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Caldwell Catalogue (C)

Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore was a very respected English amateur astronomer who hosted BBC's The Sky at Night television program for 55 years.



Moore noted that the Messier Catalogue was confined to the northern hemisphere, but even then, it did not contain many bright objects amateurs would be able to observe or photograph. So he compiled a list of 109 of the objects missing from the Messier Catalog to include objects in both the northern and southern hemispheres.


To avoid confusion with the Messier Catalogue, abbreviated with "M," he used his primary surname and released the Caldwell Catalogue in 1995 in BBC Sky at Night Magazine. Here's a clip of his final appearance on The Sky at Night:



Gallery

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C1 - Polarissima Cluster
Polaris Mosaic (Caldwell 1) (Four Panels)
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C3
NGC 4236 (Caldwell 3)
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C6 - Cat's Eye Nebula
NGC 6543 (Caldwell 6) - The Cat’s Eye Nebula
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C11 - Bubble Nebula
NGC 7635 – Bubble Nebula in the Foraxx Palette
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C11 - Bubble Nebula
A Scorpion and a Bubble – Messier 52 and the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635)
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C11 - Bubble Nebula
NGC 7635 – Bubble Nebula in the Hubble Palette
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C20 - The North America Nebula
The North America (NGC 7000, Sh2-117 & Caldwell 20), Clamshell (Sh2-119), and Pelican (IC 5070) Nebulas
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C21
NGC 4449 (Caldwell 21) – An Irregular Magellanic Starburst Dwarf Galaxy with a Faint Tidal Tail
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C23 - Silver Sliver Galaxy
NGC 891 (Caldwell 23) - The Silver Sliver Galaxy
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C26
NGC 4244 (Caldwell 26) – The Silver Needle Galaxy
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C27 - Crescent Nebula
Cygnus Mosaic – From the Butterfly to the Tulip
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C29
NGC 5005 (Caldwell 29)
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C30
The Deer Lick Group – NGC 7331 and Companions
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C31
The Nebulas of Auriga Mosaic
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C31 - Flaming Star Nebula
The Nebulas of Auriga Wide Field
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C32 - Whale Galaxy
NGC 4631 (Caldwell 32) & NGC 4656 – The Whale and Hockey Stick Galaxies
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C33 - Eastern Veil Nebula
NGC 6995 (Caldwell 33) – The Bat Nebula
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C34 - Western Veil Nebula
NGC 6960 (Caldwell 34) – The Witch’s Broom
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C35 - Coma Cluster
The Coma Cluster (Abell 1656 with NGC 4889/Caldwell 35
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C36
NGC 4559 (Caldwell 36) – The Koi Fish Galaxy
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C38 - Needle Galaxy
NGC 4565 (Caldwell 38) – The Needle Galaxy
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C45
NGC 5248 (Caldwell 45)
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C49
The Rosette Nebula
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C49
The Nebulas of Monoceros – Four-Panel Mosaic
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C49 - Rosette Nebula
Pugnacious Protostars Pollenate a Perilous Pretty Pistil – The Rosette Nebula
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C50
The Nebulas of Monoceros – Four-Panel Mosaic
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C50
The Rosette Nebula
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C50 - Satellite Cluster
Pugnacious Protostars Pollenate a Perilous Pretty Pistil – The Rosette Nebula
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C62
NGC 247 (Caldwell 62) - The Needle's Eye
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C65
NGC 253 (Caldwell 65) - The Sculptor Galaxy
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C103 - Tarantula Nebula
The Tarantula Nebula – 30 Doradus (NGC 2070 – Caldwell 103)
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