Caldwell List

Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore was born on 4 March 1923 in Pinner, UK. At the age of six months he and his parents moved to Sussex where he has lived ever since - except for the WWII when he was a navigator in the RAF and a brief time in Northern Ireland in the 1960s at the Armagh Observatory. Between the ages of six and sixteen Patrick was ill, on and off, and this prevented him from attending school and so was mostly educated at home.

Whilst a boy, Patrick Moore's lifelong passion for astronomy was started when he read his mother's copy of The Story of the Solar System. Patrick's major work has been directed towards the Moon. He is perhaps more widely known for his monthly presentation of the BBC Sky at Night TV programme. Patrick has missed one production since April 1957 and has made him the longest serving television presenter. He has written over 60 books and developed the Caldwell Catalog of Deep-Sky delights in 1995.

The Caldwell Catalog lists objects not included in Messier's catalog; Caldwell objects also span both hemispheres. Since the M designation was in use, calling them Moore objects was out so Moore used the Caldwell part of his name and a list C objects was launched and first published in Sky & Telescope. There has been some consternation within astronomy circles for the needless addition of a C catalog to existing objects already catalogued in other catalogs plus much discussion on the choice of the particular 109 objects. All the objects should be visible under good conditions with a 4" telescope and many astronomers have taken the challenge of 'logging' the 'Caldwells'.

My gradual progress through the Caldwell objects which I can reach from my sheltered, well-illuminated, urban location at 52^oN are detailed below

