Talk:List of astronomical catalogues

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The following abbreviations appear on one or more pages that use Starbox catalog, but are not explained on this page:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z If you are able to supply definitions for any of these, please feel free to delete them from this page; I won't take offense at revision of my comment. --Russ (talk) 16:40, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 1E
 * 1H
 * 1WGA
 * 2E
 * 2EUVE
 * 2RE
 * 2RXF
 * 2RXP
 * 2U
 * 3U
 * 4U
 * 87GB
 * A
 * ABV
 * AL
 * ALS
 * AN
 * ARDB
 * ASCC
 * AX
 * BAG
 * BAT99
 * BLA
 * BPS BS
 * BPS CS
 * BSD
 * BU
 * BWE
 * C*
 * CABS
 * CAL
 * CCABS
 * CE
 * CED
 * CGCS
 * CGO
 * CHA
 * CHR
 * COO
 * COU
 * Cr
 * CS
 * CXOCyg
 * CXOM31
 * CXOU
 * Ci
 * Cl Trumpler
 * Cul
 * D
 * DB
 * EC Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey (Thank you to )
 * EIC
 * EM* CDS
 * EM* MWC
 * EM* RJHA
 * EQ
 * ESO European Southern Observatory
 * EUVE Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
 * EXO
 * FASTT
 * FAUST
 * FC
 * FD
 * FIN
 * GAL
 * GAT
 * GBS
 * GEN
 * GOS
 * GPM
 * GPM1
 * GPS
 * GRB
 * GRS
 * GV
 * Goy
 * H
 * HBC
 * HBHA
 * HDO
 * HDS
 * HERZ
 * HGAM
 * HH
 * HJ
 * HLD
 * HO
 * HTR
 * HV
 * Haro
 * Hbg
 * Hen
 * Hilt
 * I
 * INTEGRAL1
 * INTREF
 * IRC
 * JP11
 * KONUS
 * KPD
 * KPR
 * KUI
 * Kiev
 * Kiso
 * LF
 * LHA
 * LI-LMC
 * LMA IC
 * LS
 * LS II
 * LS IV
 * LSPM
 * MCA
 * MCC
 * MCW
 * Mel
 * MFJ SH
 * MGC
 * MH
 * MHA
 * Mills
 * MLO
 * MPP
 * MR
 * MSX LMC
 * MSX5C
 * MSX6C
 * NEK
 * NPM1
 * NSVS
 * NVSS
 * OCL
 * OH
 * PACH
 * PG
 * PM
 * PMN
 * PN
 * PN ARO
 * PN VV
 * POCS (astronomy) (have disambiguated this while sorting out dab page at Pocs PamD (talk) 09:00, 26 February 2009 (UTC))
 * PSR
 * PULS CP
 * PULS HP
 * Parenago
 * Pul
 * R
 * RAFGL
 * RBS
 * RE
 * RGB
 * RHG95
 * RLP
 * RMC
 * ROE
 * RORF
 * RX
 * S
 * SACS
 * SB
 * SBC7
 * SBZ
 * Schulte
 * SCM
 * SEE
 * SH
 * SK
 * SN as noted below, it means supernova D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  05:06, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
 * SPH
 * SPM3.2
 * SPOCS
 * SS73
 * STT
 * SV
 * SV ZI
 * SV* BV
 * SV* HV
 * SV* P
 * SV* ZI
 * SVM2001b
 * TGRS
 * THA
 * TVH89
 * TWA
 * TXS
 * Trigger
 * UBV
 * UBV M
 * UCAC2
 * UGP
 * V
 * VDB
 * VVO
 * W
 * WARPS
 * WD
 * WH
 * WN
 * WRAY
 * WRH
 * WSTB
 * XMMU
 * YPAC
 * YZ 94
 * YZC
 * Zel
 * Zkh
 * I removed some entries that are not catalogs:
 * SIMBAD is a database and not a catalog. The acronym SIMBAD should not occur in catalog designations.
 * NOVA Aql means that the object is a nova in the constellation Aquila.
 * Spacepotato (talk) 23:34, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I would say that Cl Trumpler means Trumpler Cluster or Cluster in the Trumpler list (or catalogue).
 * I have removed CDS as it is not a catalogue, but rather the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (or Centre de données stellaires though it doesn't only apply to stellar objects).
 * ESO is the European Southern Observatory, but it also has a catalogue.
 * EUVE is the Extreme UltraViolet Explorer, a satellite. I guess there was a catalogue made from its observations, but I left it in the list.
 * GRB means Gamma-Ray Burst, and is a catalogue of all such events, noted by their date, such as GRB981214 would be a gamma-ray burst that was observed on 1998-12-14 (December 14, 1998). (''I don't know if there was one observed on that date, just giving it as an example.)
 * I would think that SN is not a catalogue per se, but refers supernovae. For example, SN1987A is the ("famous") supernova which was observed on February 1987 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Again, it's not really a "catalogue", though one might argue that we could indeed make a list/catalogue of all those events.
 * CielProfond (talk) 20:08, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I've struck through POCS (astronomy) above as it was based on a typo at HD 187923 and was supposed to be SPOCS for the "Spectroscopic Properties of Cool Stars" catalog.


 * I would suggest that if you figure out what any of these are, create a redirect at its full title to this list, and add the abbreviation to the appropriate disambiguation page (noting that it's an astronomical catalog. D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  04:56, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

I've found the 2U, 3U and 4U catalogue source: Uhuru (Satellite). Don't know what to do exactly with it here in .en-Wiki, it's not my home wiki. -- EierlegendeWollmilchsau (talk) 21:17, 12 March 2015 (UTC)


 * The one article which links to Zel (a DAB page) is CW Leonis, if that helps. Narky Blert (talk) 17:22, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

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How many astronomical catalogues are there? (hundreds?) (thousands?)
This has always been my most unanswered question. 1976... I was age 12 and I discovered the existence of the "NGC" and "IC" numbers for deep-sky objects, far more interesting than the one-hundred-and-ten (or so) "M" numbers of the well-known Messier catalogue. But... it was not all, because much more obscure numbers of less-known (or unknown) catalogues appeared in all sorts of astronomical magazines (-Astronomy-, -Sky and Telescope-, etc...). Now, how many astronomical catalogues (of stars and deep-sky objects) are there today? Are all of them still around or are many of the not-so-recent catalogues (such as those of double stars) already 'taken' by general catalogues such as the WDS? (Washington Double Star Catalogue). Anyway, it's a most interesting pastime! (swimming across the vast ocean of the most unknown astronomical catalogues). Danny Caes, Ghent-Belgium (explorer of catalogues and nicknames of deep-sky objects). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1812:151F:5500:DD8A:EF8C:AF28:309A (talk) 08:47, 13 April 2019 (UTC)