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Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters - From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue (Paperback)
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Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters - From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue (Paperback)
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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.
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