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2. Star catalogue - Wikipedia

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   A star catalogue is an astronomical catalogue that lists stars. In astronomy , many stars are referred to simply by catalogue numbers. There are a great many different star catalogues which have been produced for different purposes over the years, and this article covers only some of the more frequently quoted ones.

3. New General Catalogue - Wikipedia

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   The New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, including galaxies , star clusters and emission nebulae .

4. List of astronomical catalogues - Wikipedia

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   GSC — Guide Star Catalog. GSC2 / GSC II — Guide Star Catalog II; GSPC — Guide Star Photometric Catalog. GSPC2 — Guide Star Photometric Catalog, 2nd; Gsh — J. Glaisher (double stars) GΣ — G. Struve (double stars) Gtb — K. Gottlieb (double stars) Gui — J. Guillaume (double stars) Gum — Gum catalog of emission nebulae

5. List of NGC objects - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of NGC objects, that is objects listed in the New General Catalogue (NGC). It is one of the largest comprehensive astronomical catalogues for deep sky objects such as star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. List of NGC objects (1–1000) List of NGC objects (1001–2000) List of NGC objects (2001–3000)

6. List of stars in the New General Catalogue - Wikipedia

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   Double star John Herschel: Pisces: 00 h 11 m: 03° 40′ 15 [5] NGC 44: Double Star John Herschel: Andromeda 00 h 13 m: 31° 18′ 14.6 [6] NGC 46: Star Edward Cooper: Pisces 00 h 21.9 m: 22° 25′ 11.8 [7] NGC 82: Star Guillaume Bigourdan: Andromeda 00 h 21 m 17.5 s: 22° 27′ 37″ 14.6 [8] NGC 156: Double Star Wilhelm Tempel: Cetus 00 h 35 ...

7. Stellar designations and names - Wikipedia

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   The Bright Star Catalogue, which is a star catalogue listing all stars of apparent magnitude 6.5 or brighter, or roughly every star visible to the naked eye from Earth, contains 9,096 stars. [1] The most voluminous modern catalogues list on the order of a billion stars, out of an estimated total of 200 to 400 billion in the Milky Way.