Hevelius' 16 "Nebulosae"

Within his Prodomus Astronomiae, Johan Hevelius described 16 nebulous objects. They are listed e.g. in G. Bigourdan (1892) and (14 of them) in W. Derham (1733) - this author didn't include the resolved clusters/asterisms identified at that time.


Designat  Id    Bi  Long  (1661.0)  Lat  RA  (2000.0)   Dec  Rem
                De   RA   (1661.0)  Dec
                 
Hev   32  M31   4   23:10:10 +33:23:04  00:42:41 +41:19:56  Neb in girdle of And
                1  006:04:45 +39:27:57                      In Andromeda's Girdle,

Hev  291  M44  16  122:32:56 +01:15     08:40:07 +19:41     Praesepe
                -   --

Hev 1496 [M40] 19  147:10:46 +54:00:33  12:30:10 +58:27:56  74 & 75 UMa
               14  183:32:41 +60:20:33                      Above the Back of Ursa major

Hev  953       24  219:58:56 +05:52:16  14:56:00 -10:40:04  Theta1, Theta2, 17, 18 Lib
               13  219:26:15 -09:16:27                      Under the Beam of the Scales of Libra

Hev  804   *   26  248:48:20 +35:31:33  17:05:15 +12:49:18  32, 33, 34 Oph & 60 Her
               10  252:24:03 +13:18:37                      On the Top of Hercules

Hev  794       29  259:12:16 +71:27:54  17:48:28 +28:02:30  88 Her reg
                8  264:52:64 +48:09:10                      On the outside of Hercules left Foot

Hev  795       30  262:18:29 +63:28:30  17:53:05 +40:00:33  f Her
                9  265:38:37 +38:05:50                      In the left Leg of Hercules

Hev 1259       35  272:29:22 +09:05:24  18:29:25 -14:12:32  NGC 6639?
               12  272:32:34 -14:23:35                      In the Western Border of Sobieski's Shield

Hev 1561 Cr399 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
                2  300:02:53 -20:01:53                      In Forehead of Capricorn,

Hev  381   *   46  300:02:04 +01:01:51  20:27:26 -18:06:20  Pi Cap
                3  301:59:55 -19:11:30                      Another preceding the Eye of Capricorn,

Hev  383   *   49  300:30:30 +01:18:44  20:29:04 -17:34:07  Rho Cap
                5  302:25:31 -18:48:58                      One above those, adjoining to the Eye of Capricorn,

Hev  382   *   47  300:29:17 +00:30:52  20:29:48 -18:29:51  Omicron Cap
                4  302:35:09 -19:36:00                      Another following it,

Hev  618   *   50  331:30:21 +64:07:20  20:30:08 +49:02:18  Omega1, Omega2, Omega3 Cyg
                6  304:54:08 +47:54:20                      Preceding above the Swan's Tail, and last in its N. Foot

Hev  619   *   53  347:30:48 +65:36:40  20:58:37 +54:24:17  Cyg Milky Way
                7  312:10:05 +53:05:20                      One following a Star above the Swan's Tail, out of the Constellation

Hev 1113   *   52  335:44:48 +13:24:09  22:27:43 +04:46:03  34, 35, 36 Peg
               11  332:38:45 +03:03:12                      At the Ear of Pegasus

An asterix (*) in "Id" marks entries Messier has found to be non-existent and described in his List of Objects reported by previos observers but not found by Messier himself.

References

Guillaume Bigourdan, 1892. Observations de Nébuleuses et d'amas stellaires (Observations of Nebulae and Star Clusters). Annales de l'Observatoire de Paris. Observations. 1884. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, p. G.1-G.103; here p. G.5-G.7.
Derham, W., 1733. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 38, No. 428 (April-June, 1733), p. 70-74. See Derham's list online.

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