Ngc 2000.0: The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogues of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J.L.E. Dreyer [Paperback]

Roger W. Sinnott (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0933346514 | ISBN-13: 978-0933346512 | Publication Date: December 1988

This new catalogue is a thorough listing and revision of objects catalogued a century ago by the famous observer J.L.E.Dreyer. This new edition lists 13,226 nebulae, star clusters and galaxies. Known errors in earlier catalogues have been eliminated.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Sky Pub Corp (December 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933346514
• ISBN-13: 978-0933346512
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,435,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars My Primary Reference For Years, November 30, 2009

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This review is from: NGC 2000.0: The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogues of Nebulae and Star Clusters by John Louis Emil Dreyer (Paperback)

For anyone into deep sky observing, this book should be a mandatory addition to your library. For years it was my primary source of data on all of the NGC and IC objects. Today, the pages are well-worn as an indication of how much I used it.

Nowadays, I tend to use Megastar more for my data as it is more up-to-date. I find especially that the object magnitudes differ from NGC-2000 to what Emil Bonanno comprehensively researched and updated for his Megastar.

This is not a reading book, to be sure. There are maybe 15 pages of text at the beginning to introduce the data, and the rest of the book consists of lists of every NGC and IC object. Each entry provides not only the number and position, but the magnitudes (if known) and size.

Sure, there are more modern catalogues available but this one is still a great primary source of data. It may have a few errors based on the latest data, but it is still a great basic source, especially if you are creating a database of your observations. When I created my observing database based on Microsoft Access back in the 90's, NGC-2000 was my ONLY reference. Though I tend to rely more on Megastar for the latest data these days, NGC-2000 still gets used a lot, especially for cross-referencing and resolving discrepancies between catalogues. Highly recommended.