Catalogue of Galactic PNe New and updated catalogue of Galactic PNe

Documentation

This catalogue includes those PNe from previous compilations like the Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic PNe by Acker et al. (1992) and the Version 2000 of the Catalogue of Galactic PNe by Kohoutek (2001). Moreover, the later catalogues from recent surveys like the Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Halpha Planetary NEbula Catalogues (MASH-I, Parker et al. 2006; and MASH-II, Miszalski et al. 2008) and the INT Photometric Halpha Survey (IPHAS, Sabin et al. 2014) are also included. In total, 30 catalogues and/or works have been taking into account.

Data Access

The default search radius for the query is 5 arcsec, although it can be user-defined. As the number of columns in the catalogue is really large (= 100), three available levels of verbosity are implemented: minimum, medium and maximum. The minimum option will display those columns with the basic information such as equatorial coordinates and name. The medium option (by default), will also show other columns containing additional informations such as photometric values and proper motions. Finally, if a maximum verbosity is selected, the whole table will be displayed. In the query, the number of sources to be returned can be also selected (with values ranging from 10 to unlimited).

The output format of the query is an HTML table that contains all the objects accomplishing the requirements. The header of each column provides a brief explanation of its content, by simply placing the mouse over the question mark of the column.