A View from a Distant Star 227
Abell 779 238
Acker, Agnes 6
Aitken, Robert Grant 321
Albino Butterfly Nebula (NGC 2440) 204
Albuquerque Astronomical Society 371
Alessi, Bruno 533
Alessi J23407 +0757 (O’Meara 1) 530–534
Alexander, P. 316
al-Firuzabadi 84,85,147
Al Halbah (Coma Berenices) 310
Allen, D. A. 90
Allen, Richard H. 169,500
Allen, Richard Hinckley 5,33,106,223
Aller, Lawrence 322,391,448,490
Alonso–Herrero, Almudena 258
Alpha Persei Moving Cluster (Melotte 20) 83,85,131
Al-Sufi ix,76,147,480
Al-Sufi’s “Nebula” (Collinder 399) 479
Alter, George 19,23
Ambartsumian, Viktor A. 198
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) 36
Anadarao, B. G. 305
Anderson, Jim 22
Anderson, Thomas David 76
Aratos 386,507
Arbour, Ron 246
Archinal, Brent A. 6,24,26,29,117,132,136,147,184,210,211,215,223,226,398,402,459,468,480,486,533
Ariadne’s Hair (Melotte 111) 308,310
Arp 269 316
Arp, Halton xiv,53,68,240
redshift argument 68,69
Asiago Astronomical Observatory 510
asterisms
Coathanger (Hidden Treasure 97) 416,532
Drunken Pirate 237,243
False Cross 252,266
Frigate Bird 115,120
Hershey’s Kiss 383
Juggler 252
Kemble’s Cascade (Hidden Treasure 21) 113,122
Little Ladle (O’Meara 1) 531
Little Lepus 141
Martini Glass 141
NGC 629 390
NGC 6873
Sail of Corvus 305
Astro-1 126
Astro-2 Spacelab 295
Astronomy with an Opera-Glass 85
Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) Stars 40,516
Aunt Margaret’s Mirror (Hidden Treasure 29) 146,149
Auwers, Arthur 184,423,425
Avery, Captain 197
Avery’s Island (NGC 2353) 197
Bailey, Solon Irving 253,414,459
Balick, Bruce 322,419
Balloon and Gondola 31
Barnard 30 148
Barnard 33 171
Barnard 77 404,406
Barnard 78 (Pipe Nebula) 404
Barnard 86
Barnard 160 523
Barnard 161 523
Barnard 168 505
Barnard 348 506
Barnard 349 506
Barnard 367 523
Barnard, Edward Emerson 26,27,46,433,440
discoveries of 433,434,481,491
Barnard’s Loop 433
Barnard’s Runaway Star (Hidden Treasure 87) 433
Barnard’s Star (Hidden Treasure 87) 432–436
Barrie, J. M. 118,462
Bastian, Ulrich 209
Baume, G. 270
Bayeaux Tapestry 161
Bayer, Johann 56,154,159,310
Begh, Ulugh 147
Bekki, Kenji 106
Bell, David 349
Belloni, T. 500
Benetti, S. 490
Benitez, Narciso 215
Berenice’s Bush 310
Berenice’s Hair (Melotte 111) 308
“Berenice’s Lock,” 309
Berko, Erno 246
Berlin Observatory 184
Bernoulli, Johann 374
BHe 42A 270
BHe 42B 270
Bigourdan, M. Guillaume 29,415
Black Bart’s Hair (Melotte 111) 308,314
Blackbeard 433
black holes (supermassive)
in NGC 1316 79
in NGC 1365 100
in NGC 2655 241
in NGC 4699 342
in NGC 5746 369
in NGC 6503 424
Black Swallowtail Butterfly Cluster (IC 4665) 414,416
Blade and Pearl Galaxy (NGC 5746) 368
Block, Eugen 95,110
Blue Oyster Nebula 120
Bok, Bart 166
Bok Globules 28,166
Bond, George Phillips 541
Bond’s Galaxy (NGC 7793) 541
Bonn Observatory 89
Bonner Durchmusterung 89
Bower, Gary 342,369
Box Nebula (NGC 6445) 419,421
Brahe, Tycho 310
Brakel, Albert 254
Branchett, D. 19,23
Brennon, P. 421
Brocchi, Dalmiro F. 480
Brocchi’s “Cluster” (Hidden Treasure 97) ix,479,480
Broken Heart Cluster (Hidden Treasure 2) 18
Bruhns, Carl Christian 184
Bug Nebula (Caldwell 69) 401
Burnham, Robert, Jr. 34,83,84,94,149,156,189,391,404,452,481
Burning Bush Nebula (NGC 2024) 168
Buta, Ron 110,297,318
Caldwell Catalog ix,x
California Nebula (NGC 1499) 89,433
Callimachus 309
Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope 27
Canberra Astronomical Society 36
Canis Major OB1 Association (CMa OB1 Association) 198
Canis Major R1 (CMa R1) 198
Captain Hook 462,463
Captain Hook Cluster (NGC 6633) 457,462
Carey, Captain Samuel 13
Carina OB1 Association 270
Carney, B. W. 475
Carroll, Lewis 458
Castaway Cluster (NGC 6520) 438
Catalog of Isolated Galaxies 424
Cave Nebula (Caldwell 9) 520
Cederblad 62 = NGC 2163 (Hidden Treasure 35) 174
Cederblad 90 200
Cederblad, Sven 176
Celestial Handbook, Burnham’s 34
Celestial Jellyfish (NGC 1535) 125
Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes 34
Cepheus OB1 Association 527
Cepheus OB2 Association 521
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 79,405
Chamberlain, Joseph Miles 1
Chameleon Nebula (IC 418) 142
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan 516
Chaney, Lon 538
