Harding's Deepsky Discoveries

In the Astronomisches Jahrbuch for 1927, Karl Ludwig Harding gives a list of nebulae he had discovered during his sky surveys ["Durchmusterungen"] (Harding 1824). We have added modern identifications in the last column. Harding writes (translated from German):

During my surveys of the sky I have found the following nebulae, which seem to be not yet known:

                                                         [Modern ID, Discoverer]
1. AR. 117:30  Dec. -10: 5  on No. III of my Atlas        NGC 2506  H 6.37
2.     245:25       -12:35         VII                    M107      Méchain
3.     262: 5       - 3:15         VII                    M 14      Messier
4.     334:30       -21:45         IX                     NGC 7293  !
5.     106:35       +14:12         XII                    NGC 2355  H 6.6
6.     301:20       +25:40         XVII                   NGC 6882  H 8.22
7.     293:40       +39:53         XXV                    NGC 6819  !
8.     299:20       +43:45         XXV                    NGC 6866  H 7.59

Links

• Karl Ludwig Harding images, NGC/IC observers page
• Some Karl Ludwig Harding info, Yann Pothier

• Harding, 1824. Astronomische Nachrichten,Beobachtungen des diesjährigen Kometen, dessen Doppelschweif etc., neue Nebelflecke, und über den Anblick des gestirnten Himmels in Egypten, aus einem Schreiben des Hrn. Dr. Westphal, mitgetheilt vom Hrn. Prof. und Astronomen Harding in Göttingen, unterm 28. April c. Astronomisches Jahrbuch für das Jahr 1827, p. 131-135. Here p. 134.

• Obituary: MNRAS 3, 86 (1835)