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ReplyDeleteLacaille's original catalog, as reprinted in 1981 in an appendix to Messier's Catalog in the Connoissance des Temps for 1784.
Lacaille's Original Object Positions
Missing Lacaille Objects
History of the Identification of Lacaille's Objects
Short biography of Nicholas Louis de Lacaille
Other catalogs similar to those of Lacaille and Messier, suitable as amateur checklists, but of less historical importance
History of the Discovery of the Deepsky Objects
References
Nicholas Louis de Lacaille. Sur les étoiles nébuleuses du Ciel Austral [On the nebulous stars of the Southern Sky]. Memoirs of the Royal Academy for 1755 (Paris), pp. 194-199.
Charles Messier, 1781. Nébuleuses du ciel austral. Observées par M. l'abbé de la Caille, au cap de Bonne-espérance [Nebulae of the southern sky. Observed by M. l'Abbé de la Caille, at the Cape of Good Hope], pp. 270-272. (Reprint of the 1755 catalog as appendix to the Messier catalog, with remarks on the identification of the Messier objects in Lacailles catalog). Also note the previous reprints of 1771 (Memoirs of the Academy) and 1780 (pp. 252-254 in the Connoissance des Temps for 1783) and the later reprint of 1784 in the Connoissance des Temps for 1787.
Richard Hickley Allen. Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publication, New York, 1963. Corrected republication of Star-Names and Their Meaning, published by G.E. Stechert in 1899.
David S. Evans, 1992. Lacaille: Astronomer, Traveler. Pachart History of Astronomy Series, Vol. 9, Series Editor: A.G. Pacholczyk. Pachart Publishing House, Tucson, Arizona.
Owen Gingerich, 1960. Abbe Lacaille's List of Clusters and Nebulae. Sky and Telescope, Vol. 19, No. 2 (February 1960), pp. 207-208 [ADS: 1960S&T....19..207G].
Hans Vehrenberg, 1965/1978. Atlas of Deep Sky Splendors. Vehrenberg and Sky Publishing. 1st ed 1965, 3rd ed. 1978. Contains a chapter on "La Caille and his catalog of southern objects."
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ReplyDeleteLacaille's original catalog, as reprinted in 1981 in an appendix to Messier's Catalog in the Connoissance des Temps for 1784.
Lacaille's Original Object Positions
Missing Lacaille Objects
History of the Identification of Lacaille's Objects
Short biography of Nicholas Louis de Lacaille
Other catalogs similar to those of Lacaille and Messier, suitable as amateur checklists, but of less historical importance
History of the Discovery of the Deepsky Objects
References
Nicholas Louis de Lacaille. Sur les étoiles nébuleuses du Ciel Austral [On the nebulous stars of the Southern Sky]. Memoirs of the Royal Academy for 1755 (Paris), pp. 194-199.
Charles Messier, 1781. Nébuleuses du ciel austral. Observées par M. l'abbé de la Caille, au cap de Bonne-espérance [Nebulae of the southern sky. Observed by M. l'Abbé de la Caille, at the Cape of Good Hope], pp. 270-272. (Reprint of the 1755 catalog as appendix to the Messier catalog, with remarks on the identification of the Messier objects in Lacailles catalog). Also note the previous reprints of 1771 (Memoirs of the Academy) and 1780 (pp. 252-254 in the Connoissance des Temps for 1783) and the later reprint of 1784 in the Connoissance des Temps for 1787.
Richard Hickley Allen. Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publication, New York, 1963. Corrected republication of Star-Names and Their Meaning, published by G.E. Stechert in 1899.
David S. Evans, 1992. Lacaille: Astronomer, Traveler. Pachart History of Astronomy Series, Vol. 9, Series Editor: A.G. Pacholczyk. Pachart Publishing House, Tucson, Arizona.
Owen Gingerich, 1960. Abbe Lacaille's List of Clusters and Nebulae. Sky and Telescope, Vol. 19, No. 2 (February 1960), pp. 207-208 [ADS: 1960S&T....19..207G].
Hans Vehrenberg, 1965/1978. Atlas of Deep Sky Splendors. Vehrenberg and Sky Publishing. 1st ed 1965, 3rd ed. 1978. Contains a chapter on "La Caille and his catalog of southern objects."
Hartmut Frommert
Christine Kronberg
[contact]
[SEDS] [MAA] [Home] [M History Home] [Indexes]
Last Modification: September 18, 2007