Caldwell Resources Caldwell Resources Caldwell Books Deep-Sky Companions – The Caldwell Objects, by Stephen James O’Meara, pub- lished by Sky & Telescope/Cambridge University Press in 2002. Observing the Caldwell Objects, by David Ratledge, published by Springer in 2000. Caldwell Websites Wikipedia Caldwell page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell_catalog Students for the Exploration and Development of Space Caldwell page http://ftp.seds.org/Messier/xtra/similar/caldwell.html Utah Skies page http://www.utahskies.org/deepsky/caldwell/ Hawaiian Astronomical Society Caldwell page http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/caldwell.html David Richards’ Caldwell page http://www.richweb.f9.co.uk/astro/caldwell_objects.htm David Paul Green’s Caldwell Object Log software http://www.davidpaulgreen.com/tcol.html Images and Telrad Maps for Caldwell Objects http://www.astro-tom.com/advanced/caldwell/maps_to_caldwell_objects.htm Space and Telescope Caldwell page http://www.space-and-telescope.com/CaldwellObjects.aspx Planetarium Software for Creating Custom Charts Project Pluto’s Guide 8.0 http://www.projectpluto.com/ Chris Marriott’s SkyMap http://www.skymap.com/ 267 Software Bisque’s The Sky http://www.bisque.com/Products/TheSky6/ Starry Night Software http://www.starrynightstore.com/ Caldwell Resources Deep Sky Imagers’ Websites Adam Block – Caelum Observatory http://www.caelumobservatory.com/ Kitt Peak Advanced Observing Program – Best images http://www.noao.edu/outreach/aop/bestof.html Capella Observatory – Dr. Stefan Binnewies and Josef Pöpsel http://www.capella-observatory.com/ Tom Carrico http://www.ccdargo.com/ Sven Kohle and Till Credner http://www.allthesky.com/ Christian Fuchs, Philipp Keller and the T1T-Team http://www.astrooptik.com/ and http://www.astrooptik.com/Bildergalerie/PolluxGallery/PolluxGallery.htm Robert Gendler http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/ Tom Har r ison http://www.manoprietoobservatory.com/ Gordon Rogers http://www.gordonrogers.co.uk/ Ian Sharp http://www.astro-sharp.com/ Daniel Verschatse http://www.verschatse.cl/ Volker Wendel and Bernd Flach-Wilken of the Spiegel Team http://www.spiegelteam.de/ Geof Wingham http://www.pbase.com/loc46south/profi le Deep Sky Visual Observers’ Websites Faith Jordan’s site http://visualdeepsky.webs.com/index.htm Iiro Sairanen’s site http://personal.inet.fi /surf/deepsky/ 268 Barbara Wilson’s site http://home.ix.netcom.com/~bwilson2/barbarasweb/ Visual Observing Equipment Caldwell TeleVue eyepieces and quality refractors Resources http://www.televue.com/engine/page.asp?ID=2 Obsession Dobsonians http://www.obsessiontelescopes.com/ Starmaster Dobsonians http://www.starmastertelescopes.com/ Orion Optics (UK) Dobsonians http://www.orionoptics.co.uk/DOBSONIAN/dobsonianrange.html Visual and imaging deep sky fi lters distributed by OPT https://www.optcorp.com/category.aspx?uid=105-109-156-823 Image Processing Astro-software IRIS (powerful freeware) http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/iris/iris.htm AIP4Win (book and software) http://www.willbell.com/aip/index.htm CCDSoft http://www.bisque.com/help/ccdsoft%20info/CCDSoft_Information_Site.htm MaximDL http://www.cyanogen.com/maxim_main.php