Chaple, Glenn, Jr. 414
Chavarria, C. 527
Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264) 188,189,235
Claria, Juan Jose 251,254
Clark, Paul 90
Clark, Roger 64,138
Clemens, M. S. 316
Cleopatra’s Eye (NGC 1535) 125
Coal Car Cluster (NGC 1981) 152
Coalsack (Caldwell 99) 505
Coat Button Nebula (NGC 7008) 510,512
Coathanger (Hidden Treasure 97) ix,x,479,499
Cobweb Cluster (Melotte 111) 308,311
Cocoon Galaxy (NGC 4490) 316
Coe, Steve 24,70,238,352,398,411
Colas, Jules 146
Collinder 69 (Hidden Treasure 29) 145–150
Collinder 72 (Hidden Treasure 31) 152–161
Collinder 84 184
Collinder 135 209
Collinder 140 209
Collinder 147 209
Collinder 332 410
Collinder 399 (Hidden Treasure 97) 478–480
Collinder 465 200
Collinder 466 200
Collinder, Per Arne 147,157,184,215,480
Collins, Peter 515
Collins, Wilkie 526
Colored Contacts Nebula 141
Coma Berenices Cluster (HT 62) ix,308,460
Coma Berenices Cluster of Galaxies 312
Coma–Sculptor Cloud of Galaxies 312
Comet Borrelly–Brooks 321
Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) 370
Comet C/2002 C1 (Ikeya–Zhang) 526
Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT) 531
Comet Halley 161,181
Comet Komorowski (NGC 404) 39
Comet of 1758 534
Comet Planetary (NGC 1360) 94,96
comets
of 1843 95
Cone Nebula 189
Conon of Samos 308
Conrad, Joseph ix,107
Cooper, Andrew 472
Copeland, Leland 189,195,235
Copenhagen Observatory 160
Copernicus satellite 222
Cordingly, David 7,12,13,157,197,429
Corwin, Hal 29,92,186,201,263,294
Coteau, Paul 6
Cowper, William 436
Crab Cluster (NGC 7789) 536
Craigin, Murray 6
Critique of Practical Reason 412
Cuestra, L. 391
Curtis, Heber 299,322,420,447
Cycle of Celestial Objects 33
d’Arrest, Heinrich Louis 40,122,128,160,170,297
D’Auria, Tippy 171
Dali, Salvadore 302
dark matter 369
Davies, Roger 44
Davis, George A., Jr. 146
Dawes Limit 476
Dead Man’s Chest (NGC 6520) 438,440
Dead Sea 189
Dead Zone 359
Death Star 405
de Cheseaux, Philippe Loys 415,458
and comet of 1746 534
Defoe, Daniel 438
de La Lande, Joseph Jerome le Francais 492
de Vaucouleurs, Gerard 68,294
di Cicco, Dennis 376
Dick, Thomas 95
Dillon, Jamie 59,65
Dorpat Observatory 95,390,447
double and multiple stars
ADS 2984 AB 117
Alnitak 169
Beta Cygni (Albireo) 528
Delta Cepheii 528
Delta Corvi 306
Epsilon Coronae Australis 475
Gamma Velorum 222,223
NGC 2202 390
NGC 6648 390
Sigma Cassiopeiae 539
Sigma Orionis 172
STF 519 134
Struve 485 117,118
Struve 743 154
Struve 745 156
Struve 747 156
Struve 750 154
Struve 752 156
Struve 848 181
Struve 953 191
Struve 2375 (Tweedledee and Tweedledum) 458
Struve 2816 522
Double Cluster (Caldwell 14) 131,132,270,461
Downes, Commodore 275
Dragons, A Natural History 57
Drake, Sir Francis 220
Drenkham, Georg 326
Drew, Nancy 30
Dreyer, J. L. E. 46,175,188,200,201,210,253
Drinkwater, Michael 106
Drymon, Kathleen 136
Dunlop, James 73,80,221,231,252,254,265,270,272,286,357,363,387,398,400,410,428,459,474,542
Dupree, Andrea 539
Dwarf Nebulae 163
Easter Egg Double 31
Eddington, Arthur 85
Effelberg Radiotelescope 327
Einstein satellite 291
Eliot, T. S. 482
elliptical galaxies
description of 44
evolution of 44,79
Embryo Nebula (NGC 1333) 89,91
Emerald Eye Planetary 447
Eratosthenes 310
Eridanus Group of Galaxies 68
Eskimo Nebula (Caldwell 39) 125
ESO 382–45 353
Eta Carinae Nebula (Caldwell 92) 31,252,269,364
Eta Cassiopeiae 31
Evans, Rev. Robert 101
Everglades National Park 359
Execution Dock 157
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer 95
eye, the primitive response to star patterns 114
Eye of God Galaxy 67
Faberge Egg Galaxy (NGC 4605) 331,333
Feinstein, A. 215,401
Fetus Nebula (NGC 7008) 510,512
Fiddlehead Galaxy (NGC 772) 52
Fiebelman, Walter A. 448,490
Filippova, A. A. 479
Fitzgerald, Pim 95
Flaherty, Robert 321
Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) 168
Flamsteed, John 153
Flying Unicorn Cluster 466
Flying Witch Cluster (Melotte 111) 308,314
Fool’s Gold Galaxy (NGC 5866) 373
Fornax A 78
Fornax Cluster of Galaxies
compared to Virgo Cluster 105
Fornax Cluster Survey 105,148,159
Forte, J. C. 401
47 Tucane 452
Fox Head Cluster (NGC 6819) 484
Frame Galaxy (NGC 3621) 284,287
Francesco, Paresce 471
Frankenstein Galaxy (NGC 4605) 331
French, Sue 190
Fresneau, A. 507
