Available Catalogs#
The currently available catalogs are listed in the following auto-generated table.
See lib.catalogsdb.Catalog for a description of the columns.
Note
You can download the latest build of the catalog by clicking on its id.
ID |
Name |
Version |
Precedence |
Description |
Author |
Source |
OpenNGC |
8 |
1.0 |
OpenNGC is a database containing positions and main data of NGC (New General Catalogue) and IC (Index Catalogue) objects. Unlike other similar databases which are released with license limitations, OpenNGC is released under CC-BY-SA-4.0 license, which allows the use for a wider range of cases. |
Mattia Verga (mattia dot verga at tiscali dot it) |
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NGC IC (Steinicke) |
6 |
0.1 |
The Revised New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue contains and describes all objects from the original NGC/IC, compiled by Dreyer. Additionally, many new objects (named with extension letters) or companions are included, so the catalogues list alltogether 13957 entries. |
Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke |
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Abell Planetary Nebulae |
1 |
0.3 |
The Abell Catalog of Planetary Nebulae was created in 1966 by George O. Abell and was composed of 86 entries thought to be planetary nebulae that were collected from discoveries, about half by Albert George Wilson and the rest by Abell, Robert George Harrington, and Rudolph Minkowski. All were discovered before August 1955 as part of the National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey on photographic plates created with the 48-inch (1.2 m) Samuel Oschin telescope at Mount Palomar. |
George O. Abell |
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Sharpless HII region Catalog |
2 |
0.5 |
The catalogue describes the position, maximum angular diameters, classifications according to form, structure and brightness, and the number of associated stars. The acronym used in the literature to designate objects from this catalogue is Sh 2 (e.g. Sh 2-1 for the first HII region of the catalogue) |
Sharpless S. |
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Hickson Compact Groups |
1 |
0.2 |
The catalog of groups is a list of 100 compact groups of galaxies identified by a systematic search of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey red prints. Each group contains four or more galaxies, has an estimated mean surface brightness brighter than 26.0 magnitude per arcsec2 and satisfies an isolation criterion. |
Hickson P. |
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Lynds’ Catalogue of Dark Nebulae |
1 |
1.0 |
This catalog is an updated version from the published version. The catalog was based on the red and blue prints of the National Geographic - Palomar Observatory Sky Atlas. The catalog contains positions, both equatorial and galactic for the centers of dark nebulae. |
Lynds B.T. |