ImagesPlus http://www.mlunsold.com/ Registax http://www.astronomie.be/registax/ BlackFrame NR http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/blackframe.htm High Quality Deep Sky Astrographs and Mounts RC Optical Systems http://www.rcopticalsystems.com/ Optical Guidance Systems http://www.opticalguidancesystems.com/ Planewave Instruments http://www.planewaveinstruments.com/ 269 Astrophysics’ apochromats and mountings http://www.astro-physics.com/ Takahashi http://takahashiamerica.com/catalog/ Paramount ME mounting http://www.bisque.com/Products/Paramount/ Caldwell Resources CCD Cameras Santa Barbara Instruments Group (SBIG) http://www.sbig.com/sbwhtmls/online.htm SBIG Users Group http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SBIG/ Starlight Xpress http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/ Apogee http://www.ccd.com/ Atik http://www.atik-instruments.com/ 270 Index A Caldwell 29, 70–71 Caldwell 85, 178–179 Absolute magnitude, 265 Caldwell 30, 72–73 Caldwell 86, 180–181 AE Aurigae, 74, 75 Caldwell 31, 74–75 Caldwell 87, 182–183 Albireo, 86 Caldwell 32, 76–77 Caldwell 88, 184–185 Aldebaran, 94, 95 Caldwell 33, 78–79 Caldwell 89, 186–187 Algol, 60 Caldwell 34, 80–81 Caldwell 90, 188–189 Apus, 187, 220, 224 Caldwell 35, 82–83 Caldwell 91, 190–191 Arcturus, 102, 103 Caldwell 36, 84–85 Caldwell 92, 192–193 Arbour, Ron, 65, 263 Caldwell 37, 86–87 Caldwell 93, 194–195 Arp, Halton, 82 Caldwell 38, 88–89 Caldwell 94, 196–197 Caldwell 39, 90–91 Caldwell 95, 198–199 Caldwell 40, 92–93 Caldwell 96, 200–201 B Caldwell 41, 94–95 Caldwell 97, 202–203 Barnard 168, 50 Caldwell 42, 96–97 Caldwell 98, 204–205 Barnard, Edward Emerson, 7 Caldwell 43, 98–99 Caldwell 99, 204–205 Bennett, Jack, 7, 8 Caldwell 44, 100–101 Caldwell 100, 206–207 BF Centauri, 202 Caldwell 45, 102–103 Caldwell 101, 208–209 Binnewies, Stefan, 133, 143, 161, 175 Index Caldwell 46, 104–105 Caldwell 102, 210–211 Black hole, 60, 61, 114, 130, 142, 162 Caldwell 47, 106–107 Caldwell 103, 212–213 Blinking Planetary nebula, 43 Caldwell 48, 108–109 Caldwell 104, 214–215 Block, Adam, 83, 99, 147 Caldwell 49, 110–111 Caldwell 105, 216–217 Boles, Tom, 61 Caldwell 50, 110–111 Caldwell 106, 218–219 Bow-Tie nebula, 16 Caldwell 51, 112–113 Caldwell 107, 220–221 Box galaxy, 54 Caldwell 52, 114–115 Caldwell 108, 222–223 Bubble nebula, 34, 35 Caldwell 53, 116–117 Caldwell 109, 224–225 Bug nebula, 146, 147, 165 Caldwell 54, 118–119 Caldwell catalog, 1, 6–12, 18, 22, 38, Caldwell 55, 120–121 56, 60, 88, 92, 106, 112, 132, 150, C Caldwell 56, 122–123 162, 186, 202, 208, 210, 212, 224, Caldwell 1, 14–15 Caldwell 57, 124–125 228, 257, 263, Caldwell 2, 16–17 Caldwell 58, 126–127 Camelopardalis, 23, 27 Caldwell 3, 18–19 Caldwell 59, 128–129 Canes Venatica, 7, 54, 55, 58, 65, 70, Caldwell 4, 20–21 Caldwell 60, 130–131 82, 88 Caldwell 5, 22–23 Caldwell 61, 130–131 Capella Observatory, 133, 143, 161, 175 Caldwell 6, 24–25 Caldwell 62, 132–133 Cape of Good Hope, 166, 196 Caldwell 7, 26–27 Caldwell 63, 134–135 Carrico, Tom, 17 Caldwell 8, 28–29 Caldwell 64, 136–137 Cat’s Eye nebula Caldwell 9, 30–31 Caldwell 65, 138–139 Cave nebula, 24, 25, 42 Caldwell 10, 32–33 Caldwell 66, 140–141 Centaurus A, 62, 163, 168, 174, 176, Caldwell 11, 34–35 Caldwell 67, 142–143 184, 191 Caldwell 12, 36–37 Caldwell 68, 144–145 Cepheid variables, 186, 190 Caldwell 13, 38–39 Caldwell 69, 146–147 Chamaeleon, 224 Caldwell 14, 40–41 Caldwell 70, 148–149 Clark, Roger N., 233 Caldwell 15, 42–43 Caldwell 71, 150–151 Coalsack, 204, 205 Caldwell 16, 44–45 Caldwell 72, 152–153 Cocoon nebula, 7 Caldwell 17, 46–47 Caldwell 73, 154–155 Collinder, 7, 50, 86, 206, 207 Caldwell 18, 48–49 Caldwell 74, 156–157 Collinder 249, 206, 207 Caldwell 19, 50–51 Caldwell 75, 158–159 Collinder 399, 86 Caldwell 20, 52–53 Caldwell 76, 160–161 Collinder 470, 50 Caldwell 21, 54–55 Caldwell 77, 162–163 Coma Berenices, 7, 54, 55, 58, 70, Caldwell 22, 56–57 Caldwell 78, 164–165 82, 88 Caldwell 23, 58–59 Caldwell 79, 166–167 Cones (in retina), 42, 230–231 Caldwell 24, 60–61 Caldwell 80, 168–169 Cor Caroli, 54, 64, 70, 76, 82, 84 Caldwell 25, 62–63 Caldwell 81, 170–171 Corona Australis, 10, 125, 144, Caldwell 26, 64–65 Caldwell 82, 172–173 164, 165 Caldwell 27, 66–67 Caldwell 83, 174–175 Crab nebula, 80 Caldwell 28, 68–69 Caldwell 84, 176–177 Credner, Till, 95, 205 271 Crescent nebula, 66, 67 Hubble’s Variable nebula, 104, 105, NGC 300, 26, 123, 148–149, 152 Crux, 196, 202, 204 144, 242 NGC 362, 214–215, 218 Cygnus, 7, 11, 36, 42, 43, 50, 56, 66, Hyades, 10, 64, 94, 95, 190, 256 NGC 457, 38 78, 80, 196 NGC 559, 28, 29 I NGC 663, 32 D IC 342, 22, 23 NGC 752, 68, 69 Dark nebulae, 9, 204 IC 405, 74, 75 NGC 869, 40 Deneb, 42, 44, 50, 52, 106, 122, IC 1613, 112, 113, 124 NGC 884, 40 Digitized Sky Survey, 29, 45, 63, 87, IC 2391, 10, 178, 179 NGC 891, 58–59, 64, 68, 88, 116, 162, 93, 103, 113, 119, 127, 137, 141, IC 2488, 188 240, 251, 255 151, 155, 159, 165, 171, 173, 179, IC 2602, 10, 210, 211 NGC 1097, 7, 142–143, 263 185, 187, 191, 195, 199, 201, 203, IC 2944, 206 NGC 1261, 182–183 205, 211, 221 IC 2948, 206, 207 NGC 1275, 60–61, 82 Double cluster, 6, 13, 28, 40, 41, 190 IC 4651, 170 NGC 1851, 154–155 Drawing deep sky objects, 238–240 IC 4812, 144, 145 NGC 2070, 212 Dunlop, James, 7 IC 5070, 52 NGC 2237, 110 Dwarf galaxies, 46, 48, 54, 112, Intergalactic Tramp Globular, 62 NGC 2238, 110 124, 168 NGC 2244, 110 NGC 2246, 110 J NGC 2261, 104–105 E Jewel Box Cluster, 196 NGC 2360, 119, 126–127 Electric Arc Galaxy, 98 NGC 2362, 136–137 Eskimo nebula, 90, 91 K NGC 2392, 90–91 Espin, Thomas E., 50 Keller, Philipp, 109 NGC 2403, 26–27, 263, 265 E.T. Cluster, 38 NGC 2419, 62–63, 168 Eta Carinae, 26, 190, 192, 193, 202, L NGC 2477, 150–151 210, 265 NGC 2506, 118–119 Evans, Rev. Robert, 142, 162 Lacaille, Abbé Nicolas Louis de, 7, 132, 150, 178, 212 NGC 2516, 200–201 Eyes and dark adaption, 2, 52, NGC 2775, 108–109 Index 230–232, 236, 241, 243 Lacerta, 43, 44, 50, 56 Lambda Centauri, 206 NGC 2867, 188–189 Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), NGC 3115, 116–117 F 212, 213 NGC 3132, 156–157 False Comet Cluster, 160 Leo, 88, 92, 93, 108, 109, 116, 128 NGC 3195, 217, 224–225 Fienberg, Richard Tresch, vii Light pollution11, 18, 20, 22, 26, 230, NGC 3201, 166–167 Filamentary nebula, 78 232, 233, 236, 237, 248, 252, 260 NGC 3242, 117, 128–129, 245 Flach-Wilken, Bernd, 145 Local group, 10, 212 NGC 3372, 192 Flaming star nebula, 74, 75 NGC 3532, 190–191 Fornax, 7, 142, 143 NGC 3626, 92–93 M Fuchs, Christian,