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Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke
Deep-Sky Objects (catalogues, history, visual observing) - Cosmology - Theoretical Physics
Last update: 29 April 2013
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Talk 15 June 2013, Webb Deep Sky Society, Annual General Meeting, Cambridge, UK: William Herschel's sweep of the heavens Workshop 3-5 September 2013, Stockholm Observatory, Schweden: The History of Amateur Astronomy Important
NGC/IC anniversaries for 2013. |
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For Michael Hoskin's latest book, The Construction of the Heavens: William Herschel's Cosmology (Cambridge University Press, January 2012), I have written comments about the involved deep sky objects. |
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The enhanced, English version of my comprehensive study on the history of the NGC has been published in August 2010 by Cambridge University Press. The 660-page book is titled Observing an Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters - from Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue. Look here for more details.
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A comprehensive biography on Lord Rosse, editied by Charles Mollan, will appear in 2014, published by Manchester University Press. I contribute with a large chapter on "Birr Castle Observations of Non-stellar Objects and the Development of Nebular Theories". |
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Current versions of my files containing historic or modern data - there is nothing comparable (27 April 2013) Historic M - Historical data of Messier's catalogue (M) Historic WH - Historical data of William Herschel's three catalogues (H) [completely revised version] Historic JH - Historical data of John Herschel's Slough and Cape catalogues (h) Historic Au - Historical data of Arthur Auwers' list of 50 new nebulae (Au) Historic GC - Historical data of John Herschel's General Catalogue (GC) and Dreyer's "Supplement" (GCS) Historic NGCIC - Historical data of Dreyer's New General Catalogue (NGC) and Index catalogue (IC) NGC/IC Observers - Biographical information of all NGC/IC observers Revised NGC/IC - Revised data and modern identifications for all NGC/IC objects [now with redshift/distance for galaxies] Please give the source, when using this data! They are available only here - and not on the website of the NGC/IC project! Particularly the "Historically Corrected NGC" (HCNGC, Bob Erdmann), presented there, is a mere copy of an outdated version of my "Historic NGC" (without giving any acknowledgment).
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My "Revised NGC/IC" is used in the NGC-IC Photographic Catalogue by Numazawa and Wakyia. The large-format, 720-page book shows DSS-images of all NGC/IC objects! |
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Selected papers (pdf): The
M51 Mystery - Lord Rosse, Robinson, South and the Discovery of Spiral
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| Further Content of my Homepage | |
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Compact Galaxies, AGN, Quasars, and Variable Extragalactic Objects |
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Catalogue of Bright Quasars and BL Lacertae-Objects (KHQ) |
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Catalogue of Groups of Galaxies (KDG) |
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Bibliography (Books, Articles) |
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Membership in Astronomical Associations, Workgroups, and Projects |
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Short "Astronomical" Biography |
Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke
Gottenheimerstr. 18
D-79224 Umkirch
Germany
Tel. +49 (0) 7665 51863