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<html><head> <title>Miscellaneous Astronomical Fragments</title> <link rev="owner" title="Contact Maintainer" href="http://spider.seds.org/Contact/spider.html"> <meta name="keywords" content="Astronomy, Deep Sky, Observing, SEDS"> <meta name="author" content="Hartmut Frommert"> <meta name="distribution" content="global"> </head> <body> <center> <img src="../Jco/seds38.jpg" alt="" align=left> These fragments of astronomy will be hopefully better integrated in our services at some later time. Attn: Much of this stuff is still under construction ! </center> <ul> <li><a href="../Vars/vars.html">The First Known Variable Stars</a>: <quote> <!ul> <!li><a href="../Vars/sn1572.html">Tycho's Supernova 1572</a>; <a href="../Vars/mira.html">Mira</a> - Omicron Ceti; <a href="../Vars/pCyg.html">P Cygni</a>; <a href="../Vars/sn1604.html">Kepler's Supernova 1604</a>; <a href="../Vars/casA.html">Cassiopeia A - Supernova 1667</a>; <a href="../Vars/betaPer.html">Algol</a> - Beta Persei; <a href="../Vars/n1670Vul.html">Nova Vulpeculae 1670</a> - CK Vulpeculae; <a href="../Vars/etaCar.html">Eta Carinae</a>; <a href="../Vars/chiCyg.html">Chi Cygni</a>; <a href="../Vars/rHya.html">R Hydrae</a>; <a href="../Vars/rLeo.html">R Leonis</a>; <a href="../Vars/n1783Sge.html">Nova Sagittae 1783</a> - WY Sagittae; <a href="../Vars/etaAql.html">Eta Aquilae</a>; <a href="../Vars/betaLyr.html">Sheliak</a> - Beta Lyrae; <a href="../Vars/deltaCep.html">Delta Cephei</a>; <a href="../Vars/iBooB.html">i Bootis B</a>; <a href="../Vars/alphaHer.html">Ras Algheti</a> - Alpha Herculis; <a href="../Vars/rCrB.html">R Coronae Borealis</a>; <a href="../Vars/rSct.html">R Scuti</a>; <a href="../Vars/rVir.html">R Virginis</a>; <a href="../Vars/rAqr.html">R Aquarii</a>; <a href="../Vars/epsAur.html">Epsilon Aurigae</a>; <a href="../Vars/rSer.html">R Serpentis</a>; <a href="../Vars/sSer.html">S Serpentis</a>; <a href="../Vars/rCnc.html">R Cancri</a>; <a href="../Vars/alphaOri.html">Betelgeuse</a> - Alpha Orionis <!/ul> </quote> <li><a href="../Doubles/doubles.html">Double Stars</a>: <ul> <li><a href="../Doubles/zetaUMa.html">Mizar - Zeta Ursae Majoris</a> <li><a href="../Doubles/cmayer.html">Christian Mayer's Catalogue</a> - <a href="../Doubles/cmayer_o.html">Christian Mayer's Original Catalogue</a> <li><a href="http://messier.seds.org/xtra/supp/wnc.html"> Winnecke (WNC) Double Stars</a> </ul> <li>Other interesting stars <ul> <li><a href="alphaUMi.html">Polaris - Alpha Ursae Minoris</a> <li><a href="alphaLyr.html">Vega - Alpha Lyrae</a> <li><a href="gammaDra.html">Eltanin - Gamma Draconis</a> <li><a href="iotaDra.html">Edasich - Iota Draconis</a> <li><a href="barnard.html">Barnard's Star</a> <li><a href="betaPic.html">Beta Pictoris</a> <li><a href="sDor.html">S Doradus</a> <li><a href="ss433.html">SS 433</a> <li><a href="sn0185.html">Supernova 185</a> in Centaurus <li><a href="sn0386.html">Supernova 386</a> in Sagittarius <li><a href="sn0393.html">Supernova 393</a> in Scorpius <li><a href="sn1006.html">Supernova 1006</a> in Lupus <li><a href="sn1181.html">Supernova 1181</a> in Cassiopeia </ul> <li><a href="ob_ass.html">OB Associations</a> <li><a href="../MWGC/mwgc.html">The Milky Way Globular Clusters</a> <li><a href="../LG/lg.html">The Local Group of Galaxies</a> <li>Other Deep Sky Objects of interest: <ul> <li><a href="n1275.html">NGC 1275, Perseus A</a> <li><a href="n1499.html">NGC 1499</a>, the California Nebula in Perseus <li><a href="n1514.html">NGC 1514</a>, planetary nebula in Taurus <li><a href="n2392.html">NGC 2392</a>, the Eskimo or Clown Planetary Nebula in Gemini <li><a href="n2683.html">NGC 2683</a>, the UFO Galaxy in Lynx <li><a href="n2685.html">NGC 2685</a>, the Helix or Pancake Galaxy in Ursa Major <li><a href="n3242.html">NGC 3242</a>, the Ghost of Jupiter Planetary Nebula in Hydra <li><a href="n3877.html">NGC 3877</a>, the galaxy of SN 1998S, in Ursa Major <li><a href="n3982.html">NGC 3982</a>, the galaxy of SN 1998aq, in Ursa Major <li><a href="n4038-9.html">NGC 