The Big Sky Catalog is a compilation of various Star and Deep Sky Object (DSO) catalogs, tailored for the purpose of visual observation of our beautiful night sky. Currently, it includes the following objects:
| Count | Sources | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 2,557,500 | Hipparcos, Tycho-1, Tycho-2 | docs |
*The image above was created with Starplot, by plotting the brightest 981,852 stars from the Big Sky Catalog.
Future versions will include objects from these catalogs:
- Messier
- New General Catalogue (NGC)
- Index Catalogue (IC)
- Washington Double Star Catalog (WDS)
- Gaia DR3
It's still very much a work in progress! Help is wanted and appreciated :)
| Name | Source |
|---|---|
| Hipparcos & Tycho-1 | VizieR |
| Tycho-2 | ESA, VizieR |
| Washington Double Star Catalog (WDS) | WDS |
| New General Catalogue (NGC) | OpenNGC |
| Index Catalogue (IC) | OpenNGC |
| Messier | OpenNGC |