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    Ralph Copeland FRSE FRAS (3 September 1837 – 27 October 1905) was an English astronomer and the third Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Copeland was born...
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    with Copeland Creek (aka Wildgoose Creek) and Copeland Ridge, of which it is the summit, for Ralph Copeland (1837-1905), an English astronomer and the third...
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    NGC 3753 (category Discoveries by Ralph Copeland)
    away from the Solar System and was discovered on February 9, 1874, by Ralph Copeland. NGC 3753 is classified as a LINER galaxy meaning, it presents an emission...
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    NGC 3754 (category Discoveries by Ralph Copeland)
    away from the Solar System and was discovered on April 5, 1874, by Ralph Copeland. The luminosity class of NGC 3754 is II and it is listed as a LINER...
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    3746. The group was discovered by British astronomer Ralph Copeland in 1874. The location of Copeland's Septet is right ascension 11h 37m 50s / declination...
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    NGC 3750 (category Discoveries by Ralph Copeland)
    450 million light-years from the Solar System and was discovered by Ralph Copeland on February 9, 1874. NGC 3750 has a surface brightness of magnitude...
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    NGC 3745 (category Discoveries by Ralph Copeland)
    million light-years away from the Solar System and was discovered by Ralph Copeland on April 5, 1874, but also observed by Hermann Kobold, Lawrence Parsons...
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    planetary nebula in the constellation Sagitta. It was discovered by Ralph Copeland on September 17, 1884. It is 4.6 ± 1.0 kiloparsec (15.0 ± 3.3 kly) distant...
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    NGC 3758 (category Discoveries by Ralph Copeland)
    approximate diameter of 70,000 light-years. NGC 3758 was discovered by Ralph Copeland on March 18, 1874, but also independently discovered by Edouard Stephan...
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    NGC 3751 (category Discoveries by Ralph Copeland)
    million light-years away from the Solar System and was discovered by Ralph Copeland on April 5, 1874. To date, a non-redshift measurement gives a distance...
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    NGC 3746 (category Discoveries by Ralph Copeland)
    approximate diameter of 165,000 light-years. NGC 3746 was discovered by Ralph Copeland on 9 February 1874 with subsequent observations made by Hermann Kobold...
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    NGC 203 (category Discoveries by Ralph Copeland)
    the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on December 19, 1873 by Ralph Copeland. The galaxy is also listed as NGC 211 in the New General Catalogue....
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    nebula in the constellation Scorpius. It was discovered in 1883 by Ralph Copeland. An analysis of Gaia data suggests that the central star may be a binary...
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    NGC 3748 (category Discoveries by Ralph Copeland)
    million light-years away from the Solar System and was discovered by Ralph Copeland on April 5, 1874, but also observed by Hermann Kobold, Lawrence Parsons...
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    NGC 739 (category Discoveries by Ralph Copeland)
    constellation of Triangulum. NGC 739 was discovered by English astronomer Ralph Copeland on January 9, 1874. He was using the 72" telescope at Birr Castle in...
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    expanding for between 1,280 and 1,600 years, The nebula was discovered by Ralph Copeland in 1884. The Necklace Nebula—originally a close binary, one component...
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    William Herschel in 1784, but did not earn their name until observer Ralph Copeland called them the Siamese Twins in the late 1800s due to their almost...
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    NGC 7767 (category Discoveries by Ralph Copeland)
    located within the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered in 1872 by Ralph Copeland using Lord Rosse's 72-inch telescope. It is an S0a type galaxy with...
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    NGC 85 (category Discoveries by Ralph Copeland)
    light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by Ralph Copeland in 1873 and its apparent magnitude is 15.7. The galaxy appears to be...
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  • 1844 2 Charles Piazzi Smyth 1846 1888 3 Ralph Copeland 1889 1905 4 Sir Frank Watson Dyson 1905 1910 5 Ralph Allen Sampson 1910 1937 6 William Michael...
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    baryonic matter in the object. Burbidge Chain Copeland Septet Discovered by British astronomer Ralph Copeland in 1874. Deer Lick Group Coined by Tom Lorenzin...
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    NGC 4072 (category Discoveries by Ralph Copeland)
    constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Ralph Copeland on April 3, 1872 and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group. NGC 4072 is...
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    magnifications over 200-fold. The nebula was discovered by astronomer Ralph Copeland in 1883. The central star has a stellar class of WC4 and is hydrogen...
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  • Kenneth H. Cooper, American physician – Cooper test Ralph Copeland, English astronomer - Copeland Septet Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer – Copernican...
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  • (see for extensive detail), and Ralph Copeland was appointed as fourth Regius Professor and third Astronomer Royal. Copeland was well known for spectroscopic...
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  • after Roger Clowes and Luis Campusano. Copeland Septet is group of seven galaxies in Leo, named after Ralph Copeland. Keenan's System (Arp 104) is a pair...
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    8 AU from Earth. It was later rediscovered by, but not credited to, Ralph Copeland (Dun Echt Observatory, Aberdeen, Scotland) on September 23.[citation...
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    maintain a new Royal Observatory to replace the one on Calton Hill. Ralph Copeland was appointed third Astronomer Royal for Scotland and oversaw the move...
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    mistake, and wrote a note to Ralph Copeland (the Astronomer Royal of Scotland) reporting his discovery. Professor Copeland immediately reported the discovery...
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    Copeland was born in Birr Castle in Parsonstown, County Offaly in 1872, when her father was assistant to Lord Rosse. Her father was astronomer Ralph Copeland...
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