| The Caldwell Catalogue is an astronomical catalog of 109 star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. It was assembled in 1995 by famous amateur astronomer Sir.Patrick Moore. Here is a picture of me with his waxwork at Madame Tussauds in London !!! Click for a larger image |
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The list is his favourite objects beyond the Messier list. The table below gives details of the objects. Those with hyperlinks have images that I have taken.
Caldwell |
Number |
Type |
Constellation |
RA |
Dec |
Size |
Mag |
Comment |
1 |
188 |
Open Cluster |
Cepheus |
00h 44.4m |
+85ø 20' |
14 |
8.1 |
|
40 |
Planetary neb |
Cepheus |
00h 13.0m |
+72ø 32' |
0.6 |
12.4 |
Bow tie nebula | |
4236 |
Galaxy spiral |
Draco |
12h 16.7m |
+69ø 28' |
19 x 7 |
9.7 |
||
7023 |
Bright Nebula |
Cepheus |
21h 01.8m |
+68ø 12' |
18 x 18 |
-- |
Refl. nebula |
|
IC 342 |
Galaxy spiral |
Camelopardis |
03h 46.8m |
+68ø 06' |
18 x 17 |
9.2 |
||
6543 |
Planetaryneb |
Draco |
17h 58.6m |
+66ø 38' |
0.3/5.8 |
8.1 |
Cat's Eye Neb. |
|
2403 |
Galaxy spiral |
Camelopardis |
07h 36.9m |
+65ø 36' |
18 x 10 |
8.4 |
||
559 |
Open Cluster |
Cassiopeia |
01h 29.5m |
+63ø 18' |
4 |
9.5 |
60 stars | |
9 |
Sh2-155 |
Bright Nebula |
Cepheus |
22h 56.8m |
+62ø 37' |
50 x 10 |
-- |
Cave Nebula |
663 |
Open Cluster |
Cassiopeia |
01h 46.0m |
+61ø 15' |
16 |
7.1 |
80 stars | |
7635 |
Bright Nebula |
Cassiopeia |
23h 20.7m |
+61ø 12' |
15 x 8 |
-- |
Bubble Nebula |
|
6946 |
Galaxy spiral |
Cepheus |
20h 34.8m |
+60ø 09' |
11 x 10 |
8.9 |
||
13 |
457 |
Open Cluster |
Cassiopeia |
01h 19.1m |
+58ø 20' |
13 |
6.4 |
Phi Cas Cluster |
869/884 |
Open Cluster |
Perseus |
02h 20.0m |
+57ø 08' |
30 and 30 |
4.3 |
Double Cluster |
|
6826 |
Planetaryneb |
Cygnus |
19h 44.8m |
+50ø 31' |
0.5/2.3 |
8.8 |
Blinking Nebula |
|
16 |
7243 |
Open Cluster |
Lacerta |
22h 15.3m |
+49ø 53' |
21 |
6.4 |
|
147 |
Galaxy ellipt |
Cassiopeia |
00h 33.2m |
+48ø 30' |
13 x 8 |
9.3 |
||
185 |
Galaxy ellipt |
Cassiopeia |
00h 39.0m |
+48ø 20' |
12 x 10 |
9.2 |
||
IC 5146 |
Bright Nebula |
Cygnus |
21h 53.5m |
+47ø 16' |
12 x 12 |
-- |
Cocoon Nebula |
|
7000 |
Bright Nebula |
Cygnus |
20h 58.8m |
+44ø 20' |
120 x 100 |
-- |
N. America Neb. |
|
4449 |
Galaxy irreg |
Canes Venatici |
12h 28.2m |
+44ø 06' |
5 x 4 |
9.4 |
||
7662 |
Planetaryneb |
Andromeda |
23h 25.9m |
+42ø 33' |
0.3/2.2 |
8.3 |
||
891 |
Galaxy spiral |
Andromeda |
02h 22.6m |
+42ø 21' |
14 x 3 |
9.9 |
||
24 |
1275 |
Galaxy irreg |
Perseus |
03h 19.8m |
+41ø 31' |
2.6 x 2 |
11.6 |
Perseus A |
2419 |
Globularclst |
Lynx |
07h 38.1m |
+38ø 53' |
4.1 |
10.4 |
||
4244 |
Galaxy spiral |
Canes Venatici |
12h 17.5m |
+37ø 49' |
16 x 2.5 |
10.2 |
||
6888 |
Bright Nebula |
Cygnus |
20h 12.0m |
+38ø 21' |
20 x 10 |
-- |
Crescent Nebula |
|
752 |
Open Cluster |
Andromeda |
01h 57.8m |
+37ø 41' |
50 |
5.7 |
||
5005 |
Galaxy spiral |
Canes Venatici |
13h 10.9m |
+37ø 03' |
5.4 x 2 |
9.8 |
||
7331 |
Galaxy spiral |
Pegasus |
22h 37.1m |
+34ø 25' |
11 x 4 |
9.5 |
||
IC 405 |
Bright Nebula |
