[FOTZeiss] Fw: Historical catalogues of deep sky objects

[Glenn A. Walsh]

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--- On Thu, 2/3/11, Wolfgang Steinicke <steinicke-zehnle at T-ONLINE.DE> wrote:

> From: Wolfgang Steinicke <steinicke-zehnle at T-ONLINE.DE>
> Subject: Historical catalogues of deep sky objects
> To: HASTRO-L at listserv.wvu.edu
> Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 12:06 PM

> Hi,
> 
> i've just updated my website, which - additionally to
> Dreyer's NGC/IC - now presents the famous forerunner
> catalogues of deep sky objects (nebulae, star clusters
> etc.).
> There are (revised) historical data for the catalogues of
> Messier (M), William Herschel (H), John Herschel (h, GC),
> Auwers (Au) and Dreyer (GCS). Complete discovery data and
> modern identifications are given. Additionally information
> about 172 contributing discoverers is presented - and much
> more...
> 
> See: http://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/index_e.htm
> 
> Wolfgang Steinicke