Useful Link - A Collection of Common Names for Deep Sky Obs

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Useful Link - A Collection of Common Names for Deep Sky Obs

Started by Whitters, Dec 14, 2005, 23:57:39

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Useful Link - A Collection of Common Names for Deep Sky Obs

Dec 14, 2005, 23:57:39

http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/supp/d-names.html

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May 10, 2014, 15:48:37

Link now broken.

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Re: Useful Link - A Collection of Common Names for Deep Sky Obs

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May 10, 2014, 16:06:20

A starting place is here -
http://messier.seds.org/m/m001.html

Bit pointless though, most visible common DS object is "F'ing clouds again"

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