Catalog family
Nebula Catalogues
The specialist catalogues of interstellar clouds — Sharpless's HII regions glowing around young stars, Barnard's dark dust clouds silhouetted against the Milky Way, and Abell's large, faint planetary nebulae. Together they map the gas and dust between the stars.
Highlights
- ›Emission, dark, and planetary nebulae — the interstellar medium catalogued
Related catalogues & sources
Across the catalogue layer
Knowledge connections
- Associated withBarnard Catalogue of Dark Nebulae
- Associated withSharpless Catalogue
- Associated withAbell Catalogue
- Associated withSharpless Catalogue
- Associated withBarnard Catalogue of Dark Nebulae
- Associated withAbell Catalogue
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- IAUInternational Astronomical Union
Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.