Bigourdan's List of Nebulous Objects from Early Catalogs

• Ptolemy
• Ulugh Begh
• Tycho Brahe
• Hevelius
• Halley
• Flamsteed

Ptolemy

Designat  Bi  NGC/IC M    Long  (1661.0)  Lat  RA  (2000.0)   Dec  Rem

Pto  191   6    869/884    47:54    +40:30     02:10.5  +56:46
Pto  734   9               78:14    -16:30     05:32.8  +06:49     Phi1, Lambda, Phi2 Ori (Lambda shaped ast.)
Pto  449  14   2632  M44  121:34    +00:30     08:35.3  +19:12:54  Praesepe
Pto  494  20              166:04    +30:00     12:19.3  +30:55     Mel 111, Coma OCl
Pto  567  32   6475   M7  262:24    -13:15     17:46.1  -36:42
Pto  577  36              276:24    +00:45     18:48.2  -22:16     Nu1 Sco

Ulugh Begh

Designat  Bi  NGC/IC M    Long  (1661.0)  Lat  RA  (2000.0)   Dec  Rem

UlB  190   7    869/884    49:27    +40:00     02:19.9  +56:50
UlB  731  10               79:39    -13:30     05:37.8  +09:53     Phi1, Lambda, Phi2 Ori (Lambda shaped ast.)
UlB  446  18   2632  M44  122:54    +01:00     08:41.3  +19:22     Praesepe  
UlB  491  21              169:12    +28:12     12:26.8  +28:04     Mel 111, Coma OCl
UlB  564  31   6475   M7  262:03    -13:39     17:44.3  -37:05
UlB  574  38              278:08:15 +00:45     18:55.6  -22:07     Nu1 Sco

Tycho Brahe

Designat  Bi  NGC/IC M    Long  (1661.0)  Lat  RA  (2000.0)   Dec  Rem

Tyc  576  17   2632  M44  122:36:05 +01:14     08:40:19 +19:40     Praesepe
Tyc  175  28              258:50    +71:05     17:47.6  +47:40     88 Her reg
Tyc  717  42              297:58    +07:16     20:13.2  -12:31     Xi1 & Xi2 Cap
Tyc  721  43              298:03    +00:24     20:19.9  -19:11     Sigma Cap
Tyc  718  45              299:47    +00:48:05  20:26.6  -18:23:17  Pi Cap
Tyc  719  48              300:31    +00:28     20:30.0  -18:32     Omicron Cap
Tyc  175  51              333:24    +64:45     20:32.1  +50:01     Omega1, Omega2, Omega3 Cyg

Hevelius

Designat  Bi  NGC/IC M    Long  (1661.0)  Lat  RA  (2000.0)   Dec  Rem

Hev   32   4    224  M31   23:10:10 +33:23:04  00:42:41 +41:19:56  Neb in girdle of And
Hev  291  16   2632  M44  122:32:56 +01:15     08:40:07 +19:41     Praesepe
Hev 1496  19        [M40] 147:10:46 +54:00:33  12:30:10 +58:27:56  74 & 75 UMa
Hev  953  24              219:58:56 +05:52:16  14:56:00 -10:40:04  Theta1, Theta2, 17, 18 Lib
Hev  804  26              248:48:20 +35:31:33  17:05:15 +12:49:18  32, 33, 34 Oph & 60 Her
Hev  794  29              259:12:16 +71:27:54  17:48:28 +28:02:30  88 Her reg
Hev  795  30              262:18:29 +63:28:30  17:53:05 +40:00:33  f Her
Hev 1259  35   6639?      272:29:22 +09:05:24  18:29:25 -14:12:32
Hev 1561  40              292:32:33 +41:33:00  19:25:39 +20:04:39  4 & 5 Vul; Cr 399; Brocchi's cl (10)
Hev  380  44              298:03:50 +00:35:11  20:19:47 -19:59:53  Sigma Cap
Hev  381  46              300:02:04 +01:01:51  20:27:26 -18:06:20  Pi Cap
Hev  383  49              300:30:30 +01:18:44  20:29:04 -17:34:07  Rho Cap
Hev  382  47              300:29:17 +00:30:52  20:29:48 -18:29:51  Omicron Cap
Hev  618  50              331:30:21 +64:07:20  20:30:08 +49:02:18  Omega1, Omega2, Omega3 Cyg
Hev  619  53              347:30:48 +65:36:40  20:58:37 +54:24:17  Cyg Milky Way
Hev 1113  52              335:44:48 +13:24:09  22:27:43 +04:46:03  34, 35, 36 Peg