C	Click Image for larger picture and more details	Object	R.A.	Dec	Type	Mag	Size	Description
1		NGC 188	00 44.4	+85 20	OC	8.1	14	Very old cluster
2		NGC 40	00 13.0	+72 32	PN	11.6	0.6
3		NGC 4236	12 16.7	+69 28	GAL	9.7	21 x 7
4		NGC 7023	21 01.8	+68 12	BN	6.8	18 x 18	Bright reflection nebula
5		IC 342	03 46.8	+68 06	GAL	9.2	18 x 17
6		NGC 6543	17 58.6	+66 38	PN	8.8	0.3/5.8	Cat's Eye Nebula
7		NGC 2403	07 36.9	+65 36	GAL	8.9	18 x 10
8		NGC 559	01 29.5	+63 18	OC	9.5	4
9		Sh2-155	22 56.8	+62 37	BN	7.7	50 x 10	Cave Nebula
10		NGC 663	01 46.0	+61 15	OC	7.1	16
11		NGC 7635	23 20.7	+61 12	BN	7.0	15 x 8	Bubble Nebula
12		NGC 6946	20 34.8	+60 09	GAL	9.7	11 x 9
13		NGC 457	01 19.1	+58 20	OC	6.4	13	Owl Cluster or Phi Cass Cluster
14		NGC 869/884	02 20.0	+57 08	OC	4.3	30 and 30	Double Cluster h and Chi Persei
15		NGC 6826	19 44.8	+50 31	PN	9.8	0.5/2.3	Blinking Nebula
16		NGC 7243	22 15.3	+49 53	OC	6.4	21
17		NGC 147	00 33.2	+48 30	GAL	9.3	13 x 8	M31 Satellite Galaxy
18		NGC 185	00 39.0	+48 20	GAL	9.2	12 x 9	M31 Satellite Galaxy
19		IC 5146	21 53.5	+47 10	BN	10.0	12 x 12	Cocoon Nebula
20		NGC 7000	20 58.8	+44 20	BN	6.0	120 x 100	North America Nebula
21		NGC 4449	12 28.2	+44 06	GAL	9.4	5 x 3
22		NGC 7662	23 25.9	+42 33	PN	9.2	0.3/2.2	Light Blue Snowball
23		NGC 891	02 22.6	+42 21	GAL	9.9	14 x 2
24		NGC 1275	03 19.8	+41 31	GAL	11.6	2.6 x 1	Perseus A
25		NGC 2419	07 38.1	+38 53	GC	10.4	4.1	Most distant globular
26		NGC 4244	12 17.5	+37 49	GAL	10.6	16 x 2.5
27		NGC 6888	20 12.0	+38 21	BN	7.5	20 x 10	Crescent Nebula
28		NGC 752	01 57.8	+37 41	OC	5.7	50
29		NGC 5005	13 10.9	+37 03	GAL	9.8	5.4 x 2
30		NGC 7331	22 37.1	+34 25	GAL	9.5	11 x 4
31		IC 405	05 16.2	+34 16	BN	6.0	30 x 19	Flaming Star
32		NGC 4631	12 42.1	+32 32	GAL	9.3	15 x 3	Whale Galaxy
33		NGC 6992/5	20 56.4	+31 43	SN		60 x 8	Eastern Veil
34		NGC 6960	20 45.7	+30 43	SN		70 x 6	Western Veil
35		NGC 4889	13 00.1	+27 59	GAL	11.4	3 x 2	Brightest in Cluster
36		NGC 4559	12 36.0	+27 58	GAL	9.8	10 x 4
37		NGC 6885	20 12.0	+26 29	OC	5.7	7
38		NGC 4565	12 36.3	+25 59	GAL	9.6	16 x 3	Needle Galaxy
39		NGC 2392	07 29.2	+20 55	PN	9.9	0.2/0.7	Eskimo Nebula
40		NGC 3626	11 20.1	+18 21	GAL	10.9	3 x 2
41		Melotte 25	04 27.0	+16 00	OC	1.0	330	Hyades
42		NGC 7006	21 01.5	+16 11	GC	10.6	2.8	Very distant globular
43		NGC 7814	00 03.3	+16 09	GAL	10.5	6 x 2
44		NGC 7479	23 04.9	+12 19	GAL	11.0	4 x 3
45		NGC 5248	13 37.5	+08 53	GAL	10.2	6 x 4
46		NGC 2261	06 39.2	+08 44	BN	10.0	2 x 1	Hubble's Variable Nebula
47		NGC 6934	20 34.2	+07 24	GC	8.9	5.9
48		NGC 2775	09 10.3	+07 02	GAL	10.3	4.5 x 3
49		NGC 2237-9	06 32.3	+05 03	BN		80 x 60	Rosette Nebula
50		NGC 2244	06 32.4	+04 52	OC	4.8	24
51		IC 1613	01 04.8	+02 07	GAL	9.0	12 x 11
52		NGC 4697	12 48.6	-05 48	GAL	9.3	6 x 3
53		NGC 3115	10 05.2	-07 43	GAL	9.1	8 x 3	Spindle Galaxy
54		NGC 2506	08 00.2	-10 47	OC	7.6	7
55		NGC 7009	21 04.2	-11 22	PN	8.3	2.5/1	Saturn Nebula
56		NGC 246	00 47.0	-11 53	PN	8.0	3.8
57		NGC 6822	19 44.9	-14 48	GAL	9.3	10 x 9	Barnard's Galaxy
58		NGC 2360	07 17.8	-15 37	OC	7.2	13
59		NGC 3242	10 24.8	-18 38	PN	8.6	0.3/21	Ghost of Jupiter
60		NGC 4038	12 01.9	-18 52	GAL	11.3	2.6 x 1.8
61		NGC 4039	12 01.9	-18 53	GAL	13.0	3.2 x 2.2
62		NGC 247	00 47.1	-20 46	GAL	8.9	20 x 7
63		NGC 7293	22 29.6	-20 48	PN	6.5	13	Helix Nebula
64		NGC 2362	07 18.8	-24 57	OC	4.1	8	Tau CMa Cluster
65		NGC 253	00 47.6	-25 17	GAL	7.1	25 x 7	Sculptor Galaxy
66		NGC 5694	14 39.6	-26 32	GC	10.2	3.6
67		NGC 1097	02 46.3	-30 17	GAL	9.2	9 x 6
68		NGC 6729	19 01.9	-36 57	BN	9.7	1	R CrA Nebula
69		NGC 6302	17 13.7	-37 06	PN	12.8	0.8	Bug Nebula
70		NGC 300	00 54.9	-37 41	GAL	8.1	20 x 13
71		NGC 2477	07 52.3	-38 33	OC	5.8	27
72		NGC 55	00 14.9	-39 11	GAL	8.2	32 x 6	Brightest galaxy in the Sculptor Group
73		NGC 1851	05 14.1	-40 03	GC	7.3	11
74		NGC 3132	10 07.7	-40 26	PN	8.2	0.8
75		NGC 6124	16 25.6	-40 40	OC	5.8	29
76		NGC 6231	16 54.0	-41 48	OC	2.6	15
77		NGC 5128	13 25.5	-43 01	GAL	7.0	18 x 14	Centaurus A
78		NGC 6541	18 08.0	-43 42	GC	6.6	13
79		NGC 3201	10 17.6	-46 25	GC	6.7	18
80		NGC 5139	13 26.8	-47 29	GC	3.6	36	Omega Centauri
81		NGC 6352	17 25.5	-48 25	GC	8.1	7
82		NGC 6193	16 41.3	-48 46	OC	5.2	15
83		NGC 4945	13 05.4	-49 28	GAL	9.5	20 x 4
84		NGC 5286	13 46.4	-51 22	GC	7.6	9
85		IC 2391	08 40.2	-53 04	OC	2.5	50	Omicron Vel Cluster
86		NGC 6397	17 40.7	-53 40	GC	5.6	26
87		NGC 1261	03 12.3	-55 13	GC	8.4	7
88		NGC 5823	15 05.7	-55 36	OC	7.9	10
89		NGC 6087	16 18.9	-57 54	OC	5.4	12	S Normae Cluster
90		NGC 2867	09 21.4	-58 19	PN	9.7	0.2
91		NGC 3532	11 06.4	-58 40	OC	3.0	55
92		NGC 3372	10 43.8	-59 52	BN	6.2	120 x 120	Eta Car Nebula
93		NGC 6752	19 10.9	-59 59	GC	5.4	20
94		NGC 4755	12 53.6	-60 20	OC	4.2	10	Jewel Box Cluster
95		NGC 6025	16 03.7	-60 30	OC	5.1	12
96		NGC 2516	07 58.3	-60 52	OC	3.8	30
97		NGC 3766	11 36.1	-61 37	OC	5.3	12
98		NGC 4609	12 42.3	-62 58	OC	6.9	5
99			12 53.0	-63 00	DN		400 x 300	Coalsack Dark Nebula
100		(IC 2944)	11 36.6	-63 02	OC	4.5	15	Lambda Cen Cluster
101		NGC 6744	19 09.8	-63 51	GAL	9.0	16 x 10
102		IC 2602	10 43.2	-64 24	OC	1.9	50	Theta Car Cluster
103		NGC 2070	05 38.7	-69 06	BN	1.0	40 x 25	Tarantula Nebula in LMC
104		NGC 362	01 03.2	-70 51	GC	6.6	13
105		NGC 4833	12 59.6	-70 53	GC	7.3	14
106		NGC 104	00 24.1	-72 05	GC	4.0	31	47 Tucanae
107		NGC 6101	16 25.8	-72 12	GC	9.3	11
108		NGC 4372	12 25.8	-72 40	GC	7.8	19
109		NGC 3195	10 09.5	-80 52	PN		0.6

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