4038-9</a>, interacting galaxies in Corvus <li><a href="n4449.html">NGC 4449</a>, nearby dwarf galaxy in Canes Venatici <li><a href="n6334.html">NGC 6334</a>, the Cat's Paw Nebula in Scorpius <li><a href="n6357.html">NGC 6357</a>, the "War and Peace" or Lobster Nebula in Scorpius <li><a href="seyfert6.html">NGC 6027 and Seyfert's Sextet</a>, group of galaxies in Serpens <li><a href="veil.html">NGC 6960,92,95, the Veil Nebula</a>, SNR G74.0-8.5 in Cygnus <li><a href="i0443.html">IC 443</a>, SNR G189.1+3.0 in Gemini <li><a href="i2948.html">IC 2948</a>, Lambda Centauri Nebula <li><a href="i4182.html">IC 4182</a>, irregular galaxy in Canes Venatici <li><a href="i4628.html">IC 4628</a>, the Prawn Nebula in Scorpius <li><a href="i4756.html">IC 4756</a>, Graff's cluster, open cluster in Serpens <li><a href="vel_snr.html">The Vela SNR G263.9-3.3</a> with its brightest part, the <a href="n2736.html">Pencil Nebula NGC 2736</a> <li><a href="cygA.html">Cygnus A</a> <li><a href="3c273.html">3C 273</a>, the brightest quasar <li><a href="mrk421.html">Mrk 421</a>, the nearest BL Lac object (blazar) <li><a href="4cyg-neb.txt">The 4 Cygni Nebula</a> - a reflection nebula discovered by San Jose amateur astronomers Steven R. Waldee and Al Howard in 2007 (published 2010) </ul> <li><a href="lgs.html">The LGS Catalog</a> of 5 dwarf galaxies <li><a href="qso.html">The brightest Quasars</a> <li><a href="../SE990811/se990811.html">Solar Eclipse on August 11, 1999</a> <li><a href="transit.html">Transits of Mercury and Venus</a> <li>Some astronomical texts: <ul> <li><a href="../ScholarX/coords.html">Astronomical Coordinate Systems</a> <li><!a href="../ScholarX/distances.html">Ways to determine Distances<!/a> <li><a href="../ScholarX/hist_mod.html">History of Modern Astronomy</a> <li><!a href="../ScholarX/dn.html">Diffuse Nebulae and Interstellar Matter<!/a> (<a href="http://messier.seds.org/diffuse.html">see here</a>) <li><!a href="../ScholarX/oc.html">Open Clusters<!/a> (<a href="http://messier.seds.org/open.html">see here</a>) <li><!a href="../ScholarX/gc.html">Globular Clusters<!/a> (<a href="http://messier.seds.org/glob.html">see here</a>) <li><!a href="../ScholarX/pn.html">Planetary Nebulae<!/a> (<a href="http://messier.seds.org/planetar.html">see here</a>) <li><!a href="../ScholarX/snrs.html">Supernova Remnants<!/a>, <!a href="../ScholarX/sn.html">Supernovae<!/a> (<a href="http://messier.seds.org/snr.html">see here</a>) <li><!a href="../ScholarX/gals.html">Galaxies<!/a> (<a href="http://messier.seds.org/galaxy.html">see here</a>) <li><a href="../ScholarX/seyferts.html">Seyfert Galaxies</a> <li><!a href="../ScholarX/variables.html">Variable Stars<!/a> (<a href="http://spider.seds.org/spider/Vars/vars.html">see here</a>) </ul> <li>More miscellaneous stuff: <ul> <li><a href="star_cats.html">Star Catalogs</a> <li><a href="sn.html">Supernova Stuff</a> <li><a href="scopetypes.html">Telescope Types</a>; <a href="seidel.html">Seidel Theory of Imaging Errors in Telescopes</a> <li><a href="naming.html">Naming Stars</a> <li><a href="hist-con.txt">List of Extinct Constellations</a> <li><a href="cons.html">Constellation Names in various languages</a> <li><a href="constants.html">Physical and Astronomical Constants</a> <li><a href="weird_g.html">"Weird Terms" Glossary</a> <li><a href="satmoons.txt">Saturn's 25 Moons</a>, as given in a 1982 Scientific American article <li><a href="triv.html">Some astronomiy related trivia</a> <li><a href="gregor.html">Gregorian Calendar Reform</a> <li><a href="lambert.html">Johann Heinrich (Jean Henry) Lambert</a> <li><a href="bessel_c1808.html">Bessel's comet candidate of 1808</a> <li>David Bishop's <a href="../DBishop/AmesArch/index.html"> Nasa SPACE Archive Image Index</a> (unfortunately, the Nasa archive - not our interface - is currently defunct, but I'm currently working on relinking everything which is available from SEDS) </ul> </ul> <hr> <a href="http://spider.seds.org/">Hartmut Frommert</a> <a href="http://spider.seds.org/Contact/spider.html">[contact]</a> </body></head>