Halley

Designat  Bi  NGC/IC M    Long  (1661.0)  Lat  RA  (2000.0)   Dec  Rem

Hal  180  23   5139       214:57    -35:07:05  13:26:34 -47:22:23  Omega Cen
Hal   20  27   6231       252:11    -19:01     16:53.3  -41:45     Near Zeta Sco
Hal   29  33   6475   M7  264:00    -13:25:05  17:53.8  -36:53:42

Flamsteed

Designat  Bi  NGC/IC M    Long  (1661.0)  Lat  RA  (2000.0)   Dec  Rem

Fla   58   3    224  M31   23:09:26 +33:20:44  00:42:45 +41:17:35  Neb in girdle of And
Fla  154   2               14:37:50 -04:17:13  01:17:57 +03:37:33  f Per (2)
Fla  217   5               36:47:26 +27:04:08  01:53:30 +40:44:25  55 And, h 162, GC 428 (3)
Fla  274   8    869/884    49:34:34 +40:43:21  02:18:14 +57:31:44  Lambda Per
Fla  748  11   1976  M42   78:15:44 -28:42:15  05:35:19 -05:22:14  Theta1 Ori (4)
Fla  916  12   2244        93:48:40 -18:22:46  06:32:31 +04:51:45  12 Mon (5)
Fla  965  13   2287  M41  100:34:08 -43:53:19  06:47:00 -21:01:45  12 CMa (6)
Fla 1213  15   2632  M44  122:30:56 +01:31:18  08:40:17 +19:57:47  Praesepe 39 Cnc
Fla 1721  22              169:33:26 +27:26:54  12:26:31 +27:15:09  Mel 111, Coma OCl; 14 Com
Fla 2111  25              221:07:21 +34:01:32  15:32:20 +16:02:00  Tau2 Ser (7)
Fla 2446  34   6523  M8   265:57:33 -00:47:50  18:03:02 -24:16:45  7 Sgr (8)
Fla 2549  37              277:46:50 +00:09:12  18:54:21 -22:44:25  Nu1 Sco
Fla 2630  41              292:44:58 +41:32:43  19:26:18 +20:06:11  5 Vul
Fla 2650  39              290:09:33 +14:23:03  19:37:01 -07:01:24  Kappa Aql (9)
Fla 3045   1               11:18:32 +61:54:50  22:11:18 +59:25:58  Lambda Cep (1)
Fla 3219  54              358:39:37 +26:09:20  23:27:44 +25:10:59  69 Peg (11)

Designat

Designation/number in old catalog

Bi

Bigourdan Number in Bigourdan (1892)

NGC/IC, M

NGC or IC (preceded by "I") number, and Messier catalog number

Long, Lat (1661.0)

Ecliptical Longitude and Latitude of object for epoch 1661.0 (Hevelius' catalog epoch), as given by Bigourdan (1892)

RA, Dec (2000.0)

Right Ascension and Declination for epoch 2000.0 (old position precessed to modern epoch coordinates)

Rem

Remarks

• Guillaume Bigourdan, 1892. Observations of 1884. Observations de Nébuleuses et d'amas stellaires (Observations of Nebulae and Star Clusters). Annales de l'Observatoire de Paris.

Last Modification: August 14, 2023