Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 William Herschel's observations and parallel activities
- 3 John Herschel's Slough observations
- 4 Discoveries made in parallel with John Herschel's Slough observations
- 5 John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope
- 6 The time after Herschel's observations until Auwers' list of new nebulae
- 7 Compiling the General Catalogue
- 8 Dreyer's first catalogue: the supplement to Herschel's General Catalogue
- 9 Compilation of the New General Catalogue
- 10 The New General Catalogue: publication, analysis and effects
- 11 Special topics
- 12 Summary
- Appendix
- References
- Internet and image sources
- Name index
- Site index
- Object index
- Subject index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 William Herschel's observations and parallel activities
- 3 John Herschel's Slough observations
- 4 Discoveries made in parallel with John Herschel's Slough observations
- 5 John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope
- 6 The time after Herschel's observations until Auwers' list of new nebulae
- 7 Compiling the General Catalogue
- 8 Dreyer's first catalogue: the supplement to Herschel's General Catalogue
- 9 Compilation of the New General Catalogue
- 10 The New General Catalogue: publication, analysis and effects
- 11 Special topics
- 12 Summary
- Appendix
- References
- Internet and image sources
- Name index
- Site index
- Object index
- Subject index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star ClustersFrom Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue, pp. 631 - 646Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010