Frigate (pirate) Bird Cluster (NGC 6866) 494,496
Froebrich, D. 521
Fullton, L. Kellar 431,475
galaxies
early classification as “spiral nebula,” 299
Galileo 329
Gamma Cassiopeiae 24
Gardiner’s Island (New York) 429
Gatewood, George G. 435
Geller, Margaret 295
General History of the Pirates 433,439
Ghost Globular Cluster (NGC 5897) 381,384
Ghost of Alnitak (NGC 2024) 168
Ghost of Blackwood Hall, The 30
Ghost of Jupiter Nebula (NGC 1535) 125
Ghost of Mars Nebula 404,407
Ghost of Neptune Nebula (NGC 1535) 127
Giampapa, M. S. 416
Gilpin (Barnard’s Star) 433,436
Gingerich, Owen 374,484
Glanville, Joseph 67
Gleizes, Francis 6
globular cluster systems 105,106
Glyn Jones, Kenneth 7,458,480
Golden Earring (NGC 2547) 219
Gotha Observatory 423
Gottingen Observatory 484
Gottlieb, Steve 142,201
Goudfrooij, Paul 79
Gow, John 157
Graff 1 459
Graff, K. 459
Gramer, Lew 156
Grasburg, E. 342
Green, Dave A. 316
Green Mars Nebula (NGC 6818) 489
Green Rectangle 514,518
Gregory, R. L. 14
Grillmair, Carl 79
Grim Reaper 173
Grim Reaper’s Horse (Barnard 33) 171
Gum 1 200
Gum 30 270
Gum, Colin S. 270
Gypsy Moth Cluster (NGC 5662) 363,365
Gyulbudaghian 98, 171 177
Haffner 18 215
Haffner 19 215
Hagrid’s Dragon (NGC 2301) 193,195
Hairy Eyebrow Galaxy (NGC 4526) 326
Hall, Douglas S. 479
Halley, Edmund 265
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 292
“Hansel and Gretel,” 468
Hansen, Todd 287,444
Harding, Karl Ludwig 484
Hardy, Thomas 505
Harris, William E. 6
Harry Potter and the Golden Snitch (NGC 7380) 526,529
Hartung, Ernst J. 67,75,128,142,169,195,199,286,338,351,357,382,398,402,407,452,476,491
Harvard 16 410
Harvard College Observatory 90,142,160,247,365,434,515
Arequipa Station 459
Hayne, William Hamilton 476
Hazen, Martha 444
HD 5005 30,31
HD 53367 200
HD 55879 199
HD 64315 215,216
HD 153919 401
HD 206267 521
HD 420888 185
Heart and Dagger Cluster (NGC 2546) 230,233
Heart of Darkness ix
Herbig, George 164
Herbig–Haro objects 164,189
Heroes, The 84
Herschel, Caroline xiii,xv,19–20,22,197,415,458,484,494,496,526,536,545–555
comet discoveries 554–559
early life with William 545–547
final days 559,560
nebula discoveries 547–554
Herschel, John 3,4,70,73,80,105,106,154,184,189,209,211,263,296,364,393,398,400,459,475,507,536
Herschel, William xiii,xv,1,4,20,27,31,33,43,62,64,90,102,128,131,137,149,153,155–157,159,160, 163,170,180,181,184,186,188,191,199,201,206,210,214,248,256,258,263,277,279,281,287,294,296,304,316,
337,343,370,381,383,406,414,459,510,512,515,527
and the nature of nebulae 158,474,484,494,512
belief in the distance of stars and nebulae 381,382
Herschel’s Garnet Star (Mu Cepheii) 520,524
Herschel’s Spiral Cluster (NGC 7789) 536,538
Hertzsprung–Russell diagram 251,516
Hevelius, Johannes 147,235,247,274,470,499,534
Hidden Treasures Catalog
Creation of xi–xv
Hind’s Crimson Star (R Leporis) 143
Hipparchos 507
Hipparcos satellite 210,211,222,313
Hirshfeld, Alan 5,6
Hoare, Melvin G. 94
Hodierna, Giovanni Batista 85,86,180,184,209,480
Hogg, A. R. 363
Hole, K. T. 485
Honeycutt, Eric 512
Hook Galaxy (NGC 4656) 336
Hooke, Robert 53
Hoopskirt Cluster (IC 2488) 251,254
Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope 126
Horae 173
Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) 172
Hoskin, Michael 19,484,494,548
Houston, Walter Scott 34,44,46,70,114,117,126,172,182,258,263,276,305,332,370,375,406,460,482
Hubble Deep Field 331
Hubble, Edwin 256,274,294,299,327,447
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) 39–40,63,78,79,100,142,164,168,169,189,204,207,245,257,295,305,322,326,328,331,347,392,405,424,431,435,452,453,471,489,515,518
Key Project on Extragalactic Distance Scale 100,285,347
Huchra, John 295
Hummingbird Galaxy (NGC 4656) 336,339
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The 538
Hurst, Guy 487
Hyades (Caldwell 41) xi,85,136,225,226,314,460,479
Hynes, Steven J. 6,24,26,94,117,132,136,184,210,211,215,223,226,402,459,468,480,486,514
Hyung, Seik 448,490
IC 129 472
IC 342 (Caldwell 5) 120
IC 418 (Hidden Treasure 28) 140–144
IC 426 163
IC 430 163
IC 431 163,171
IC 432 163,171
IC 434 171
IC 435 163,171
IC 1396 520
IC 1590 26,29,31
IC 1712 = NGC 584 (Hidden Treasure 6) 42–46
IC 2177 199,200
IC 2391 (Caldwell 91) 269
