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Messier - Lacaille - Dunlop - Herschel - Caldwell - Bennett

Messier

The 109 (110?) Messier objects.

1850CDT..1784..227M - Charles Messier's "Connaissance des Temps - Catalogue des nebuleuses et des amas d'etoiles".

The Messier binocular edition can be downloaded on the Binocular Editions page.

Observing guides (pages): 161 (544)
Index files: 1
AstroPlanner planfiles: 1
Autostar Tours / NexTours / EQTours: 53
Argo Navis User Catalogs: 52

26 open clusters
29 globular clusters
7 nebulae
4 planetary nebulae
1 supernova remnant
39 (40) galaxies
1 asterism
1 star cloud
1 double star

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Lacaille

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Dunlop

James Dunlop's Catalog of Deepsky Objects.

2010JAHH...13...59C

Observing guides (pages): 364 (899)
Index files: 1
AstroPlanner planfiles: 1
Autostar Tours / NexTours / EQTours: 70
Argo Navis User Catalogs: 71

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  • 1 of 2: Antlia through Dorado
  • 2 of 2: Eridanus through Vela

156 open clusters
62 globular clusters
49 nebulae
1 dark nebulae
4 planetary nebulae
56 galaxies

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Herschel

William Herschel's catalog of deep sky objects.

When a Herschel galaxy is part of a close galaxy group, the complete group is included. For example: NGC536 in Andromeda is part of the galaxy group Hickson 10, NGC5596 in Serpens is part of Arp 72, NGC2278 in Lynx is part of Holmberg 112, etc.

The Herschel 400, Herschel II, Herschel 3 and Herschel Sprint editions can be downloaded from the Observing Programs page.

Observing guides (pages): 2527 (7252)
Index files: 64
AstroPlanner planfiles: 60
Autostar Tours / NexTours / EQTours: 196
Argo Navis User Catalogs: 255

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  • 1 of 12: Andromeda through Auriga
  • 2 of 12: Boötes through Cancer
  • 3 of 12: Canes Venatici through Cepheus
  • 4 of 12: Coma Berenices
  • 5 of 12: Cetus through Delphinus
  • 6 of 12: Draco through Hercules
  • 7 of 12: Hydra through Leo
  • 8 of 12: Leo Minor through Orion
  • 9 of 12: Pegasus through Sagitta
  • 10 of 12: Ursa Major
  • 11 of 12: Virgo
  • 12 of 12: Sagittarius through Vulpecula

152 open clusters
38 globular clusters
35 nebulae
6 HII regions
34 planetary nebulae
3 supernova remnants
2027 galaxies
34 asterisms
1 star cloud

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MH

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MV

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MHV

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Caldwell

The 109 objects in Patrick Moore's list.

Observing guides (pages): 168 (500)
Index files: 1
AstroPlanner planfiles: 1
Autostar Tours / NexTours / EQTours: 76
Argo Navis User Catalogs: 77

28 open clusters
18 globular clusters
12 nebulae
12 planetary nebulae
2 supernova remnants
34 galaxies

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Bennett

The 152 objects in Jack Bennett's list.

Observing guides (pages): 199 (550)
Index files: 1
AstroPlanner planfiles: 1
Autostar Tours / NexTours / EQTours: 64
Argo Navis User Catalogs: 65

20 open clusters
72 globular clusters
4 nebulae
9 planetary nebulae
46 galaxies
1 star cloud

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