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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomick%C3%BD_katalog" title="Astronomický katalog – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Astronomický katalog" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Αστρονομικός Κατάλογος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αστρονομικός Κατάλογος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%C3%A1logo_astron%C3%B3mico" title="Catálogo astronómico – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" 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title="Catálogo astronómico – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Catálogo astronómico" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B2%9C%EC%B2%B4_%EB%AA%A9%EB%A1%9D" title="천체 목록 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="천체 목록" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%81%D5%A1%D5%AF" title="Աստղացուցակ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Աստղացուցակ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a 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data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomisk_katalog" title="Astronomisk katalog – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Astronomisk katalog" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katalog_astronomiczny" title="Katalog astronomiczny – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Katalog astronomiczny" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%C3%A1logo_astron%C3%B4mico" title="Catálogo astronômico – Portuguese" lang="pt" 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The oldest and largest are <a href="/wiki/Star_catalogue" title="Star catalogue">star catalogues</a>. Hundreds have been published, including general ones and special ones for such objects as <a href="/wiki/Infrared_astronomy" title="Infrared astronomy">infrared stars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Variable_star" title="Variable star">variable stars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giant_star" title="Giant star">giant stars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multiple_star_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiple star systems">multiple star systems</a>, <a href="/wiki/Star_cluster" title="Star cluster">star clusters</a>, and so forth. </p><p>General catalogs for deep space objects or for objects other than stars are also large. Again, there are specialized ones for <a href="/wiki/Nebula" title="Nebula">nebulas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Galaxies" class="mw-redirect" title="Galaxies">galaxies</a>, <a href="/wiki/X-ray_astronomy" title="X-ray astronomy">X-ray sources</a>, <a href="/wiki/Astronomical_radio_source" title="Astronomical radio source">radio sources</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quasar" title="Quasar">quasars</a> and other classes. The same is true for <a href="/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">asteroids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">comets</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Small_Solar_System_body" title="Small Solar System body">solar system bodies</a>. </p><p>Astronomical catalogs such as those for asteroids may be compiled from multiple sources, but most modern catalogs are the result of a particular <a href="/wiki/Astronomical_survey" title="Astronomical survey">astronomical survey</a> of some kind. Since the late 20th century catalogs are increasingly often compiled by computers from an automated survey, and published as computer files rather than on paper. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Catalogs_of_historical_importance">Catalogs of historical importance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Astronomical_catalog&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Catalogs of historical importance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Star_catalogue" title="Star catalogue">Star catalogue</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Almagest" title="Almagest">Almagest</a></i> was published in <a href="/wiki/1st_century" title="1st century">1st century</a> AD. It remained the most authoritative text on astronomy for over 1500 years.<sup id="cite_ref-NSOG_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSOG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It details over 1022 <a href="/wiki/Star" title="Star">stars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellations</a>, galaxies and <a href="/wiki/Nebula" title="Nebula">nebulae</a> along with their positions, <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">ecliptic</a> coordinates and magnitudes. It also describes in detail the construction of instruments to aid in <a href="/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">Astronomical</a> investigations.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abd_al-Rahman_al-Sufi" title="Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi">Azophi</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Fixed_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="Book of Fixed Stars">Book of Fixed Stars</a></i>, published in 964, describes more than a thousand stars in detail and provides the first descriptions of the <a href="/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy" title="Andromeda Galaxy">Andromeda Galaxy</a><sup id="cite_ref-NSOG_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSOG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Large_Magellanic_Cloud" title="Large Magellanic Cloud">Large Magellanic Cloud</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obspm_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obspm-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-obspm2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obspm2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tycho_Brahe" title="Tycho Brahe">Tycho Brahe</a> completed his catalogue with the positions and <a href="/wiki/Magnitude_(astronomy)" title="Magnitude (astronomy)">magnitudes</a> of 1004 fixed <a href="/wiki/Star" title="Star">stars</a> in 1598. It was the major achievement in astronomy since the days of <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Astrometry" title="Astrometry">astrometry</a> observations of Tycho Brahe greatly improved the positional accuracy achieved by his predecessors.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Bayer" title="Johann Bayer">Johann Bayer</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Uranometria" title="Uranometria">Uranometria</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Bayer_designations" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayer designations">star atlas</a> was published in 1603 with over 1200 stars. Names are made of Greek letters combined with constellation name, for example <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Centauri" title="Alpha Centauri">Alpha Centauri</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Flamsteed" title="John Flamsteed">John Flamsteed</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Historia_coelestis_Britannica" class="mw-redirect" title="Historia coelestis Britannica">Historia coelestis Britannica</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Flamsteed_designation" title="Flamsteed designation">star atlas</a>, published in 1725, lists stars using numbers combined with constellation, for example <a href="/wiki/61_Cygni" title="61 Cygni">61 Cygni</a>, and ordered by <a href="/wiki/Right_ascension" title="Right ascension">right ascension</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Messier" title="Charles Messier">Messier</a> <a href="/wiki/Messier_object" title="Messier object">Catalog</a> – The Messier objects are a set of astronomical objects first listed by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1771. <i>Nebulae and Star Clusters</i> was published in 1781, with objects <a href="/wiki/List_of_Messier_objects" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Messier objects">M1 – M110</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_General_Catalogue" title="New General Catalogue">New General Catalogue</a></i> compiled in the 1880s by J. L. E. Dreyer, lists objects <a href="/wiki/List_of_NGC_objects" title="List of NGC objects">NGC 0001 – NGC 7840</a>. The NGC is one of the largest historical comprehensive catalogs, as it includes all types of non-stellar deep space objects.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Draper" title="Henry Draper">Henry Draper</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Henry_Draper_Catalogue" title="Henry Draper Catalogue">Henry Draper Catalogue</a></i>, published between 1918 and 1924, lists more than 225,000 of the brightest stars, named using HD followed by a 6-digit number.</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Moore" title="Patrick Moore">Patrick Moore</a> compiled the <a href="/wiki/Caldwell_catalogue" title="Caldwell catalogue">Caldwell catalogue</a> in 1995 to complement the Messier catalog, listing 109 bright star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies named C1 to C109. This is a <a href="/wiki/List" title="List">list</a> of deep-sky objects of interest to <a href="/wiki/Amateur_astronomy" title="Amateur astronomy">amateur astronomy</a> and not a catalog in the professional science sense. 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