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In 1864, the CN was expanded into the General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (GC) by John Herschel (William's son). [5] The GC contained 5,079 entries. Later, a complementary edition of the catalog was published posthumously as the General Catalogue of 10,300 Multiple and Double Stars. The small "h" followed with the catalogue entry ...
Catalogues published by John Herschel. General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, catalogued by John Herschel; J.L.E. Dreyer's New General Catalogue and Index Catalogues, which expanded on the William, Caroline, John Herschel catalogues; Herschel 400 Catalogue, a subset of the Herschels' catalogues for amateur astronomers
In this letter Mr. Mullaney suggested that William Herschel's original catalogue of 2,500 objects would be an excellent basis for deep sky object selection for amateur astronomers looking for a challenge after completing the Messier Catalogue. The Herschel 400 is a subset of John Herschel's General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters published in ...
Boss General Catalogue, an astronomical catalogue compiled by Benjamin Boss and published in the U.S. in 1936; General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters, an astronomical catalogue by John Herschel expanding on the work of his father William Herschel
Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Catalogues/Bright Star Catalogue; Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Catalogues/Collinder catalog; Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Catalogues/Caldwell Catalogue; Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Catalogues/Herschel 400 Catalogue
D — James Dunlop (A catalogue of nebulae and clusters of stars in the southern hemisphere, observed at Parramatta in New South Wales) DA — Dominion Observatory List A [16] Danjon — Andre Danjon (double stars) Danks — (open star clusters) (for example: Danks 1 & 2, located near the northeastern Centaurus section of the Coalsack Nebula)
Nebulae become visible if the gas glows, or if the cloud reflects starlight or obscures light from more distant objects. The catalogues that it may refer to: Catalogue des nébuleuses et des amas d'étoiles (Messier "M" catalogue) first published 1771; Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (William Herschel 'CN'/"H" catalogue) first ...
The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Other objects in the catalogue can be found in the other subpages of the list of NGC objects . The constellation information in these tables is taken from The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer ...