List Assist

Which comets are up? Where do I find a list of planetary nebulae? ……………………….

It’s all here in a four-part compendium of calculators, catalogues, lists and astro-event simulators, useful for amateur astronomers.

1. Solar System

Sun, Earth, Moon & Planets:	Planet List Wikipedia	Simulator
	Eclipse	SOHO Images
	Space Weather
Comets & SSSBs:	Comet Chaser	Comet Visiblity
	Int. Meteor Org
Interactive:	SSSB Data Base	NASA SSSBs
	JPL Horizons System

1. Solar System

2. Deep Sky

Interactive Data Bases:	Simbad	Vizier
	HEASARC Data Base	STScI Digitised Sky Survey
	NGC Data Base	Wolfram-Alpha
Object Lists:	List of Deep Sky Catalogues	Wikipedia Sky Catalogue List
	Wikipedia Messier List	Wikipedia Caldwell List
	Wikipedia Herschel 400	IC Index
	Dunlop List
Galaxy Lists:	Arval Bright Galaxy List	Wikipedia Galaxy List
	Wikipedia Spiral Galaxy List	Wikipedia Local Group List
	Wikipedia Nearest Galaxies List	Wikipedia Arp Peculiar Galaxies
Globular Cluster Lists:	Arval Bright Globular Cluster List	Wikipedia Globular Cluster List
Planetary Nebulae:	Arval Planetary Nebulae	Atlas
	Abell Planetaries	Capella Images
	Wikipedia Planetary Nebulae List	SPM Kinematic List
	Abell List	Perek-Kohoutek Catalogue
Bright Nebulae:	Wikipedia Sharpless Catalogue	The Sharpless Catalogue
	RCW Catalogue
	Gum Catalogue	Arval Bright Nebula Catalogue
Dark Nebulae:	Wikipedia List of Dark Nebulae
Star Clusters:	Arval Bright Open Cluster Catalogue	Collinder Catalogue
	Wikipedia Open Clusters List
Supernovae:	Wikipedia Supernovae List	Wikipedia List of SN Remnants

3. Stars

Constellations:	Wikipedia Constellations	Heavens Above: Constellations
	RASNZ Constellations
Star Lists:	Bright Star List (Alcyone)	Proper Star Names (Wikipedia)
	Wikipedia Lists of Stars	Wikipedia List of Nearest Stars
	Wikipedia List of Star Extremes
Star Catalogues:	V. Bright Guide Star Cat. (ARVAL)	Guide Star Catalogue (ARVAL)
Double Star Catalogues:
Variable Stars:	ASAS Data Base	GCVS Catalogue

List Assist compiled by Roger Powell