List of astronomical catalogues

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This page is a list of astronomical catalogues organised by catalogue identifier.

Contents
0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Top of page — See also — References

[edit] 0-9

• 1RXH - ROSAT HRI Pointed Observations
• 1RXS - ROSAT All-Sky Bright Source Catalogue, ROSAT All-Sky Survey Faint Source Catalog
• 2MASS - Two Micron All Sky Survey
  • 2MASP - Two Micron All Sky Survey, Prototype
  • 2MASSI - Two Micron All Sky Survey, Incremental release
  • 2MASSW - Two Micron All Sky Survey, Working database

[edit] A

• AC - Astrographic Catalogue
• ADS - Aitken Double Star Catalogue
• AGK - Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog
• APM - Automatic Plate Measuring machine

[edit] B

• BAC - Bordeaux Astrographic Catalog
• BAY - Uranometria (Bayer designation)
• BCVS - Bibliographic Catalogue of Variable Stars
• BD - Bonner Durchmusterung
• BEN - Jack Bennett Catalog
• BPM / L - Bruce Proper Motion Survey (Luyten)
• BRI - B_j, R, I survey

[edit] C

• C - Caldwell catalogue
• CCDM - Catalog of Components of Double and Multiple Stars
• CCO - Catalogue of Cometary Orbits
• CCS - General Catalogue of Cool Carbon Stars
  • CCS2 - General Catalog of S Stars, second edition
• CD / CoD - Cordoba Durchmusterung
• CDIMP - Catalogue of Discoveries and Identifications of Minor Planets
• CGSS - Catalogue of Galactic S Stars
• CIO - Catalog of Infrared Observations
• CMC - Carlsberg Meridian Catalogue
• Col - Collinder catalogue
• CPC - Cape Photographic Catalogue
• CPD - Cape Photographic Durchmusterung
• CSI - Catalog of Stellar Identification
• CSV - Catalog of Suspected Variables

[edit] D

• DCld - Catalog of dark nebulae and globules
• DENIS - Deep Near Infrared Survey
  • DENIS-P - Deep Near Infrared Survey, Provisory designation
• DM - Durchmusterung
  • BD - Bonner Durchmusterung
  • CD / CoD - Cordoba Durchmusterung
  • CPD - Cape Photographic Durchmusterung
• DO - Dearborn Observatory

[edit] E

• EGGR - Eggen-Greenstein proper motion star
• EMP - Ephemerides of Minor Planets

[edit] F

• FCC - Fornax Cluster Catalogue
• FLM - Historia coelestis Britannica (Flamsteed designation)
• FSC - Faint Source Catalogue

[edit] G

• G - Lowell Proper Motion Survey (Giclas)
  • GD - Lowell Proper Motion Survey (Giclas dwarf)
  • GR* - Lowell Proper Motion Survey (Giclas red star)
  • HG - Lowell Proper Motion Survey (Giclas Hyades)
• GC - General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters
• GCVS - General Catalog of Variable Stars
• Gl / GJ - Gliese-Jahreiss Catalogue
• GSC - Guide Star Catalog
  • GSC2 / GSC II - Guide Star Catalog II
• GSPC - Guide Star Photometric Catalog

[edit] H

• HD - Henry Draper Catalogue
• HDE - Henry Draper Extension
• HE - Hamburg/ESO Survey
• HIC - Hipparcos Input Catalogue
• HIP - Hipparcos Catalogue
• HIPASS - HI Parkes All-Sky Survey
• HR - Bright Star Catalogue (Harvard Revised Catalogue)

[edit] I

• IC - Index Catalog
• IDS - Index catalog of Double Stars
• IGR - Integral Gamma-Ray source
• IRAS - Infrared Astronomical Satellite
• IRS - International Reference Star

[edit] J

[edit] K

• KIC - Kepler Input Catalog
• KUV - Kiso observatory, UV-excess object

[edit] L

• L / BPM - Bruce Proper Motion Survey (Luyten)
• Lac - Catalog of Nebulae of the Southern Sky (Lacaille)
  • Lac I - Nebulae
  • Lac II - Nebulous Star Clusters
  • Lac III - Nebulous Stars
• LBN - Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae
• LDN - Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae
• LDS - Luyten Double Star Catalogue
• LFT - Luyten Five-Tenths Catalogue
• LHS - Luyten Half-Second Catalogue
• LP - Luyten-Palomar Survey
• LS - Luminous Stars in the Northern Milky Way
• LSR - Lepine-Shara-Rich catalogue
• LSS - Luminous Stars in the Southern Milky Way
• LTT - Luyten Two-Tenths Catalogue

[edit] M

• M - Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters (Messier object)
• MACHO - Massive Compact Halo Object
• McC - McCormick Observatory Catalog
• MCG - Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies
• MW - Mandel-Wilson Catalogue of Unexplored Nebulae

[edit] N

• NGC - New General Catalogue
• NHICAT - Northern HIPASS Catalog
• NLTT - New Luyten Two-Tenths Catalogue
• NSV - New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars

[edit] O

• OGLE - Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment

[edit] P

• PK - Catalogue of galactic planetary nebulae (Perek-Kohoutek)
• PN - Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae
• PPM - Positions and Proper Motions Star Catalogues

[edit] Q

• QSO - Revised and Updated Catalog of Quasi-stellar Objects

[edit] R

• RC - Reference Catalogue
  • RC2 - Reference Catalogue, 2nd edition
  • RC3 - Reference Catalogue, 3rd edition
• RECONS - Research Consortium on Nearby Stars
• RNGC - Revised New General Catalogue
• Ross - Ross Catalogue of New Proper Motion Stars
• RSA - Revised Shapley-Ames Catalogue
• RST - Catalogue of southern double stars (Rossiter)

[edit] S

• SAO - Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogue
• SDSS - Sloan Digital Sky Survey
  • SDSSp - Sloan Digital Sky Survey, provisory
• SIPS - Southern Infrared Proper Motion Survey
• SSSPM - SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey
• STF - Struve the Father double star

[edit] T

• TAC - Twin Astrograph Catalog
• TD1 - Catalogue of stellar UV fluxes (TD1 satellite)
• TIC - Tycho Input Catalog
• TVLM - Tinney's Very Low Mass Catalogue
• TYC - Tycho Catalogue
  • TYC2 - Tycho-2 Catalogue

[edit] U

• UCAC - USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog
• UGC - Uppsala General Catalog

[edit] V

• VCC - Virgo Cluster Catalog

[edit] W

• WDS - Washington Double Star Catalogue
• Wolf - Catalogue of High Proper Motion Stars (Wolf)
• WR - Catalog of Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars

[edit] X

[edit] Y

• YZ - Yale Observatory Zone Catalog

[edit] Z

[edit] See also

• List of astronomy acronyms
• List of common astronomy symbols

[edit] References

• VizieR
• CDS Service for Astronomical Catalogues
• Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects