Early astronomers systematically scanned the night sky to discover new "nebulas."
They made sketches and cataloged their findings. The catalogs became the basis for the sciences of astronomy and cosmology.
These catalogs are the basis for my own personal discovery of the universe and I have organized my website of photographs
around some of the most popular and interesting astronomy catalogs.
General Catalogs
Specialty Catalogs
Local Neighborhoods
Explore scales of distance in our solar system, the Milky Way and our Local Group of Galaxies
I will be adding more photos and catalogs to this website as my journey takes me in new directions of exploration.
Enjoy!
Joe Ziha
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_object
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_General_Catalogue
https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Arp_contents.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell_catalogue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_400_Catalogue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Group
https://earthsky.org/clusters-nebulae-galaxies/what-is-the-local-group/
https://astronomy.com/magazine/2019/08/the-local-group-our-galactic-neighborhood
** - Photo Credits:
1 - Public Domain
2 - Public Domain
3 - © Rockefeller Archive Center
4 - Public Domain