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The Caldwell List grew out of a widely held view that Messier's List was incomplete. It left out a number of Deep Space Objects that either merited inclusion, or could not be seen from the latitude of Paris where Messier made his observations, or could not be mistaken for a comet, or were just missed. This spurred on the famous amateuer astronomer and broadcaster Patrick Moore to compile his own list of 109 objects (the same number as in Messier's original catalogue. He decided to arrange them in order of declination beginning in the far north and ending up in the far south, from the constellation of Cepheus to the constellation of Chamaeleon. Furthermore all the objects had to be visible by someone with an ordinary telescope of 4" or greater aperture under a dark sky, but also making some harder to see than others! Patrick Moore chose the name of Caldwell for his new catalogue, as he could not use Moore which would cause confusion with Messier (M) objects. He decided to make good use of his full name of Patrick Caldwell-Moore. He sent off his new list to 'Sky and Telescope' magazine to see if anyone would be interested. Well, they were and it was duly published in the December 1995 issue. Since then the Caldwell List has become a firm favourite withh amateur astronomers looking for more objects to view or image. It includes a number of magnificent 'Non Messier' objects, such as the 'Double Cluster' in Perseus - C14 and the 'Helix Nebula in Aquarius - C63, as well as glorious southern sky objects like the Eta Carina Nebula - C92 and 'Jewel Box' Cluster in Crux - C94. Click Here For Gallery Patrick Caldwell-Moore           (All Object Types) Galaxy Cluster Galaxy. Globular Cluster Nebulae Open Cluster Planetary Nebula Supernova (All Constellations) Andromeda Apus Aquarius Ara Auriga Bootes Camelopardalis Cancer Canes Venatici Canis Major Carina Cassiopeia Centaurus Cepheus Cetus Chamaeleon Circinus Columba Coma Berenices Corona Australis Corvus Crux Cygnus Delphinus Dorado Draco Fornax Gemini Horologium Hydra Lacerta Leo Major Lynx Monoceros Musca Norma Pavo Pegasus Perseus Puppis Sagittarius Scorpius Sculptor Sextans Taurus. Triangulum Australe Tucana Vela Virgo Vulpecula (All Common Names) 47 Tucana Antenna Galaxy Barnard's Galaxy Blinking Nebula Bow Tie Nebula Bubble Nebula Bug Nebula Cat's Eye Nebula Cave Nebula Centaurus A Coal Sack Cocoon Nebula Crescent Nebula East Veil Nebula Eskimo Nebula Eta Carina Nebulae Flaming Star Nebula Ghost of Jupiter Nebula Helix Nebula Hubble's variable Nebula Hyades Cluster Intergalactic Tramp Iris Nebula Jewel Box Light Blue Snowball Milkweed Seed Galaxy None North American Nebula Omega Centauri Outer Limits Galaxy Rosette Nebula Saturn Nebula Sculptor Galaxy Southern Pinwheel Southern Pleiades Spindle Galaxy Sword Handle Tarantula Nebula The Scarecrow Whale Galaxy Witch's Broom Nebula (All Caldwell) C1. C2/H IV-58. C3. C4/NGC7023. C5. C6/H IV-37. C7/H V-44. C8/H VIII-48. C9. C10/H VI-31. C11. C12/H IV-76. C13/H VII-42. C14/H VI-33/34. C15/H IV-73. C16/H VIII-75. C17. C18/H II-707. C19. C20/H V-37. C21/H I-213. C22/H IV-18. C23/H V-19. C24. C25/H I-218. C26. C27. C28/H VII-32. C29/H I-96. C30/H I-53. C31. C32/H V-42. C33. C34. C35. C36/H I-92. C37/H VIII-20. C38/H V-24. C39/H IV-45. C40/H II-52. C41. C42/H I-52. C43/H II-240. C44/H I-55. C45/H I-34. C46. C47/H I-103. C48/H I-2. C49. C50/H VII-2. C51. C52/H I-39. C53/H I-163. C54/H VI-37. C55/H IV-1. C56/H V-25. C57. C58/H VII-12. C59/H IV-27. C60/H IV-28. C61. C62/H V-20. C63. C64/H VII-17. C65/H V-1. C66/H II-196. C67. C68. C69. C70. C71. C72. C73. C74. C75. C76. C77. C78. C79. C80. C81. C82. C83. C84. C85. C86. C87. C88. C89. C90. C91. C92. C93. C94. C95. C96. C97. C98. C99. C100. C101. C102. C103. C104. C105. C106. C107. C108. C109.             Image Caldwell Type Constellation NGC IC Mag RA (h:m:s) Dec (d:m:s) Size (h)' Size (w)' Common Name Details C1. Open Cluster Cepheus 188   8.1 00:47:30 +85:15:30   15.0 None More... C2/H IV-58. Planetary Nebula Cepheus 40   12.3 00:13:01 +72:31:21   1.2 Bow Tie Nebula More... C3. Galaxy. Draco 4236   10.1 12:16:43.3 +69:27:49 7.2 21.9 None More... C4/NGC7023. Nebulae Cepheus 7023   6.8 21:01:35.5 +68:10:10 8.0 10.0 Iris Nebula More... C5. Galaxy. Camelopardalis   342 8.4 03:46:48.4 +68:05:44 15.5 16.5 None More... C6/H IV-37. Planetary Nebula Draco 6543   8.1 17:58:33.4 +66:38:01   0.3 Cat's Eye Nebula More... C7/H V-44. Galaxy. Camelopardalis 2403   8.2 07:36:50.6 +65:36:06 11.8 23.4 None More... C8/H VIII-48. Open Cluster Cassiopeia 559   9.5 01:29:31 +63:18:6   7.0 None More... C9. Nebulae Cepheus     10.0 22:56:00 +62:37:00 30.0 50.0 Cave Nebula More... C10/H VI-31. Open Cluster Cassiopeia 663   7.1 01:46:17 +61:13:06   15.0 None More... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

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