Bigourdan's List of Early Deepsky Object Coordinates

No  NGC/IC M    Designat  Long  (1661.0)  Lat  RA  (2000.0)   Dec  Rem

 1              Fla 3045   11:18:32 +61:54:50  22:11:18 +59:25:58  Lambda Cep (1)

 2              Fla  154   14:37:50 -04:17:13  01:17:57 +03:37:33  f Per (2)

 3    224  M31  Fla   58   23:09:26 +33:20:44  00:42:45 +41:17:35  Neb in girdle of And
 4    224  M31  Hev   32   23:10:10 +33:23:04  00:42:41 +41:19:56

 5              Fla  217   36:47:26 +27:04:08  01:53:30 +40:44:25  55 And, h 162, GC 428 (3)

 6    869/884   Pto  191   47:54    +40:30     02:10.5  +56:46
 7    869/884   UlB  190   49:27    +40:00     02:19.9  +56:50
 8    869/884   Fla  274   49:34:34 +40:43:21  02:18:14 +57:31:44  Lambda Per

 9              Pto  734   78:14    -16:30     05:32.8  +06:49     Phi1, Lambda, Phi2 Ori
10              UlB  731   79:39    -13:30     05:37.8  +09:53     (Lambda shaped ast.)

11   1976  M42  Fla  748   78:15:44 -28:42:15  05:35:19 -05:22:14  Theta1 Ori (4)

12   2244       Fla  916   93:48:40 -18:22:46  06:32:31 +04:51:45  12 Mon (5)

13   2287  M41  Fla  965  100:34:08 -43:53:19  06:47:00 -21:01:45  12 CMa (6)

14   2632  M44  Pto  449  121:34    +00:30     08:35.3  +19:12:54  Praesepe
15   2632  M44  Fla 1213  122:30:56 +01:31:18  08:40:17 +19:57:47  39 Cnc
16   2632  M44  Hev  291  122:32:56 +01:15     08:40:07 +19:41
17   2632  M44  Tyc  576  122:36:05 +01:14     08:40:19 +19:40
18   2632  M44  UlB  446  122:54    +01:00     08:41.3  +19:22  

19        [M40] Hev 1496  147:10:46 +54:00:33  12:30:10 +58:27:56  74 & 75 UMa

20              Pto  494  166:04    +30:00     12:19.3  +30:55     Mel 111, Coma OCl
21              UlB  491  169:12    +28:12     12:26.8  +28:04
22              Fla 1721  169:33:26 +27:26:54  12:26:31 +27:15:09  14 Com

23   5139       Hal  180  214:57    -35:07:05  13:26:34 -47:22:23  Omega Cen

24              Hev  953  219:58:56 +05:52:16  14:56:00 -10:40:04  Theta1, Theta2, 17, 18 Lib

25              Fla 2111  221:07:21 +34:01:32  15:32:20 +16:02:00  Tau2 Ser (7)

26              Hev  804  248:48:20 +35:31:33  17:05:15 +12:49:18  32, 33, 34 Oph & 60 Her

27   6231       Hal   20  252:11    -19:01     16:53.3  -41:45     Near Zeta Sco

28              Tyc  175  258:50    +71:05     17:47.6  +47:40     88 Her reg
29              Hev  794  259:12:16 +71:27:54  17:48:28 +28:02:30

30              Hev  795  262:18:29 +63:28:30  17:53:05 +40:00:33  f Her

31   6475   M7  UlB  564  262:03    -13:39     17:44.3  -37:05
32   6475   M7  Pto  567  262:24    -13:15     17:46.1  -36:42
33   6475   M7  Hal   29  264:00    -13:25:05  17:53.8  -36:53:42

34   6523   M8  Fla 2446  265:57:33 -00:47:50  18:03:02 -24:16:45  7 Sgr (8)

35   6639?      Hev 1259  272:29:22 +09:05:24  18:29:25 -14:12:32

36              Pto  577  276:24    +00:45     18:48.2  -22:16
37              Fla 2549  277:46:50 +00:09:12  18:54:21 -22:44:25  Nu1 Sco
38              UlB  574  278:08:15 +00:45     18:55.6  -22:07

39              Fla 2650  290:09:33 +14:23:03  19:37:01 -07:01:24  Kappa Aql (9)

40              Hev 1561  292:32:33 +41:33:00  19:25:39 +20:04:39  4 & 5 Vul; Cr 399; Brocchi's cl (10)
41              Fla 2630  292:44:58 +41:32:43  19:26:18 +20:06:11  5 Vul

42              Tyc  717  297:58    +07:16     20:13.2  -12:31     Xi1 & Xi2 Cap

43              Tyc  721  298:03    +00:24     20:19.9  -19:11     Sigma Cap
44              Hev  380  298:03:50 +00:35:11  20:19:47 -19:59:53

45              Tyc  718  299:47    +00:48:05  20:26.6  -18:23:17  Pi Cap
46              Hev  381  300:02:04 +01:01:51  20:27:26 -18:06:20

47              Hev  382  300:29:17 +00:30:52  20:29:48 -18:29:51  Omicron Cap
48              Tyc  719  300:31    +00:28     20:30.0  -18:32

49              Hev  383  300:30:30 +01:18:44  20:29:04 -17:34:07  Rho Cap

50              Hev  618  331:30:21 +64:07:20  20:30:08 +49:02:18  Omega1, Omega2, Omega3 Cyg
51              Tyc  175  333:24    +64:45     20:32.1  +50:01

52              Hev 1113  335:44:48 +13:24:09  22:27:43 +04:46:03  34, 35, 36 Peg

53              Hev  619  347:30:48 +65:36:40  20:58:37 +54:24:17  Cyg Milky Way

54              Fla 3219  358:39:37 +26:09:20  23:27:44 +25:10:59  69 Peg (11)

Pto: Ptolemy, epoch about 138 AD

UlB: Ulugh Begh, epoch July 5, 1437

Tyc: Tycho Brahe, epoch 1601.0

Hev: Hevelius, epoch 1661.0 (adopted here)

Hal: Halley, epoch 1678.0

Fla: Flamsteed, epoch 1690.0

• 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 12, 2007