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Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars

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111:. In 1789, he added another 1,000 entries, and finally another 500 in 1802, bringing the total to 2,500 entries. This catalogue originated the usage of letters and catalogue numbers as identifiers. The capital "H" followed with the catalogue entry number represented the item. 512:"Second Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars; Containing Objects Found in the Years 1895 to 1907, with Notes and Corrections to the New General Catalogue and to the Index Catalogue for 1888–94" 375: 286: 247: 204: 107: 555:"A general catalogue of nebulæ and clusters of stars, arranged in order of right ascension and reduced to the common epoch 1860.0 (with precessions computed for the epoch 1880.0) (1864)" 284:
Herschel, W. (1802). "Catalogue of 500 New Nebulae, Nebulous Stars, Planetary Nebulae, and Clusters of Stars; with Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens".
447:"A New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, Being the Catalogue of the Late Sir John F.W. Herschel, Bart., Revised, Corrected, and Enlarged" 32:
This article is about the William Herschel catalogue. For "Catalogue des nébuleuses et des amas d'étoiles", the 'Nebulae and Star Cluster Catalogue', see
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Dreyer, J. L. E. (1895). "Index Catalogue of Nebulae Found in the Years 1888 to 1894, with Notes and Corrections to the New General Catalogue".
243:"Catalogue of a Second Thousand of New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars; with a Few Introductory Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens" 585: 122:(William's son). The GC contained 5,079 entries. Later, a complementary edition of the catalog was published posthumously as the 575: 511: 446: 142: 17: 580: 166: 130: 80: 147: 85: 528: 492: 463: 384: 343: 295: 256: 213: 171: 50: 176: 427: 333: 351: 62: 33: 558: 392: 303: 264: 221: 102: 58: 414:"A Supplement to Sir John Herschel's "General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars"" 153: 554: 413: 532: 496: 467: 388: 347: 299: 260: 217: 196: 569: 548: 119: 76: 145:
asked Dreyer to compile a new version instead. This led to the publication of the
126:. The small "h" followed with the catalogue entry number represented the item. 355: 397: 370: 307: 269: 242: 226: 431: 54: 338: 324:
Joseph S. Tenn (29 April 2013). "Keepers of the Double Stars".
197:"Catalogue of One Thousand New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars" 137:. In 1886, he suggested building a second supplement to the 376:
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89:(NGC), compiled in 1888 and used by current astronomers. 124:
General Catalogue of 10,300 Multiple and Double Stars
116:General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars 68:General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars 18:General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars 79:, in 1864. The CN and GC are the precursors to 549:William Herschel's catalog of Deep Sky objects 8: 371:"Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars" 326:Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 319: 317: 151:(NGC) in 1888, and its two expansions, the 99:Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars 42:Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars 520:Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society 484:Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society 455:Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society 396: 337: 268: 225: 419:Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 187: 114:In 1864, the CN was expanded into the 7: 61:, with the assistance of his sister 332:(1) (published March 2013): 81–93. 25: 65:. It was later expanded into the 101:was first published in 1786 by 133:published a supplement to the 1: 57:first published in 1786 by 602: 369:Herschel, J. F. W (1864). 143:Royal Astronomical Society 31: 510:Dreyer, J. L. E. (1910). 445:Dreyer, J. L. E. (1888). 412:Dreyer, J. L. E. (1878). 157:(IC), in 1895 and 1908. 