IC 2488 (Hidden Treasure 50) 250–254
IC 2581 270
IC 3568 (Hidden Treasure 64) 120,320–324
IC 4628 396
IC 4665 (Hidden Treasure 83) 413–417,479
IC 4756 (Hidden Treasure 93) 137,464,466
I’d Live It Again 30
Idylls of the King 154
Immortal Fire Within, The 27
Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) 317,515,527
International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) 95,222
Iota’s Ghost (NGC 5102) 351
Jacoby, George H. 431
Jeffries, Rob 460
Jewel Box Cluster (Caldwell 94) 269
Johnson, Captain 433,439
Johnson, Jane 436
Jolly Roger 508
Jolly Roger Cluster (NGC 1502) 113,118
Jones, Kenneth Glyn 147,415
Journal for the History of Astronomy 19,23
Kacprzak, G. K. 378
Kahanpaa, Jere 472
Kang, Yung-Woo 485
Kant, Immanuel 412
Karachentsev, I. D. 424
Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope 54
Keck II telescope 248
Keeler, James 299
Keene, Carolyn 30
Keepsake, The 149
Kemble 1 (Hidden Treasure 21) 113,122
Kemble, Lucien J. 114
Kemble’s Cascade (Hidden Treasure 21) 113,114,120,439,534
KH 15D 191
Khromov, Gabriel 420
Kidd, Captain 157,429
Kidd’s Creek (Kemble 1) 113,118
Kilauea 2,182
King Hamlet’s Ghost Galaxy (NGC 3628) 289,292
Kingsley, Charles 84,85
Kiss Nebula (NGC 2440) 204,207
Knisley, David 201,523
Kohoutek, Lubos 94,420,511
Konigsberg Observatory 423
Kormendy, John 300
Krumenaker, Larry 172
Kunowsky, Georg Karl Friedrich 170
Kushida, Reiki 261
Kwok, Sun 95,121,204,205,419,517
Lacaille, Abbe Nicolas Louis de xiii,221,230,252,265,270,355,363,396
and nebulae classification 252
Lafitte’s Grand Isle 26
“Lagoon, The,” 107
Lambda Orionis Cluster (Collinder 69) 146
Landseer, John 311
Lapasset, E. 226
Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) 132,258,294
Lassell, William 126
Latter, William B. 515
Layton, Chuck 22
LBN 1036 199
LDN 38 178
LDN 1574 176
Lee, Paul 322
Le Gentil, Guillaume 458
Leonard, Douglas 262
Leviathan of Parsonstown 39,349
Levy, David 6,287,339
Li, W. 54
Lick Observatory 90,299,321
Life of the Bee, The 226
LINER (Low-Ionization Nuclear Emission-line Region) 361,424
Lips Nebula (NGC 2024) 168
Little Beehive (IC 4665) 414
Little Cloud of Pirates (Melotte 20) 83,86
Little Gem Nebula (NGC 6818) 489
Little Ghost Nebula 404,405
Little Jewel Box (NGC 3293) 269
Little Lips Nebula (NGC 2440) 204
Little Pinwheel Galaxy (NGC 3184) 261,263
Little Pleiades 180,182
Little Scorpion Cluster (NGC 5281) 355
Little Spindle Galaxy (NGC 584) 43
Llapasset, Jean-Marie 54
Lobel, Alex J. R. 539
Local Bubble 232
Local Interstellar Medium 232
Local Void 423,426
Long John Silver Cluster (NGC 6400) 409,411
Lopez, R. J. 311
Lorenzin, Tomm 90
Lortet-Zuckerman 511
Lost-in-Space Galaxy (NGC 6503) 423,424
Lost Jewel of Orion (Collinder 72) 152
Lost Pearl Galaxy (NGC 404) 38,64
“Lucy,” 189
Lucyk, James 6
Luginbuhl, Christian B. 6,46,81,90,111,117,126,166,195,207,211,236,243,263,297,319,333,338,348,398,402,407,425,445,475,486
Lynds 896 505
M1 (Crab Nebula) xi,19,53,314,337,534
M2 388,429,534
M4 95,476
M5 368
M6 400,430
M7 xiii,33,67,138,351,387,397,400,401,430,431
M8 438,443
M11 470
M13 1,388,390
M16 443
M20 438,443
M21 443
M22 444
M23 421,438
M24 421,438
M25 438
M26 470
M27 404,499
M31 14,63,101,256,352,384
M32 351
M33 52,542
M34 63,65,131,132
M39 132
M40 133,147,247,323,511,533
M41 67
M42 31,117,153,164,185
M43 153
M44 225,460
M45 52,354–357,479
M46 205,225
M47 225
M48 225
M49 326
M50 193
M51 52,280,349
M54 452
M55 384
M56 383
M57 75,90,96,123,126,323,391,393,404,447,516
M64 308
M65 289,346
M66 289
M67 485
M69 452
M70 452
M71 35,210
M72 126,133
M73 126,138
M74 52,54,69
M75 452
M76 122
M77 44
M78 163,177,321
M81 296
M82 58,291,296,334,339
M83 284
M84 105
M86 105
M88 317
M90 343
M91 52
M92 390
M95 110
M98 52,299,339,360
M99 52,299,317,379
M100 67,317,379
M101 263,347,379
M102 xv
M103 48
M104 341
M108 52,279,331,339
M109 52
m & m Double Cluster 130,132
MacKenty, John 295
Macri, Lucas M. 246
MacRobert, Alan M. 132,133,154,190,417
Maeterlinck, Maurice 226
Magic Pentagram Cluster 130,134
main sequence 251
Makamoto, Tokuo 263
Malin, David 397
Mallas, John H. 489
Malus (NGC 2547) 219,223
Manilius, Gaius (or Marcus) 147,153
Marseille Observatory 175,514
Martin, R. 60
Maskelyne, Rev. Dr. 526
Mauna Kea 339,461
