Non-Stellar Catalogs

 

In addition to stars, TheSky has information on non-stellar objects.

 

Non-stellar Catalog Name

Details/Object Count

Historically Corrected New General Catalogue (HCNGC) from the NGC/IC Project*

7,840 non-stellar objects

Index Catalog (IC) from the NGC/IC Project*

5,382 non-stellar objects

Catalog of Principal Galaxies (PGC 2003)

900,000 galaxies

 

Catalog of Principal Galaxies (PGC 2011)

 

1,670,818 galaxies

PK Planetary Nebula Catalog (PLN)

 

1,455 planetary nebulae

Tomm Lorenzin 2000+ Catalog

 

2,088 non-stellar objects

Herschel Catalog

400

Caldwell Catalog

109

Messier Catalog (M)

110

Saguaro Astronomy Club (SAC) Database

10,580

 

*The HCNGC and IC catalog is used with permission of The NGC/IC Project LLC - http://www.ngcic.org – please contact Bob Erdmann at hcngc at ngcic dot org for questions or clarifications regarding this astronomical catalog.