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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 ...
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)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Catalogues/Caldwell Catalogue; Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Catalogues/Herschel 400 Catalogue; Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Catalogues/Messier Catalogue; Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Catalogues/New General Catalogue
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 ...
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
The original New General Catalogue was compiled during the 1880s by John Louis Emil Dreyer using observations from William Herschel and his son John, among others.Dreyer had already published a supplement to Herschel's General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters (GC), [2] containing about 1,000 new objects.