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Originally Posted by Argonavis
I think we need a counter-revolution and insist that the Hartung numbers be quoted for all deep sky objects when referring to them.  |
I'm not sure that Hartung actually attached numbers/letters as in to create
a new catalogue of deepsky objects. The numbers in his book are only
reference numbers that, I suspect were given to them for reference purposes
for the book
But I could be wrong, I have never ever heard anyone refer to an object
by it's Hartung# or call Omega Centuri/Hartung 591. these reference numbers
do not correspond between both books, the second edition has a couple of
hundred objects added during the rewrite by David Malin and David Frew.
Apart from the C argument, I like my copy of Caldwell objects and often
refer to it.
regards,CS sunny days