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· Steinicke NGC/IC Catalog: is a more complete NGC/IC catalog.
· Abell Planetary Nebulae Catalog: is a catalog of 86 planetary nebulae. The
maximum magnitude is represented by Abell 47's value of 19.5.
· Sharpless HII region Catalog: is the Sharpless (Sh2) catalog of HII regions
(diffuse nebulae).
· Hickson Compact Groups: is a catalog consisting of 99 compact groups of
galaxies.
· Tycho-2 Star Catalog: is a catalog of more than 2.5 million of the brightest
stars. It contains stars with a magnitude value from 8.0 to 12.5.
· USNO NOMAD Catalog: is a catalog of about 100 million stars with magnitude
from 12.5 to 16.5. Note that is requires Tycho-2 to be installed.
The following is a summary of catalogs in KStars:
Table 16.1. Stars Catalogues
Name
Abbreviatio
n
Number of
objects
Magnitude Add-On Default
Default
Catalog
Default ~300,000
Up to 8
magnitude
No Yes
Tycho-2 Tycho2
more than
2.5 million
8.0-12.5 Yes No
Naval
Observatory
Merged
Astronomic
Dataset
USNO
NOMAD
100 million 12.5-16.5 Yes No
Table 16.2. Deep-sky objects Catalogues
Name
Abbreviatio
n
Number of
objects
Magnitude Add-On Default
Index
Catalogue
of Nebulae
and Clusters
of Stars
IC 5,386
Up to 18.3
magnitude
No Yes
New General
Catalogue
of Nebulae
and Clusters
of Stars
NGC 7,840 - No Yes
Messier
Catalogue
- 110
Up to 10.2
magnitude
No Yes