Mauna Loa 143
McCarthy, Owen 349
MCG-4–6–36 58
McNeil, Jay 177,321,449
McNeil’s Nebula 177,321
Mechain, Pierre 279,290,391
and M102 controversy 373–377
Melotte 20 (Hidden Treasure 14) 82–87,131
Melotte 111 (Hidden Treasure 62) 307–314,346
Melotte, P. J. 85,311
“Merlin and Vivien,” 154,155
Mermaid’s Purse (NGC 1977) 153,161
Merope Nebula (IC 349) 89
Messier Catalog ix–x
Messier, Charles 279,314,391,392,410,414,458,459,533
and M102 controversy 373–377
Messier, Mark 336
Messier’s Hockey Stick (NGC 4656) 336
Meteor Showers
Leonid (1833) 95
Milky Way Galaxy
Sagittarius–Carina spiral arm 396
Minkowski, Rudolph 94,204,322
Mirach’s Ghost 38,39
Miraldi, Jean-Dominique, II 534
Misty Clover Nebula (Trumpler 37) 520
Mitchell, Larry xv,4,107,214,296,336,339,341,368,409,450,461
Moench, Randy 522,524
Monocerotis OB1 Association (Mon R1) 189
Monteiro, Hektor 405
Montenegro, L. Verrdes 275
Moore, M. 54
Moore, Patrick Caldwell 34,67,188,474,499
Moth Wing Cluster (NGC 6281) 400
Mothra Cluster (NGC 6940) 499, 502
Motta, Mario 528
Motz, Lloyd 5
Mount Wilson Observatory 90
Mullaney, James 39,128,131,466,523,528
Munday, Anthony 460
Muthu, C. 305
Mythology
of Cetus 56,57
of Charles’ Oak (Robur Carolinum) 265
of 506
of Coma Berenices 308–311
of “Jason and the Argonauts,” 219,223
of Lupus 386
of Lynx 235
of Monoceros 193–194
of Orion’s Head 146,147
of Perseus and Andromeda 83,84
of Scutum 470
Tahitian 166
of Vela
of Vulpecula
Nagler, Al 2
Nathanson, Carol 5
Navigium Praedatorium 221
Neimela, Virpi S. 342
Nero 223
Newton, Jack 171
NGC 55 (Caldwell 72) 336
NGC 134 xiii
NGC 188 (Caldwell 1) 19,520
NGC 189 24
NGC 219 541
NGC 223 541
NGC 247 (Caldwell 62) 34,334
NGC 253 (Caldwell 65) 34,257,291,542
NGC 281 (Hidden Treasure 3) 25–27,34
NGC 288 (Hidden Treasure 4) 32–36,384
NGC 300 542
NGC 362 (Caldwell 104) 36
NGC 381 19,23
NGC 391 541
NGC 404 (Hidden Treasure 5) xi,37–41,43,334,351
NGC 488 424
NGC 584 = IC 1712 (Hidden Treasure 6) 42–46
NGC 586 45,54
NGC 596 45
NGC 600 45
NGC 615 46
NGC 629 390
NGC 636 46
NGC 654 48
NGC 659 (Hidden Treasure 7) 47–50
NGC 663 (Caldwell 10) 48,117, 538
NGC 752 (Caldwell 28) 539
NGC 770 53
NGC 772 (Hidden Treasure 8) 51–54
NGC 891 (Caldwell 23) 62,368
NGC 908 (Hidden Treasure 9) 55–60
NGC 1023 (Hidden Treasure 10) 61–65
NGC 1023A 63,65
NGC 1187 68
NGC 1232 (Hidden Treasure 11) 66–71,80
NGC 1232A 68,71
NGC 1291 (Hidden Treasure 12) xiii,72–76
NGC 1300 68,99
NGC 1316 (Hidden Treasure 13) 77–81,105
NGC 1317 80
NGC 1333 (Hidden Treasure 15) xi,88–92
NGC 1360 (Hidden Treasure 16) xi,93–97,110,121
NGC 1365 (Hidden Treasure 17) 98–102,105
NGC 1365:A 100
NGC 1398 (Hidden Treasure 19) 68,108–111,423
NGC 1399 (Hidden Treasure 18) 103–107
NGC 1404 (Hidden Treasure 20) 111
NGC 1407 68
NGC 1501 (Hidden Treasure 22) 119–123
NGC 1502 (Hidden Treasure 23) 112–118
NGC 1528 (Hidden Treasure 25) 129–134
NGC 1535 (Hidden Treasure 24) 124–128
NGC 1545 (Hidden Treasure 26) 130–134
NGC 1647 (Hidden Treasure 27) xi,135–139
NGC 1741 175
NGC 1851 (Caldwell 73) 36
NGC 1893 117
NGC 1973 160,163
NGC 1975 160,163
NGC 1977 (Hidden Treasure 32) 153–161
NGC 1977 complex 157–161
NGC 1981 (Hidden Treasure 30) 151–161
NGC 1999 (Hidden Treasure 33) 162–166
NGC 2023 171
NGC 2024 (Hidden Treasure 34) xi,167–171
NGC 2064 163
NGC 2067 163
NGC 2071 163
NGC 2163 = Cederblad 62 (Hidden Treasure 35) xi,174
NGC 2169 (Hidden Treasure 36) 31,179–182
NGC 2174 184
NGC 2175 (Hidden Treasure 37) 183–186
NGC 2194 180
NGC 2202 390
NGC 2237–8,46 (Caldwell 49) 188
NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) 188,193,194
NGC 2261 (Caldwell 46) 177,188
NGC 2264 (Hidden Treasure 38) 187–191,193,198,230
NGC 2301 (Hidden Treasure 39) 192–195,198
NGC 2327 201
NGC 2335 200
NGC 2343 200
NGC 2349 197
NGC 2353 (Hidden Treasure 40) 196–202
NGC 2403 (Caldwell 7) 120,285
NGC 2419 (Caldwell 25) 235
NGC 2432 207
NGC 2438 205
NGC 2440 (Hidden Treasure 41) 203–207
NGC 2451 (Hidden Treasure 42) ix,208–212,230
NGC 2467 (Hidden Treasure 43) 213–217
NGC 2477 (Caldwell 71) 211
NGC 2539 (Hidden Treasure 45) 224–228
NGC 2546 (Hidden Treasure 46) 229–233
NGC 2547 (Hidden Treasure 44) 218
NGC 2655 (Hidden Treasure 48) 120,239–243
NGC 2683 (Hidden Treasure 47) 234–238
NGC 2832 238
NGC 2841 (Hidden Treasure 49) 244–249,280,341
NGC 2903,05 (Hidden Treasure 51) 255–259,263,274,280
NGC 2916 259
NGC 3114 269
NGC 3115 (Caldwell 53) 45
NGC 3180 263
NGC 3181 263
NGC 3184 (Hidden Treasure 52) 260–263,274,276
NGC 3195 (Caldwell 109) 120
NGC 3228 (Hidden Treasure 53) 264–267
NGC 3242 (Caldwell 59) 284
NGC 3293 (Hidden Treasure 54) 268–272
NGC 3324 272
NGC 3344 (Hidden Treasure 55) 273–277,280
NGC 3521 (Hidden Treasure 56) 278–282,290
NGC 3532 (Caldwell 91) 227, 269
NGC 3621 (Hidden Treasure 57) 274,283–287
NGC 3628 (Hidden Treasure 58) 288–292
NGC 4038–9 (Caldwell 60 & 61) 58,258,304
NGC 4206 302
NGC 4214 = NGC 4228 (Hidden Treasure 59) 293–297
NGC 4216 (Hidden Treasure 60) 298–302
NGC 4222 302
NGC 4228 = NGC 4214 296
NGC 4244 (Caldwell 26) 296
NGC 4245 313
NGC 4251 313
NGC 4274 313
NGC 4278 313
NGC 4283 313
NGC 4314 313
NGC 4361 (Hidden Treasure 61) 303–306
NGC 4402 423
NGC 4448 313
NGC 4485 13,316
NGC 4488 329
NGC 4490 (Hidden Treasure 63) 13,14,315–319
NGC 4494 313
NGC 4518 A + B 329
NGC 4526 (Hidden Treasure 65) 325–329
NGC 4535 329
NGC 4559 313
NGC 4565 (Caldwell 38) 308,313,346,368
NGC 4605 (Hidden Treasure 66) 330–334
NGC 4631 (Caldwell 32) 337, 339
NGC 4656 (Hidden Treasure 67) 335–339
NGC 4657 337
NGC 4697 (Caldwell 52) 344
NGC 4699 (Hidden Treasure 68) 340–344,369
NGC 4725 (Hidden Treasure 69) 345–349
NGC 4739 344
NGC 4770 344
NGC 5078 369
NGC 5102 (Hidden Treasure 70) 350–353
NGC 5128 (Caldwell 77) 78
NGC 5281 (Hidden Treasure 71) 354–357
NGC 5286 xi
NGC 5316 355
NGC 5338 361
NGC 5348 361
NGC 5356 361
NGC 5360 361
NGC 5363 (Hidden Treasure 72) 358–361,368
NGC 5364 359
NGC 5366 541
NGC 5373 361
NGC 5584 27
NGC 5662 (Hidden Treasure 73) 362–366
NGC 5738 370
NGC 5740 369,370
NGC 5746 (Hidden Treasure 74) 367–371
NGC 5866 (Hidden Treasure 75) xv,240,372–379
and M102 controversy
NGC 5879 377
NGC 5897 (Hidden Treasure 76) 380–384
NGC 5907 xiii,377
NGC 5986 (Hidden Treasure 77) 385–388
NGC 6124 (Caldwell 75) 401
NGC 6210 (Hidden Treasure 78) 389–394,419,448
NGC 6231 (Caldwell 76) 396,397,401
NGC 6242 (Hidden Treasure 79) 395–398
NGC 6256 402
NGC 6281 (Hidden Treasure 80) 399–402
NGC 6369 (Hidden Treasure 81) 403–407,489
NGC 6400 (Hidden Treasure 82) 408–412,431
NGC 6440 421
NGC 6441 (Hidden Treasure 86), 13 427–431,455
NGC 6445 (Hidden Treasure 84) 418–421
NGC 6503 (Hidden Treasure 85) 422–426
NGC 6520 (Hidden Treasure 88) 437–441
NGC 6544 (Hidden Treasure 89) 442–445
NGC 6572 (Hidden Treasure 90) 390,446–450
NGC 6624 (Hidden Treasure 91) 429,451–455
NGC 6633 (Hidden Treasure 92) 225,456–464,479
NGC 6648 390
NGC 6709 (Hidden Treasure 94) 465–468,479
NGC 6712 (Hidden Treasure 95) 469–472
NGC 6723 (Hidden Treasure 96) 400, 473–477
NGC 6729 (Caldwell 68) 474
NGC 6749 482
NGC 6791 132,423
NGC 6818 (Hidden Treasure 99) 488–492
NGC 6819 (Hidden Treasure 98) 466,483–487
NGC 6822 (Caldwell 57) 433
NGC 6866 (Hidden Treasure 100) 493–497
NGC 6871 390
NGC 6873 390
NGC 6882 479
NGC 6885 (Caldwell 37) 479,499
NGC 6939 520
NGC 6940 (Hidden Treasure 101) 498–502
NGC 6946 520
NGC 7008 (Hidden Treasure 103) 509–512
NGC 7009 (Caldwell 55) 102
NGC 7023 (Caldwell 4) 520
NGC 7027 (Hidden Treasure 104) 205,513–518
NGC 7076 158,159
NGC 7293 (Caldwell 63) 484
NGC 7331 (Caldwell 30) 514
NGC 7380 (Hidden Treasure 106) 525–529
NGC 7692 541
NGC 7742 532
NGC 7743 532
NGC 7789 (Hidden Treasure 108) 535–539
NGC 7793 (Hidden Treasure 109) 540–544
Nicholson, Thomas D. 1
Nobeyama Millimeter Array 290
North America Nebula (Caldwell 20) 507
North Galactic Pole 312,346
Northern Coalsack (Hidden Treasure 102) 503–505,510
“O-bah-bahm-wawa-ge-zhe-go-qua” (Barnard’s Star) 433,436
Observing Techniques
averted vs. foveal vision 13–15
of Barbary-type observers 13
efficient use of magnification 12–15
of the Pirates-of-the-Caribbean- type 13–15
seeing the central star of planetaries 127,128
time spent behind the eyepiece 12,13
Ochsenbein, Francois 5
O’Connell 349
Octopus Cluster (NGC 6819) 484
O’Hanlon, Tony 349
Olcott, William T. 149,169
Olcott, William Tyler 505
Ojibway Indians 436
O’Meara 1 (Hidden Treasure 107) 530–534
O’Meara, Donna x,3,136,479
O’Meara, Lieutenant-Colonel E. J. 30
O’Meara, Stephen James 548
early life and city lights 11
experience at Birr Castle in Ireland 349
and experiences under dark, Hawaiian skies 11–12
eyepieces used by 3
observations of Ring Nebula (M57) 90
and Observing site 2
and 134-inch Ross of London telescope 3
and 4-inch Tele Vue Genesis refractor 2–3
Omega Centauri (Caldwell 80) 63,351,382,388
Omicron Velorum Cluster (Caldwell 84) 252
One Piece (NGC 2024) 168,171
Orion B Molecular Cloud Complex 168
Orion dark cloud (Orion A) 164
Orion Nebula cluster 85
Orion OB1 Association 158
Oyster Nebula (NGC 1501) 120
Pacman Nebula (Hidden Treasure 3) 26,31
Palomar 10 482
Parsamian 34 164,166
Parsons, William Brendan 349
Pasterfield, Dunstan 462,463
Pavlovskaya, E. D. 479
Payne–Gaposchkin, Cecelia 251
Pazmino, John 534
Pazmino’s Cluster (Stock 23) 534
“peanut” galaxies 290,368
Pelican Nebula 506
Peltier, Leslie 172
Perek, Lubos 511
Perinotto, Mario 94
Perseus Lenticular (NGC 1023) 62
Perth Astronomy Research Group 60
Peter Pan 118
Phantom Cluster (NGC 6400) 409,410
Phantom of the Opera, The 538
Phantom Tiara (NGC 1333) 89,91
Phillips, J. P. 390
Pic du Midi 90
Pickering, Edward C. 142,154
Pink Pillow Nebula (NGC 7027) 514,516
Pirate Moon 136
Pirate Moon Cluster (NGC 1647) 136
Pirate’s Graveyard 171
Pirates’ Own Book, The 7,275, 314
Pirate’s Paradise 197,200
Pismis, P. 185
Pit and the Pendulum, The 78
PK 353–05.1 431
Planet Krypton Nebula 447,450
planetary nebulae
in IC 2488 254
interacting winds theory 95
overall symmetric structure of 419,420
Planets, Stars, and Space 1
Platais, Imants 210
Pleiades (M45) 48,52,85,89,210,311,364,479
Pliny the Elder 56,147
Poe, Edgar Allan, e.1 78
Pommier, Rod 22
Pompei, E. 236,243
Pope, Alexander 309
Pothier, Yann 324
Prevost, Roland 237,243
Prosser, Charles 86
proto-planetary nebula 205,516
Ptolemy 76,147,310
Ptolemy III of Egypt 308
Pulkova Observatory 390
Puppis Moving Group (NGC 2451-A / B) 210
Puppis OB1 Association 215
Puppis OB2 Association 215
Purton, Chris 95
Queen’s Cache Cluster (NGC 3228) 265,266
Queen’s Garden, The 49
Raab, Sigfrid 137
Ragazzoni, R. 121
Ransom, Scott M. 444
“Rape of the Lock, The,” 309,310
Rappaport, Barry 6
Raspberry Nebula 141
RCW 44 254
Regor 223
Revised Morphological Galaxy Classification System 274
Rey, H. A. 57,466
Richtler, Tom 326
Ridpath, Ian 5
Roberts, Bartholomew (Black Bart) 314
Roberts, Isaac 200
Robert’s Nebula 201
Robinson Crusoe 438
Robinson, Marsha 410
Robur Carolinum (Charles’ Oak) 265
Roden, Bridget 349
ROSAT satellite 86,291,416,424,501
Roser, Siegfried 209
Rosette Nebula 433
Ross of London telescope 3
Rosse, Lord 39,122,128,131,249,256,263,348,393
Rowling, J. K. 195
Rubber Stamp Nebula 163,164
Rubin, Robert H. 489
Running Man Cluster (NGC 1545) 130,134
Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977) 153,161
Ruphrect 411
Sabbadin, F. 510
Sagar, Ram 364,468
Sagot, R. 96
Sailboat Cluster (Hidden Treasure 2) 18,21–22
Saint Peter’s Cross (NGC 2547) 219,223
Sandage, Allan R. 337
Sanner, J. 357
Sarajedini, Ata 384
Scaurus, Marcus Aemilius 56
Schart, William L. 22
Schjellerup, H. C. F. C. 480
Schonfeld, Eduard 89
Scorpius–Centaurus Association 215
Scorpius OB1 Association 396,397
Scott, Sir Walter 149
Screaming Skull Cluster (NGC 7789) 536,537
Scutum Star Cloud 470
Seagull Nebula (IC 2177) 199,200
Secchi, Angelo 75,393
Secret Garden Cluster 457
Segment of Perseus 83,84
Selkirk, Alexander 439
Serviss, Garrett P. 85,148,311,505,506
Seurat, Georges 404
Seyfert and Seyfert-like Galaxies
NGC 1365 100
NGC 2655 241
NGC 2841 245
NGC 4699 342
NGC 5363 361
NGC 6503 424
Shakespeare, William 292
Shanonside Astronomy Club 349
Shapley, Harlow 85,227,302
Sharpless 2–142 527
Sharpless 2–252 185
Sharpless 2–331 (NGC 2467) 214
Sheehan, William 27,90,434,440
Shopping Cart Cluster (NGC 2169) 180,182
Shostak, Seth 424
Shuker, Karl 57
Sil’chenko, O. K. 241,300
Silver Nugget Cluster (NGC 6441) 428,430
Silver Streak Galaxy (NGC 4216) 299
Sinnott, Roger W. 5,6
Skiff, Brian A. 6,46,64,81,90,111,117,126,166,176,195,207,211,236,243,263,297,319,333,338,348,398,402,407,425,445,476,479,486
Sky Observer’s Guide, The 1
Sliced Lime Nebula (IC 3568) 321
Sliced Onion Galaxy (NGC 3344) 274
Slotegraaf, Auke 411
Small Magellanic Cloud 336
Smyth, Adm. William Henry 22,33,44,54,64,67,84,117,122,149,154,156,169,182,190,195,199,206,227,256,277,281,290,301,310,332,374,382,393,491,536,539
