Herschel 400 catalog

[Atque]

The Herschel 400 catalog could be added as a filter in the DSO tab. It was compiled in 1980 and consists of 400 objects observed by German/British astronomer William Herschel in the late 1700s. It is a great challenge for those who already observed all Messier objects.

List of objects can be found here:
https://www.astroleague.org//wp-content/uploads/2022/02/h400lstn.pdf

[alex-w]

This is not exactly catalog - this is a list of 400 objects from NGC/IC catalogs.

P.S. The list "Herschel 400" you may find in Search and in AstroCalc/WUT tools.

[Atque]

Ah yes, you're right. I was not aware of the list in AstroCalc, thanks.

This might remain open if someone feels it ought to be added and decides to do the required work.

[alex-w]

The list hasn’t own designation for objects and just mixing catalogs and lists in one place is a bad idea

[alex-w]

See also #1230

[Atque]

Hm, what about highlighting them in the sky once the list is selected? I feel a visual representation is very helpful here.

(This might go into that other request)

[alex-w]

Hm, what about highlighting them in the sky once the list is selected? I feel a visual representation is very helpful here.

You can create an Observing list for the Herschel 400 list and use this tool for highlighting objects from the list ;)