Caldwell Catalog Photo Gallery

The Caldwell Catalog a list of deep sky objects (including star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies) and is a modern day extension for the famous Messier Catalog. Although Messier's 18th century catalog of 110 objects was originally compiled to help him identify new comets from static deep sky objects uncovered in his searches, the list has become a favorite of amateur astronomers.

In 1995, Sir Patrick Caldwell-Moore noted that the Messiar catalog does not include a number of bright deep sky objects, nor does it cover any Southern Hemisphere objects south of declination -35°. He compiled a new catalog to compliment the Messier Catalog by including the "missing" objects and to extend the list to cover the Southern Hemisphere.

The resulting Caldwell Catalog is a collection of 109 of the most impressive celestial objects culled from the NGC and IC catalogs that were not included in Messier's list. Objects in the Caldwell Catalog are organized in descending declination, while objects in Messier's Catalog are listed in order of discovery.

The photo gallery below is a long-term project to image each of the 109 deep sky objects in the Caldwell Catalog. Having already imaged the entire Messier Catalog, it is the next logical step in surveying the sky. Since many of the Southern Hemisphere objects cannot be seen from the +32° latitude of Bifrost Astronomical Observatory, some travel to the Southern Hemisphere will be required.

The first such trip south of the Equator occurred in May 2011 for the Southern Skies Star Party in Bolivia. A number of Southern Hemisphere Caldwell objects imaged during that trip appear below. This page will be updated periodically until the entire Caldwell Catalog has been imaged.

Click on each thumbnail to see a larger image.




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C1
NGC 188
open cluster

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C2
NGC 40
Bow Tie Nebula

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C3
NGC 4236
spiral galaxy

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C4
NGC 7023
Iris Nebula

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C5
IC 342
spiral galaxy

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C6
NGC 6543
Cat's Eye Nebula

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C7
NGC 2403
spiral galaxy

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C8
NGC 559
open cluster

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C9
Sh2-155
Cave Nebula

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C10
NGC 663
open cluster

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C11
NGC 7635
Bubble Nebula

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C12
NGC 6946
spiral galaxy

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C13
NGC 457
Owl Cluster

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C14
NGC 869/884
Perseus Double Cluster

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C15
NGC 6826
Blinking Planetary

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C16
NGC 7243
open cluster

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C17
NGC 147
elliptical galaxy

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C18
NGC 185
elliptical galaxy

IC 5146
C19
IC 5146
Cocoon Nebula

NGC7000-AT65-1n
C20
NGC 7000
North America Nebula

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C21
NGC 4449
irregular galaxy

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C22
NGC 7662
Blue Snowball

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C23
NGC 891
spiral galaxy

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C24
NGC 1275
Perseus A

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C25
NGC 2419
globular cluster

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C26
NGC 4244
spiral galaxy

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C27
NGC 6888
Crescent Nebula

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C28
NGC 752
open cluster

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C29
NGC 5005
spiral galaxy

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C30
NGC 7331
spiral galaxy

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C31
IC 405
Flaming Star Nebula

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C32
NGC 4631
Whale Galaxy

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C33
NGC 6992/5
East Veil Nebula

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C34
NGC 6960
West Veil Nebula

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C35
NGC 4889
elliptical galaxy

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C36
NGC 4559
spiral galaxy

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C37
NGC 6885
open cluster

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C38
NGC 4565
Needle Galaxy

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C39
NGC 2392
Eskimo Nebula

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C40
NGC 3626
spiral galaxy

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C41
Hyades
open cluster

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C42
NGC 7006
globular cluster

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C43
NGC 7814
spiral galaxy

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C44
NGC 7479
spiral galaxy

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C45
NGC 5248
spiral galaxy

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C46
NGC 2261
Hubble's Variable Neb

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C47
NGC 6934
globular cluster

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C48
NGC 2775
spiral galaxy

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C49
NGC 2237-9
Rosette Nebula

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C50
NGC 2244
open cluster

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C51
IC 1613
irregular galaxy

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C52
NGC 4697
elliptical galaxy

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C53
NGC 3115
Spindle Galaxy

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C54
NGC 2506
open cluster

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C55
NGC 7009
Saturn Nebula

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C56
NGC 246
planetary nebula

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C57
NGC 6822
Barnard's Galaxy

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C58
NGC 2360
open cluster

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C59
NGC 3242
Ghost of Jupiter

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C60
NGC 4038
Antennae Galaxies

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C61
NGC 4039
Antennae Galaxies

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C62
NGC 247
spiral galaxy

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C63
NGC 7293
Helix Nebula

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C64
NGC 2362
open cluster

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C65
NGC 253
Sculptor Galaxy

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C66
NGC 5694
globular cluster

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C67
NGC 1097
spiral galaxy

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C68
NGC 6729
diffuse nebula

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C69
NGC 6302
Bug Nebula

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C70
NGC 300
spiral galaxy

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C71
NGC 2477
open cluster

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C72
NGC 55
spiral galaxy

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C73
NGC 1851
globular cluster

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C74
NGC 3132
Eight Burst Nebula

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C75
NGC 6124
open cluster

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C76
NGC 6231
open cluster

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C77
NGC 5128
Centaurus A

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C78
NGC 6541
globular cluster

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C79
NGC 3201
globular cluster

NGC5139
C80
NGC 5139
Omega Centauri

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C81
NGC 6352
globular cluster

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C82
NGC 6193
open cluster

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C83
NGC 4945
spiral galaxy

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C84
NGC 5286
globular cluster

IC2391-01
C85
IC 2391
Omicron Vel Cluster

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C86
NGC 6397
globular cluster

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C87
NGC 1261
globular cluster

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C88
NGC 5823
open cluster

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C89
NGC 6087
S Norma Cluster

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C90
NGC 2867
planetary nebula

NGC3532-01
C91
NGC 3532
open cluster

NGC3372
C92
NGC 3372
Eta Carinae Nebula

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C93
NGC 6752
globular cluster

NGC4755-01
C94
NGC 4755
Jewel Box

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C95
NGC 6025
open cluster

NGC2516-01
C96
NGC 2516
open cluster

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C97
NGC 3766
open cluster

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C98
NGC 4609
open cluster

SS105-19_20
C99
Coalsack Nebula
dark nebula

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C100
IC 2944
Lambda Centauri Neb

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C101
NGC 6744
spiral galaxy

IC2602-01
C102
IC 2602
Theta Car Cluster

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C103
NGC 2070
Tarantula Nebula

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C104
NGC 362
globular cluster

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C105
NGC 4833
globular cluster

NGC104-01
C106
NGC 104
47 Tucanae

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C107
NGC 6101
globular cluster

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C108
NGC 4372
globular cluster

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C109
NGC 3195
planetary nebula


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