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  2. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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    This chronological list of famous watchmakers is a list of those who influenced the development of horology or gained status by their creations. The list is sorted by the lifetimes of the watchmakers .

  3. List of astronomical instrument makers - Wikipedia

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    Name: Lifespan: Country of work : George Ellery Hale: 1868–1938 US Frederick James Hargreaves: 1891–1970 England Caroline Herschel: 1750–1848 England

  4. RCW Catalogue - Wikipedia

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    The RCW Catalogue (from Rodgers, Campbell & Whiteoak) is an astronomical catalogue of Hα-emission regions in the southern Milky Way, described in (Rodgers et al. 1960).It contains 182 objects, including many of the earlier Gum catalogue (84 items) objects.

  5. Caldwell catalogue - Wikipedia

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    The list was compiled by Patrick Moore as a complement to the Messier catalogue. [ 1 ] While the Messier catalogue is used by amateur astronomers as a list of deep-sky objects for observation, Moore noted that Messier's list was not compiled for that purpose and excluded many of the sky's brightest deep-sky objects, [ 1 ] such as the Hyades ...

  6. List of astronomical catalogues - Wikipedia

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    An astronomical catalogue is a list or tabulation of astronomical objects, typically grouped together because they share a common type, morphology, origin, means of detection, or method of discovery. Astronomical catalogs are usually the result of an astronomical survey of some kind.

  7. List of Indian astronomical treatises - Wikipedia

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    There were many scholars, philosophers and astronomers in ancient India, who wrote treatises on experimental and mathematical astronomy. Most of the Ancient Indian Astronomical Treatises were written and composed in Sanskrit language.

  8. List of astronomy acronyms - Wikipedia

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    IfA: either Institute for Astronomy (Hawaii) or Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Scotland IFN – ( celestial object ) integrated flux nebulae, dust and gas outside the plane of the Milky Way, which are thus illuminated by the entire galaxy as opposed to a nearby star or stars

  9. List of astronomical societies - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... List of Local Astronomy Clubs In the United States: [1] Society Name City State Address