Hevelius' 16 "Nebulosae"

Within his Prodomus Astronomiae, Hevelius described 16 nebulous objects. They are listed e.g. in M.G. Bigourdan (1892) and (14 of them) in W. Derham (1733) - this author didn't include the resolved clusters/asterisms identified at that time.

Designat  Id    Bi  Long  (1661.0)  Lat  RA  (2000.0)   Dec  Rem
                De   RA   (1661.0)  Dec

Hev 32 M31 4 23:10:10 +33:23:04 00:42:41 +41:19:56 Neb in girdle of And 1 006:04:45 +39:27:57 In Andromeda's Girdle, Hev 291 M44 16 122:32:56 +01:15 08:40:07 +19:41 Praesepe - -- Hev 1496 [M40] 19 147:10:46 +54:00:33 12:30:10 +58:27:56 74 & 75 UMa 14 183:32:41 +60:20:33 Above the Back of Ursa major Hev 953 24 219:58:56 +05:52:16 14:56:00 -10:40:04 Theta1, Theta2, 17, 18 Lib 13 219:26:15 -09:16:27 Under the Beam of the Scales of Libra Hev 804 * 26 248:48:20 +35:31:33 17:05:15 +12:49:18 32, 33, 34 Oph & 60 Her 10 252:24:03 +13:18:37 On the Top of Hercules Hev 794 29 259:12:16 +71:27:54 17:48:28 +28:02:30 88 Her reg 8 264:52:64 +48:09:10 On the outside of Hercules left Foot Hev 795 30 262:18:29 +63:28:30 17:53:05 +40:00:33 f Her 9 265:38:37 +38:05:50 In the left Leg of Hercules Hev 1259 35 272:29:22 +09:05:24 18:29:25 -14:12:32 Ngc 6639? 12 272:32:34 -14:23:35 In the Western Border of Sobieski's Shield Hev 1561 Cr399 40 292:32:33 +41:33:00 19:25:39 +20:04:39 4 & 5 Vul; Cr 399; Brocchi's cl (10) - -- Hev 380 * 44 298:03:50 +00:35:11 20:19:47 -19:59:53 Sigma Cap 2 300:02:53 -20:01:53 In Forehead of Capricorn, Hev 381 * 46 300:02:04 +01:01:51 20:27:26 -18:06:20 Pi Cap 3 301:59:55 -19:11:30 Another preceding the Eye of Capricorn, Hev 383 * 49 300:30:30 +01:18:44 20:29:04 -17:34:07 Rho Cap 5 302:25:31 -18:48:58 One above those, adjoining to the Eye of Capricorn, Hev 382 * 47 300:29:17 +00:30:52 20:29:48 -18:29:51 Omicron Cap 4 302:35:09 -19:36:00 Another following it, Hev 618 * 50 331:30:21 +64:07:20 20:30:08 +49:02:18 Omega1, Omega2, Omega3 Cyg 6 304:54:08 +47:54:20 Preceding above the Swan's Tail, and last in its N. Foot Hev 619 * 53 347:30:48 +65:36:40 20:58:37 +54:24:17 Cyg Milky Way 7 312:10:05 +53:05:20 One following a Star above the Swan's Tail, out of the Constellation Hev 1113 * 52 335:44:48 +13:24:09 22:27:43 +04:46:03 34, 35, 36 Peg 11 332:38:45 +03:03:12 At the Ear of Pegasus
An asterix (*) in "Id" marks entries Messier has found to be non-existent and described in his List of Objects reported by previos observers but not found by Messier himself.

References


  • History of the Discovery of the Deepsky Objects
  • More Deepsky Catalogs and Observing Lists
  • Some other historical catalogs


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