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Originally Posted by trent_julie
Gary,
Is there any intention of adding the Caldwell objects to the AN Library?
Cheers,
Trent
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Hi Trent,
As you are probably aware, the Caldwell Catalogue is simply a selection of 109
predominantly NGC objects with a few IC objects and a few other nebulae.
All the objects within the Caldwell Catalogue exist in other catalogs within the
Argo Navis in-built catalogs.
Some time back, Sky Publishing published the Stephen O'Meara book
entitled "The Caldwell Objects". My recollection was that Sky Publishing and/or
Moore claimed copyright on the list and there was some legal posturing going
on when someone else attempted to publish the list or use the name.
Therefore we don't include the objects that appear in that catalog under that
name.
The Argo Navis User's Group has a user contributed catalog which you can
load into your unit that has the same NGC, IC and other objects in it that
also appeared in the Caldwell list.
See
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/a...20Catalogs%20/
For a really nice user catalog for southern hemisphere observing, you might also
like to consider the 600 object list compiled by John Bambury. I refer to it as the
BAM 600. See
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ghlight=bambos
This catalog is available in Argo Navis User Catalog format.
Best Regards
Gary Kopff
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