Talk:List of astronomical catalogues

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Abbreviations help[edit]

The following abbreviations appear on one or more pages that use {{Starbox catalog}}, but are not explained on this page:

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

If you are able to supply definitions for any of these, please feel free to delete them from this page; I won't take offense at revision of my comment. --Russ (talk) 16:40, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I removed some entries that are not catalogs:
  • SIMBAD is a database and not a catalog. The acronym SIMBAD should not occur in catalog designations.
  • NOVA Aql means that the object is a nova in the constellation Aquila.
Spacepotato (talk) 23:34, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]


I would say that Cl Trumpler means Trumpler Cluster or Cluster in the Trumpler list (or catalogue).
I have removed CDS as it is not a catalogue, but rather the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (or Centre de données stellaires though it doesn't only apply to stellar objects).
ESO is the European Southern Observatory, but it also has a catalogue.
EUVE is the Extreme UltraViolet Explorer, a satellite. I guess there was a catalogue made from its observations, but I left it in the list.
GRB means Gamma-Ray Burst, and is a catalogue of all such events, noted by their date, such as GRB981214 would be a gamma-ray burst that was observed on 1998-12-14 (December 14, 1998). (I don't know if there was one observed on that date, just giving it as an example.)
I would think that SN is not a catalogue per se, but refers supernovae. For example, SN1987A is the ("famous") supernova which was observed on February 1987 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Again, it's not really a "catalogue", though one might argue that we could indeed make a list/catalogue of all those events.
CielProfond (talk) 20:08, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've struck through POCS (astronomy) above as it was based on a typo at HD 187923 and was supposed to be SPOCS for the "Spectroscopic Properties of Cool Stars" catalog.
  • I would suggest that if you figure out what any of these are, create a redirect at its full title to this list, and add the abbreviation to the appropriate disambiguation page (noting that it's an astronomical catalog. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 04:56, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've found the 2U, 3U and 4U catalogue source: Uhuru (Satellite). Don't know what to do exactly with it here in .en-Wiki, it's not my home wiki. -- EierlegendeWollmilchsau (talk) 21:17, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The one article which links to Zel (a DAB page) is CW Leonis, if that helps. Narky Blert (talk) 17:22, 22 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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How many astronomical catalogues are there? (hundreds?) (thousands?)[edit]

This has always been my most unanswered question. 1976... I was age 12 and I discovered the existence of the "NGC" and "IC" numbers for deep-sky objects, far more interesting than the one-hundred-and-ten (or so) "M" numbers of the well-known Messier catalogue. But... it was not all, because much more obscure numbers of less-known (or unknown) catalogues appeared in all sorts of astronomical magazines (-Astronomy-, -Sky and Telescope-, etc...). Now, how many astronomical catalogues (of stars and deep-sky objects) are there today? Are all of them still around or are many of the not-so-recent catalogues (such as those of double stars) already 'taken' by general catalogues such as the WDS? (Washington Double Star Catalogue). Anyway, it's a most interesting pastime! (swimming across the vast ocean of the most unknown astronomical catalogues). Danny Caes, Ghent-Belgium (explorer of catalogues and nicknames of deep-sky objects). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1812:151F:5500:DD8A:EF8C:AF28:309A (talk) 08:47, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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