Dataset
Astronomical Catalogs & Designations Dataset
The professional catalogue layer — the reference catalogues by which astronomers name and index the sky (Messier, NGC, IC, Henry Draper, Hipparcos, Gaia, Caldwell, Barnard, Sharpless, Abell, PGC, UGC, Gliese, Tycho-2, SAO, GCVS, WDS, LHS, Wolf, the Bonner Durchmusterung), their catalog families, and the Bayer, Flamsteed and variable-star designation systems. Only well-established catalogue facts; unknown counts left empty, nothing fabricated.
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| Name | Type | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Abell Catalogue | Catalog | catalog:abell |
| Almagest Star Catalogue | Catalog | catalog:almagest-star-catalogue |
| Astrometric Star Catalogues | Catalog family | catalog_family:astrometric-star-catalogs |
| Barnard Catalogue of Dark Nebulae | Catalog | catalog:barnard |
| Bayer Designation | Designation system | designation_system:bayer-designation |
| Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) | Catalog | catalog:bonner-durchmusterung |
| Caldwell Catalogue | Catalog | catalog:caldwell |
| Deep-Sky Visual Catalogues | Catalog family | catalog_family:deep-sky-visual-catalogs |
| Dreyer's General Catalogues | Catalog family | catalog_family:dreyer-general-catalogs |
| Flamsteed Designation | Designation system | designation_system:flamsteed-designation |
| Gaia Catalogue | Catalog | catalog:gaia-catalogue |
| Galaxy Catalogues | Catalog family | catalog_family:galaxy-catalogs |
| General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS) | Catalog | catalog:gcvs |
| Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars | Catalog | catalog:gliese-catalogue |
| Harvard Spectral Classification | Catalog | catalog:harvard-classification |
| Henry Draper Catalogue | Catalog | catalog:henry-draper-catalogue |
| Hipparcos Catalogue | Catalog | catalog:hipparcos-catalogue |
| Index Catalogue (IC) | Catalog | catalog:index-catalogue |
| Luyten Half-Second Catalogue (LHS) | Catalog | catalog:lhs-catalogue |
| Messier Catalogue | Catalog | catalog:messier |
| Nearby-Star Catalogues | Catalog family | catalog_family:nearby-star-catalogs |
| Nebula Catalogues | Catalog family | catalog_family:nebula-catalogs |
| New General Catalogue (NGC) | Catalog | catalog:ngc |
| Principal Galaxies Catalogue (PGC) | Catalog | catalog:pgc-catalogue |
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