Snail Cluster (Hidden Treasure 97) 479
Snow Collar Galaxy (NGC 1291) 73,75
Soledad del Rio, Maria 40
South Galactic Pole 34
Special Astrophysical Observatory 63
Spider Spit Cluster (NGC 3293) 269,271
Spirograph Nebula (IC 418) 141
Spitzer Space Telescope 521
Staal, Julius 5,220,310,500
Star Names 33
Starburst Galaxies
NGC 908 58
NGC 1365 100
NGC 3521 280
NGC 3628 290
NGC 4216 300
Starfish Cluster (NGC 6544) 443
Stargazer 349
Stauffer, John R. 86
Stephan, Edouard Jean-Marie 175,185,514
Stephan’s Quintet 514
Stevenson, Robert Louis 1,86,411,544
Stinging Scorpion (NGC 2451) 209–211
Stock 24 20
Street, R. A. 485
Strickland, David K. 291
String of Pearls Cluster (IC 2488) 251
Stromboli 121
Struve, Wilhelm 117,149,169,182,390,447
Students for Exploration of Space 376
Subramaniam, Annapurni 468
Sugar Pops Nebula 514
Summer Beehive (IC 4665) 414
Supernovae
in Lupus 515
1912a (in NGC 2841) 246
1921b (in NGC 3184) 262
1921c (in NGC 3184) 262
1937f (in NGC 3184) 262
1940b (in NGC 4725) 347
1948a (in NGC 4699) 342
1954a (in NGC 4214) 296
1957a (in NGC 2841) 246
1957c (in NGC 1365) 101
1969e (in NGC 4526) 329
1969h (in NGC 4725) 347
1972r (in NGC 2841) 246
1980n (in NGC 1316) 81
1981d (in NGC 1316) 81
1982f (in NGC 4490) 319
1983k (in NGC 4699) 342
1983p (in NGC 5746) 370
1983v (in NGC 1365) 101
1994ai (in NGC 908) 60
1994d (in NGC 4526) 326
1996n (in NGC 1398)
1999by (in NGC 2841) 246
1999gi (in NGC 3184) 261
1999gs (in NGC 4725) 347
2001du (in NGC 1365) 101
2003hl (in NGC 772) 54
2003iq (in NGC 772) 54
Swift, Lewis 95
Tagliaferri, G. 501
Taj Mahal 30,31
Tank Tracks Nebula 168,171
Taurus Poniatovii 435,461
Tennyson, Lord Alfred 154
Terzian, Yervant 205
Texereau, J. 96
“The Dish” Cluster (NGC 2539) 225
Theoretician’s Planetary (IC 3568) 321
Thirteenth Pearl Nebula (NGC 1999) 163
Thirty-Seven Cluster (NGC 2169) 180,182
Thisbe’s Veil (Melotte 111) 308
Thompson, Gregg D. 96
Through the Looking Glass 458, 464
Tiger’s Eye Galaxy 245,248
Tikhonov, N. A. 38
Tombaugh, Clyde 434
Tory, Geoffroy 173
Trapezium 180,182,185,269, 521
Treasure Island 1,86,411,544
Trouvelot, Etienne Leopold 365
Trumpler 1 48
Trumpler 24 396,397
Trumpler 37 519–524
Trumpler, R. J. 311
Tubridy, Michael 349
Tully, R. Brent 7,38,43,74,240,262,326,361,424
Turner, D. G. 270
Turtle Nebula (NGC 6210) 390
Tuttle, Horace P. 90,92
Tweedledee Cluster 457
Tweedledum Cluster (NGC 6633) 457
Two on a Tower 505
2MASS satellite 521
UFO Galaxy (NGC 2683) 235,236,243
Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) 295
Under the Black Flag 7,12,157,197,429
Ursa Major Cluster 314
Van de Kamp, Peter 435
van den Bergh 93 200,201
van den Bergh–Haffner 23 (vdB-Ha 23) 231
van den Bergh, Sidney 201
van Lanndingham, Franklin G. 479
Vanishing Galaxy (NGC 3628) 289,292
variable stars
CW Leonis 516
Delta Cepheii 520
DH Cepheii 527,528
FG Vulpeculae 501
KX Orionis 160
Mu Cepheii 520,524
R Leporis 143
R Sculptoris 36
R Virginis 328
Rho Cassiopeiae 539
RZ Fornacis 96,109
S Fornacis 96,109
S Monocerotis 189
S Sculptoris 36
S Ursae Majoris 332
SZ Camelopardalis 117
SZ Tauri 139
T Tauri stars 521
T Ursae Majoris 332
U Sagittae 482
V 380 Cygni 486
V 380 Orionis 164
V Centauri 363
V Velorum 254
W Canis Majoris 201
W Cepheii 528
Vazquez, R. 304,420
Vela OB2 Association 222
Very Large Array 169,290,542
Very Large Telescope 285,470
View from a Distant Star, The 302
Vinyl LP Galaxy 341,344
Wallace, Kent 123,512
Warner, H. H. 26
Warner prize 26
Wasp-Waist Cluster (NGC 6633) 457,462
Watson, Fred 349
Weaver’s Shuttle Galaxy (NGC 4216) 299
Webb, Rev. Thomas W. 22,34,39,67,122,127,131,137,149,156,157,169,170,195,206,227,256,290,301,317,332,393,463,467,515,536
Welch, G. A. 378
Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope 424
Wild, Paul 296
William Herschel Telescope 327
Williams, A. 60
Wilson, Barbara xv,337,495,548
Wilson, O. C. 391
Winlock, Joseph 365
Winnecke, Friedrich 95,110,423
WIYN Open Cluster Study 225,485
Wolf, Max 201
Wolf–Rayet Galaxies 295
Wolf–Rayet stars 94,121,222,342,490
Wolf’s Nebula 201
Woman in White, The 526
Wounded Heart Cluster (NGC 2546) 230,233
Wray, James D. 254
Yerkes Observatory 436
Yin-Yang Cluster (NGC 659) 48,50
Zaurak (Gamma Eri) 126