Astronomical Catalogs Flashcards
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A catalogue titled Catalogue des Nebuleuses et des Amas d’Etoiles, originally meant for documenting comets
Messier Catalogue
Persons who contributed to the Messier catalogue
Nicolas Camille Flammarion, Helen Sawyer Hogg, Owen Gingerich, Kenneth Glyn Jones
A series of 7,840 astronomical objects. It’s initial version began from 1,520 objects to eventually 3,866 objects.
New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
109 astronomical objects compiled as a supplement to the Messier Catalogue. Each object must have good visibility, interesting features, and accesible
Caldwell Catalogue
Compilation of the faintest globular clusters within the Milky Way
Palomar Globular Clusters Catalogue
A compilation of galaxies with peculiar characteristics.
Arp Catalogue of Peculiar Galaxies
A list of 313 H II regions containing objects with north of declination -27°.
Sharpless Catalogue
A list of objects with dark nebulae with 369 objects
Barnard Catalogue
A compilation of planetary nebulae
Abell Catalogue
Compilation of variable stars, compiled by Nikolai N. Samus
General Catalogue Of Variable Star
Contains objects that are radio sources like quasars and radio galaxies
Third Cambridge Catalog
Who compiled the NGC and IC catalogues
John Louis Emil Dreyer
Who observed M102, which apparently happens to be M101
Méchain
Who made the Caldwell Catalogue
Patrick Caldwell-Moore
Who is behind the compilation of peculiar galaxies
Dr. Halton Arp
The name of the book that contains the catalog of peculiar galaxies
The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies: A Chronicle and Observer’s Guide
Who is behind the Sharpless Catalogue
Stewart Sharpless
The one who compiled dark nebulae
Edward Emerson Barnard
Who are the ones behind the Abell Catalog of Planetary Nebulae
George O. Abell, Albert George Wilson, and Robert George Harrington
The ones behind the 3C
Martin Ryle and Antony Hewish
