Observing and cataloguing nebulae and star clusters : from Herschel to Dreyer's new general catalogue
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Observing and cataloguing nebulae and star clusters : from Herschel to Dreyer's new general catalogue
Cambridge University Press, c2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The New General Catalogue (NCG), originally created in 1888, is the source for referencing bright nebulae and star clusters, both in professional and amateur astronomy. With 7840 entries, it is the most-used historical catalogue of observational astronomy, and NGC numbers are commonly used today. However, the fascinating history of the discovery, observation, description and cataloguing of nebulae and star clusters in the nineteenth century has largely gone untold, until now. This well-researched book is the first comprehensive historical study of the NGC, and is an important resource to all those with an interest in the history of modern astronomy and visual deep-sky observing. It covers the people, observatories, instruments and methods involved in nineteenth-century visual deep-sky observing, as well as prominent deep-sky objects. The book also compares the NGC to modern object data, demonstrating how important the NGC is in observational astronomy today.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. William Herschel's observations and parallel activities
- 3. John Herschel's Slough observations
- 4. Discoveries made in parallel with John Herschel's Slough
- 5. John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope
- 6. The time after Herschel's observations till Auwers' list of new nebulae
- 7. Compiling the General Catalogue
- 8. Dreyer's first catalogue: the supplement to Herschel's General Catalogue
- 9. Compilation of the New General Catalogue 356
- 10. The New General Catalogue: publication, analysis and effects
- 11. Special topics
- 12. Summary
- Appendices
- Index.
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