Selected Astronomical Catalogues
and Online Data Services

Extragalactic Catalogues Maintained by Harold G. Corwin, Jr.

The copies of

  • The Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies, by G. de Vaucouleurs, A. de Vaucouleurs, H.G. Corwin, R.J. Buta, G. Paturel, and P. Fouqué
  • A Catalogue of Rich Clusters of Galaxies, by G.O. Abell, H.G. Corwin, and R.P. Olowin,
  • A Southern Galaxy Catalogue by H.G. Corwin, A. de Vaucouleurs, and G. de Vaucouleurs,
    •  found here are corrected versions of the published catalogues. Though all three are available as printed and bound books, the electronic versions are preferred for reference as all known errata occuring in the printed versions have been corrected. Please let me know if you find any further errors.

    Brief explanations of the data are also available electronically; the full introductions with figures, tables, and references are only available in the printed versions.

    Also available is a preliminary version of

  • A South-Equatorial Galaxy Catalogue by H.G. Corwin and B.A. Skiff.
    •  This is still in preparation, though positions, diameters, and types are fairly well settled by now. Some galaxies, however, are missing some of these data. A final version of the catalogue, missing only the notes, will be available sometime during the winter of 2008-2009.

    All of these catalogues are freely accessible; I and my coauthors ask only a reference and/or an acknowledgment if you use data from them.

    Other News

    The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies by Ronald J. Buta, Harold G. Corwin, Jr., and Stephen C. Odewahn has been published by Cambridge University Press. It illustrates the classification of galaxies in the de Vaucouleurs revised Hubble-Sandage system with over 500 calibrated digital images of nearby galaxies. It also has an extended introduction presenting our latest understanding of how physical processes shape galaxies and drive their evolution.

    NGC/IC

    Current versions of my NGC/IC position and notes files are available here. Check back now and then for updates.

    Links to Useful Web Sites

    Most of these Web sites are devoted to astronomical cataloguing and data distribution. The final one on the list is a link to one of the many Linux Web sites.
  • NED -- NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  • SIMBAD
  • SkyView, a Virtual Observatory on the Web
  • The NASA Astrophysics Data System
  • MAST -- The Space Telescope Science Institute HST Data Archive
  • The Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
  • The ESO/ST-ECF Science Archive Facility
  • The NGC/IC Project
  • Wolfgang Steinicke's Home Page, a fine example of the many amateur astronomy pages on the Web, with links to several others
  • Wolfgang Steinicke's biographical information for the NGC/IC observers
  • Linux Online
  • Miscellaneous Files
  • Creative Commons
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    Contacts

    Email: hgcjr@ipac.caltech.edu
    Phone: 626-395-1827
    FAX: 626-397-7181
    Post:
    Dr. Harold G. Corwin, Jr.
    IPAC, M/S 100-22
    California Institute of Technology
    Pasadena, CA 91125-2200

    Acknowledgments

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    Last updated: 21 November 2008