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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
The Herschel 400 catalogue is a subset of William Herschel's original Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, selected by Brenda F. Guzman (Branchett), Lydel Guzman, Paul Jones, James Morris, Peggy Taylor and Sara Saey of the Ancient City Astronomy Club in St. Augustine, Florida, United States c. 1980.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Catalogues/Abell Catalog of Planetary Nebulae; Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Catalogues/Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies; Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Catalogues/Bright Star Catalogue; Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Catalogues/Collinder catalog
LBN — Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae; Lbz — P. Labitzke (double stars) LDN — Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae; LDS — Luyten Double Star catalogue; LEDA — Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database; Lederman — (telescopic asterisms) Le Gentil — (for example: Le Gentil 3 in Cygnus, at 21:08 / +51°40') (dark nebula)
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 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 ...
The New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, including galaxies , star clusters and emission nebulae .