Tom Polakis wrote:

Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote:



I am trying to locate a list of the 86 members of the Abell Planetary


Nebula catalog with associated NGC numbers.


Hi Anthony,

Hi Tom,

Your request piqued my interest. I initially thought that only one of

We can both thank the excellent article in the most recent issue of
Astronomy Magazine as well. :-)

the Abell planetaries was in the NGC/IC catalogues: Abell 37 = IC 972.
But here's a link to a table posted by the British Astronomical
Association which reminded me that there are two mo

http://www.britastro.org/dss/abell_table.htm

Good stuff! Thanks a lot.

The Abell planetary nebulae were discovered by surveying POSS plates,
which didn't exist until the 1950's. It's not surprising that the vast
majority of them eluded the NGC and IC catalogues.

Thanks for the clarification as to why not many of them are in either of
the two catalogs which now makes a lot of sense given your description.

I would like to start imaging these nebulas and would like to plan some
sort of presentation format and, hence, for my initial request.

Clear skies !

Anthony.

Tom