Miscellaneous Astronomical Fragments

These fragments of astronomy will be hopefully better integrated in our services at some later time.

Attn: Much of this stuff is still under construction !

The First Known Variable Stars:
Tycho's Supernova 1572; Mira - Omicron Ceti; P Cygni; Kepler's Supernova 1604; Cassiopeia A - Supernova 1667; Algol - Beta Persei; Nova Vulpeculae 1670 - CK Vulpeculae; Eta Carinae; Chi Cygni; R Hydrae; R Leonis; Nova Sagittae 1783 - WY Sagittae; Eta Aquilae; Sheliak - Beta Lyrae; Delta Cephei; i Bootis B; Ras Algheti - Alpha Herculis; R Coronae Borealis; R Scuti; R Virginis; R Aquarii; Epsilon Aurigae; R Serpentis; S Serpentis; R Cancri; Betelgeuse - Alpha Orionis
Double Stars:
Other interesting stars
- Polaris - Alpha Ursae Minoris
- Vega - Alpha Lyrae
- Eltanin - Gamma Draconis
- Edasich - Iota Draconis
- Barnard's Star
- Beta Pictoris
- S Doradus
- SS 433
- Supernova 185 in Centaurus
- Supernova 386 in Sagittarius
- Supernova 393 in Scorpius
- Supernova 1006 in Lupus
- Supernova 1181 in Cassiopeia
OB Associations
The Milky Way Globular Clusters
The Local Group of Galaxies
Other Deep Sky Objects of interest:
- NGC 1275, Perseus A
- NGC 1499, the California Nebula in Perseus
- NGC 1514, planetary nebula in Taurus
- NGC 2392, the Eskimo or Clown Planetary Nebula in Gemini
- NGC 2683, the UFO Galaxy in Lynx
- NGC 2685, the Helix or Pancake Galaxy in Ursa Major
- NGC 3242, the Ghost of Jupiter Planetary Nebula in Hydra
- NGC 3877, the galaxy of SN 1998S, in Ursa Major
- NGC 3982, the galaxy of SN 1998aq, in Ursa Major
- NGC 4038-9, interacting galaxies in Corvus
- NGC 4449, nearby dwarf galaxy in Canes Venatici
- NGC 6334, the Cat's Paw Nebula in Scorpius
- NGC 6357, the "War and Peace" or Lobster Nebula in Scorpius
- NGC 6027 and Seyfert's Sextet, group of galaxies in Serpens
- NGC 6960,92,95, the Veil Nebula, SNR G74.0-8.5 in Cygnus
- IC 443, SNR G189.1+3.0 in Gemini
- IC 2948, Lambda Centauri Nebula
- IC 4182, irregular galaxy in Canes Venatici
- IC 4628, the Prawn Nebula in Scorpius
- IC 4756, Graff's cluster, open cluster in Serpens
- The Vela SNR G263.9-3.3 with its brightest part, the Pencil Nebula NGC 2736
- Cygnus A
- 3C 273, the brightest quasar
- Mrk 421, the nearest BL Lac object (blazar)
- The 4 Cygni Nebula - a reflection nebula discovered by San Jose amateur astronomers Steven R. Waldee and Al Howard in 2007 (published 2010)
The LGS Catalog of 5 dwarf galaxies
The brightest Quasars
Solar Eclipse on August 11, 1999
Transits of Mercury and Venus
Some astronomical texts:
- Astronomical Coordinate Systems
- Ways to determine Distances
- History of Modern Astronomy
- Diffuse Nebulae and Interstellar Matter (see here)
- Open Clusters (see here)
- Globular Clusters (see here)
- Planetary Nebulae (see here)
- Supernova Remnants, Supernovae (see here)
- Galaxies (see here)
- Seyfert Galaxies
- Variable Stars (see here)
More miscellaneous stuff:
- Star Catalogs
- Supernova Stuff
- Telescope Types; Seidel Theory of Imaging Errors in Telescopes
- Naming Stars
- List of Extinct Constellations
- Constellation Names in various languages
- Physical and Astronomical Constants
- "Weird Terms" Glossary
- Saturn's 25 Moons, as given in a 1982 Scientific American article
- Some astronomiy related trivia
- Gregorian Calendar Reform
- Johann Heinrich (Jean Henry) Lambert
- Bessel's comet candidate of 1808
- David Bishop's Nasa SPACE Archive Image Index (unfortunately, the Nasa archive - not our interface - is currently defunct, but I'm currently working on relinking everything which is available from SEDS)

Hartmut Frommert [contact]