586:Astronomical catalogues 576:1786 non-fiction books 398:10.1098/rstl.1864.0001 308:10.1098/rstl.1802.0021 270:10.1098/rstl.1789.0021 227:10.1098/rstl.1786.0027 167:Herschel 400 Catalogue 131:John Louis Emil Dreyer 81:John Louis Emil Dreyer 51:astronomical catalogue 27:Astronomical catalogue 241:Herschel, W. (1789). 195:Herschel, W. (1786). 148:New General Catalogue 86:New General Catalogue 172:Category:NGC objects 533:1910MmRAS..59..105D 497:1895MmRAS..51..185D 468:1888MmRAS..49....1D 389:1864RSPT..154....1H 348:2013JAHH...16...81T 300:1802RSPT...92..477H 261:1789RSPT...79..212H 218:1786RSPT...76..457H 177:Category:IC objects 139:General Catalogue 135:General Catalogue 63:Caroline Herschel 34:Messier catalogue 16:(Redirected from 593: 562: 559:Internet Archive 537: 536: 516: 507: 501: 500: 478: 472: 471: 451: 442: 436: 435: 409: 403: 402: 400: 366: 360: 359: 341: 321: 312: 311: 281: 275: 274: 272: 238: 232: 231: 229: 201: 192: 154:Index Catalogues 103:William Herschel 59:William Herschel 21: 601: 600: 596: 595: 594: 592: 591: 590: 581:1786 in science 566: 565: 553: 545: 540: 514: 509: 508: 504: 480: 479: 475: 449: 444: 443: 439: 411: 410: 406: 368: 367: 363: 323: 322: 315: 283: 282: 278: 240: 239: 235: 199: 194: 193: 189: 185: 163: 95: 37: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 599: 597: 589: 588: 583: 578: 568: 567: 564: 563: 551: 544: 543:External links 541: 539: 538: 502: 473: 437: 404: 361: 313: 276: 233: 186: 184: 181: 180: 179: 174: 169: 162: 159: 94: 91: 75:) by his son, 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 598: 587: 584: 582: 579: 577: 574: 573: 571: 560: 556: 552: 550: 547: 546: 542: 534: 530: 526: 522: 521: 513: 506: 503: 498: 494: 490: 486: 485: 477: 474: 469: 465: 461: 457: 456: 448: 441: 438: 433: 429: 425: 421: 420: 415: 408: 405: 399: 394: 390: 386: 382: 378: 377: 372: 365: 362: 357: 353: 349: 345: 340: 335: 331: 327: 320: 318: 314: 309: 305: 301: 297: 293: 289: 288: 280: 277: 271: 266: 262: 258: 254: 250: 249: 244: 237: 234: 228: 223: 219: 215: 211: 207: 206: 198: 191: 188: 182: 178: 175: 173: 170: 168: 165: 164: 160: 158: 156: 155: 150: 149: 144: 140: 136: 132: 127: 125: 121: 120:John Herschel 117: 112: 110: 109: 104: 100: 92: 90: 88: 87: 82: 78: 77:John Herschel 74: 70: 69: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 44: 43: 35: 30: 19: 557:– via 524: 518: 505: 488: 482: 476: 459: 453: 440: 423: 417: 407: 380: 374: 364: 329: 325: 291: 285: 279: 252: 246: 236: 209: 203: 190: 152: 146: 138: 134: 128: 123: 115: 113: 106: 98: 96: 84: 72: 67: 66: 46: 41: 40: 38: 29: 527:: 105–198. 491:: 185–228. 426:: 391–426. 294:: 477–528. 255:: 212–255. 212:: 457–499. 570:Categories 183:References 141:, but the 462:: 1–237. 383:: 1–137. 356:1440-2807 339:1304.5494 129:In 1878, 432:30079091 161:See also 118:(GC) by 49:) is an 529:Bibcode 493:Bibcode 464:Bibcode 385:Bibcode 344:Bibcode 296:Bibcode 257:Bibcode 214:Bibcode 105:in the 93:History 55:nebulae 430:  354:  515:(PDF) 450:(PDF) 428:JSTOR 334:arXiv 200:(PDF) 352:ISSN 97:The 39:The 393:doi 381:154 304:doi 265:doi 222:doi 83:'s 53:of 572:: 525:59 523:. 517:. 489:51 487:. 460:49 458:. 452:. 424:26 422:. 416:. 391:. 379:. 373:. 350:. 342:. 330:16 328:. 316:^ 302:. 292:92 290:. 263:. 253:79 251:. 245:. 220:. 210:76 208:. 202:. 73:GC 47:CN 561:. 535:. 531:: 499:. 495:: 470:. 466:: 434:. 401:. 395:: 387:: 358:. 346:: 336:: 310:. 306:: 298:: 273:. 267:: 259:: 230:. 224:: 216:: 71:( 45:( 36:. 20:)

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General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
Messier catalogue
astronomical catalogue
nebulae
William Herschel
Caroline Herschel
John Herschel
John Louis Emil Dreyer
New General Catalogue
William Herschel
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
John Herschel
John Louis Emil Dreyer
Royal Astronomical Society
New General Catalogue
Index Catalogues
Herschel 400 Catalogue
Category:NGC objects
Category:IC objects
"Catalogue of One Thousand New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars"
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
Bibcode
1786RSPT...76..457H
doi
10.1098/rstl.1786.0027
"Catalogue of a Second Thousand of New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars; with a Few Introductory Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens"
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
Bibcode
1789RSPT...79..212H
doi

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