematic survey of the sky revealed over 1200 nebulae. It was his goal to find as many objects as possible and then measure accurate positions, mainly to keep other comet hunters from wasting their time.
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Notes
- 1.
L. Swift, “The Captured Comet,” The Rochester Evening Express (1880 Oct. 16), p. 2, col. 2.
- 2.
L. Swift correspondence with E. E. Barnard (1884 Oct. 23).
- 3.
L. Swift correspondence with E. E. Barnard (1884 Nov. 27).
- 4.
L. Swift correspondence with E. E. Barnard (1884 Dec. 30).
- 5.
L. Swift, “The Nebulae,” Sidereal Messenger, 4 (1885 Mar.), p. 42.
- 6.
L. Swift, “Catalogue No. 1 of Nebulae discovered at the Warner Observatory,” Astronomische Nachrichten, 112 (1885 Sep. 24), pp. 313–314.
- 7.
L. Swift, “The Nebulae,” Sidereal Messenger, 4 (1885 Mar.), p. 41.
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L. Swift, “The Nebulae,” Sidereal Messenger, 4 (1885 Mar.), p. 41.
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L. Swift correspondence with E. E. Barnard (1884 Dec. 30).
- 10.
L. Swift, “Catalogue No. 3 of Nebulae discovered at the Warner Observatory,” Astronomische Nachrichten, 115 (1886 Sep. 14), pp. 153–154.
- 11.
L. Swift, “Catalogue No. 7 of Nebulae discovered at the Warner Observatory,” Astronomische Nachrichten, 120 (1888 Sep. 26), pp. 33–34
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J. L. E. Dreyer, New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars. London: Royal Astronomical Society (1888), pp. 10–11.
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J. L. E. Dreyer, Index Catalogue of Nebulae found in the Years 1888 to 1894, with Notes and Corrections to the New General Catalogue. (London: Royal Astronomical Society (1895), p. 186.
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J. L. E. Dreyer, Second Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, containing objects found in the Years 1895 to 1907, with Notes and Corrections to the New General Catalogue and to the Index Catalogue for 1888–84. London: Royal Astronomical Society (1908), p. 108.
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H. A. Howe, “Observations of Nebulae made at Chamberlin Observatory, University Park, Colorado,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 61 (1900 Nov.), pp. 29–51.
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J. L. E. Dreyer, Index Catalogue of Nebulae found in the Years 1888 to 1894, with Notes and Corrections to the New General Catalogue. (London: Royal Astronomical Society (1895), p. 186.
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Abbreviations
- *:
-
Star
- am:
-
Among
- an:
-
Another
- B:
-
Bright
- b:
-
Brighter
- bet:
-
Between
- c:
-
Considerably
- D:
-
Double
- diff:
-
Difficult
- E:
-
Elongated
- e:
-
Extremely
- ee:
-
Excessively
- eee:
-
Most extremely faint
- F:
-
Faint
- f:
-
Following
- G. C:
-
General Catalogue
- h:
-
Sir John Herschel, hours
- H:
-
Sir Wm. Herschel
- i:
-
Irregularly
- inv:
-
Involved
- L:
-
Large
- l:
-
Little
- M:
-
Messier, middle
- m:
-
Much, minutes of time, magnitude
- n:
-
North
- neb:
-
Nebula, nebulous
- neby:
-
Nebulosity
- nf:
-
North following
- np:
-
North preceding
- nr:
-
Near
- p:
-
Pretty, preceding
- R:
-
Round
- S:
-
Small
- s:
-
South, seconds of time
- sev:
-
Several
- sf:
-
South following
- sp:
-
South preceding
- st:
-
Stars
- v:
-
Very
- vv:
-
Extremely
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Kronk, G.W. (2017). Annotations for Swift’s Catalogs. In: Lewis Swift. Historical & Cultural Astronomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63721-1_14
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