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The Herschel 400 catalogue is a subset of William Herschel's original Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, selected by Brenda F. Guzman (Branchett), Lydel Guzman, Paul Jones, James Morrison, Peggy Taylor and Sara Saey of the Ancient City Astronomy Club in St. Augustine, Florida, USA c. 1980. They decided to generate the list after reading a letter〔 〕 published in Sky & Telescope by James Mullaney of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. In this letter Mr. Mullaney suggested that William Herschel's original catalogue of 2,500 objects would be an excellent basis for deep sky object selection for amateur astronomers looking for a challenge after completing the Messier Catalogue. The Herschel 400 is a subset of John Herschel's General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters published in 1864 of 5,000 objects, and hence also of the New General Catalogue. The catalogue forms the basis of the (Astronomical League's Herschel 400 club ). == Vital statistics == * The catalogue contains 400 objects * All objects are from the NGC * All visible in mid northern latitudes (they were all observed by Herschel from the UK) * All visible in 150 mm (6") or larger telescopes 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herschel 400 Catalogue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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