Auriga |
05h 16.2m |
+34ø 16' |
30 x 19 |
-- |
Flaming Star |
|
4631 |
Galaxy spiral |
Canes Venatici |
12h 42.1m |
+32ø 32' |
15 x 3 |
9.3 |
||
6992/5 |
Supernova remnant |
Cygnus |
20h 56.4m |
+31ø 43' |
60 x 8 |
-- |
Eastern Veil |
|
6960 |
Supernova remnant |
Cygnus |
20h 45.7m |
+30ø 43' |
70 x 6 |
-- |
Western Veil |
|
35 |
4889 |
Galaxy ellipt |
Coma B |
13h 00.1m |
+27ø 59' |
3 x 2 |
11.4 |
In Coma Cluster |
4559 |
Galaxy spiral |
Coma B |
12h 36.0m |
+27ø 58' |
10 x 5 |
9.8 |
||
37 |
6885 |
Open Cluster |
Vulpecula |
20h 12.0m |
+26ø 29' |
7 |
5.9 |
|
4565 |
Galaxy spiral |
Coma B |
12h 36.3m |
+25ø 59' |
16 x 3 |
9.6 |
||
2392 |
Planetaryneb |
Gemini |
07h 29.2m |
+20ø 55' |
0.2/0.7 |
9.2 |
Eskimo Nebula |
|
40 |
3626 |
Galaxy spiral |
Leo |
11h 20.1m |
+18ø 21' |
3 x 2 |
10.9 |
|
-- |
Open Cluster |
Taurus |
04h 27m |
+16ø |
330 |
0.5 |
Hyades |
|
7006 |
Globularclst |
Delphinus |
21h 01.5m |
+16ø 11' |
2.8 |
10.6 |
Very distant |
|
7814 |
Galaxy spiral |
Pegasus |
00h 03.3m |
+16ø 09' |
6 x 2 |
10.5 |
||
7479 |
Galaxy spiral |
Pegasus |
23h 04.9m |
+12ø 19' |
4 x 3 |
11 |
||
45 |
5248 |
Galaxy spiral |
Bootis |
13h 37.5m |
+08ø 53' |
6 x 4 |
10.2 |
|
2261 |
Bright Nebula |
Monoceros |
06h 39.2m |
+08ø 44' |
2 x 1 |
-- |
Hubble's Var. |
|
6934 |
Globularclst |
Delphinus |
20h 34.2m |
+07ø 24' |
5.9 |
8.9 |
||
2775 |
Galaxy spiral |
Cancer |
09h 10.3m |
+07ø 02' |
4.5 x 3 |
10.3 |
||
2237-9 |
Bright Nebula |
Monoceros |
06h 32.3m |
+05ø 03' |
80 x 60 |
-- |
Rosette Nebula |
|
50 |
2244 |
Open Cluster |
Monoceros |
06h 32.4m |
+04ø 52' |
24 |
4.8 |
|
51 |
IC 1613 |
Galaxy irreg |
Cetus |
01h 04.8m |
+02ø 07' |
12 x 11 |
9.3 |
|
52 |
4697 |
Galaxy ellipt |
Virgo |
12h 48.6m |
-05ø 48' |
6 x 4 |
9.3 |
|
3115 |
Galaxy ellipt |
Sextens |
10h 05.2m |
-07ø 43' |
8 x 3 |
9.1 |
Spindle Galaxy |
|
54 |
2506 |
Open Cluster |
Monoceros |
08h 00.2m |
-10ø 47' |
7 |
7.6 |
|
7009 |
Planetaryneb |
Aquarius |
21h 04.2m |
-11ø 22' |
0.4/1.6 |
8 |
Saturn Nebula |
|
246 |
Planetaryneb |
Cetus |
00h 47.0m |
-11ø 53' |
3.8 |
10.9 |
||
57 |
6822 |
Galaxy irreg |
Sagittarius |
19h 44.9m |
-14ø 48' |
10 x 9 |
8.8 |
Barnard's Gal. |
58 |
2360 |
Open Cluster |
Canis Major |
07h 17.8m |
-15ø 37' |
13 |
7.2 |
|
3242 |
Planetaryneb |
Hydra |
10h 24.8m |
-18ø 38' |
0.3/21 |
7.8 |
Ghost of Jup'r. |
|
4038 |
Galaxy spiral |
Corvus |
12h 01.9m |
-18ø 52' |
2.6 x 2 |
10.7 |
||
4039 |
Galaxy spiral |
Corvus |
12h 01.9m |
-18ø 53' |
3 x 2 |
10.7 |
||
247 |
Galaxy spiral |
Cetus |
00h 47.1m |
-20ø 46' |
20 x 7 |
9.1 |
||
7293 |
Planetaryneb |
Aquarius |
22h 29.6m |
-20ø 48' |
13 |
7.3 |
Helix Nebula |
|
64 |
2362 |
Open Cluster |
Canis Major |
07h 18.8m |
-24ø 57' |
8 |
4.1 |
Tau CMa Cluster |
253 |
Galaxy spiral |
Sculptor |
00h 47.6m |
-25ø 17' |
25 x 7 |
7.1 |
Sculptor Galaxy |
|
66 |
5694 |
Globularclst |
Hydra |
14h 39.6m |
-26ø 32' |
3.6 |
10.2 |
|
67 |
1097 |
Galaxy spiral |
Fornax |
02h 46.3m |
-30ø 17' |
9 x 7 |
9.2 |
The remaining 42 objects are all at a declination below -30 and thus very low or invisible in the UK.
