This is the landing page for some of the resources mentioned in a talk called “Choosing a deep-sky object and planning an imaging session” delivered by Nico Carver at the Astrophotography Special Interest Group (AP-SIG) on Saturday, August 10, 2018. Below you will find links to the handouts, various catalogs, books, tools, and websites that were recommended.
Presentation and Handouts
Online Catalogs of Deep-Sky Objects
- Messier (M)
- NGC/IC
- Sharpless (Sh2)
- Green’s SNR (G)
- Arp's peculiar galaxies (Arp)
- van den Bergh reflection nebulae (vdB)
- Lynd's Bright Nebulae (LBN)
- Lynd's Dark Nebulae (LDN)
Recommended Atlas
- The Astrophotography Sky Atlas by Charles Bracken
Web Tools
Free Software for planning
Astrophotographer's websites
- Eder Ivan
- Robert Gendler
- Scott Rosen
- Rogelio Bernal Andreo
- Fabian Neyer
- Jerry Lodriguss
- Tony and Daphne Hallas
- Bob Franke