asaint
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Collinder Catalog
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ASTERON
sage
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Hi Thomas,
This is a great compilation.
Thanks for the detective and updating work and for sharing this with us- Kudo's to you. 
Would it be possible to provide an electronic copy in an editable Word format or Excel format (or if there are any issues with an editable format then in a PDF format so it can be saved into a hard disk and printed conveniently with a fixed table header row on each page etc...)
I am sure this would be really appreciated by everyone in the cloudynights community.
I for one intend to print this out and laminate it for field use (if you are kind enough to provide a printable form. 
Thanks
Lihu
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Takahashi FSQ 106 ED
WO 90mm Megrez "Fluorite" Doublet
WO 66mm (Petzval)
ETX125PE
Garret Optical 25X100 Binoculars
Lunt LS60T50HaDS BP1200/FT
Lunt LS60CaK BP1200/FT
Orion Atlas EQG Mount
Edited by ASTERON (08/13/08 09:36 AM)
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stevecoe
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Thank you, this is excellent detective work. There are many Cr clusters in the SAC database, you could start with the Excel version and search for "Cr" through the spreadsheet and make a version of this. Obviously, it would have less entries, I am not going to worry about the fact that M 71 has a Cr number that no one uses to refer to that object.
My point is that those of you who wish for an Excel version can make one starting with the Saguaro Astronomy Club data.
www.saguaroastro.org
Good work;
Steve Coe
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TeleVue 102 refractor
Author "Deep Sky Observing" Springer-Verlag
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Astrogranny
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Great article and fascinating story. I looked for the NGC ver. 1.02 online and didn't immediately find it. Could you provide a hint? Thanks very much.
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Astrogranny
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Ok, I found it. And it's GREAT!
http://www.ngcic.org/
I found it through the Saguaro Astronomy Club - also a great site and calculated to give those of us on the east coast a severe case of dark sky envy.
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Rick Woods
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This is great!
Now, S&T will come out with a laminated "Collinder Card", "Collinder Clubs" will form, and Steve O'Meara will write a book.
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14" LX200GPS
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desertstars
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Now why didn't I think of that?!?
I coulda bought an Ethos!
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Tom W.
Collinder's Catalog
Jewels in Dark Settings
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desertstars
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Quote:
Hi Thomas,
This is a great compilation.
Thanks for the detective and updating work and for sharing this with us- Kudo's to you.
Would it be possible to provide an electronic copy in an editable Word format or Excel format (or if there are any issues with an editable format then in a PDF format so it can be saved into a hard disk and printed conveniently with a fixed table header row on each page etc...)
I am sure this would be really appreciated by everyone in the cloudynights community.
I for one intend to print this out and laminate it for field use (if you are kind enough to provide a printable form.
Thanks
Lihu
Glad you like it.
I have a pdf version on my computer. I'm looking into how that might be made available through CN, but if that doesn't work out we can exchange emails and I'll send it to you that way.
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Tom W.
Collinder's Catalog
Jewels in Dark Settings
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Dave Chadsey
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Thanks for all the work. Great job!
Dave
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george golitzin
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What a fine piece of work. Thanks Thomas for a great job.
--George
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ASTERON
sage
Reged: 11/24/07
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Loc: ISRAEL
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Glad you like it.
I have a pdf version on my computer. I'm looking into how that might be made available through CN, but if that doesn't work out we can exchange emails and I'll send it to you that way.
Tom,
This sounds great. BTW, did you arrange the table so the header row repeats on each printed page ? this will greatly help in field use of such a cataloge because you dont have to remember what each column represents. this may be easily done in word or excel- thats why I wanted an editable file (probably not so easy in a non-editable PDF  )
I will send you my e-mail in a private message for sending the file.
Thanks 
Lihu
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Meade 12" LX200R (GE mounted)
Takahashi FSQ 106 ED
WO 90mm Megrez "Fluorite" Doublet
WO 66mm (Petzval)
ETX125PE
Garret Optical 25X100 Binoculars
Lunt LS60T50HaDS BP1200/FT
Lunt LS60CaK BP1200/FT
Orion Atlas EQG Mount
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Starman1
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Reged: 06/24/03
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Loc: Los Angeles
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Excellent.
I copied and pasted it to a Word document, saved it as a text file, and opened it in Excel. It created columns just fine.
Quite a valuable list.
Thanks for the efforts!
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Don Pensack
12.5" Truss Dob, 5" Maksutov, Fujinon Binos
Sustaining Lifetime IDA member
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desertstars
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Thanks, all. I've never tried anything like this before, so the responses are certainly gratifying. I enjoyed digging up all the information and putting it together (and thanks to Tom Trusock for giving it a look before I turned it loose  ), but it really feels complete to see others making use of it. 
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Tom W.
Collinder's Catalog
Jewels in Dark Settings
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EJN
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Loc: Pluto
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Quote:
I copied and pasted it to a Word document, saved it as a text file, and opened it in Excel. It created columns just fine.
The HTML table can be directly pasted into Excel
as I have done - see attachment.
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waskeyc
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Reged: 06/27/08
Posts: 26
Loc: Virginia
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Thanks for putting together this list, I look forward to putting it to use. 
Am I correct to assume that AnS' refers to the angular size in arc-seconds? The description does not specify, though the apostrophe does indicate arc-seconds.
Thanks again for the great work!
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Chris
Celestron C4R
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desertstars
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AnS' = Angular Size in Arcminutes. Thanks for pointing that out.
Doesn't matter how many times I review and proof a document, I always miss something. 
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Tom W.
Collinder's Catalog
Jewels in Dark Settings
Edited by desertstars (08/14/08 05:31 PM)
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desertstars
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Quote:
Quote:
I copied and pasted it to a Word document, saved it as a text file, and opened it in Excel. It created columns just fine.
The HTML table can be directly pasted into Excel
as I have done - see attachment.
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Tom W.
Collinder's Catalog
Jewels in Dark Settings
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barnowl
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Is that angular size in seconds or minutes?
Really a great job, Tom. Thanks for all your effort.
Lee
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desertstars
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Arcminutes... yeesh, it's been one of those days... 
I've edited my previous post. 
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Tom W.
Collinder's Catalog
Jewels in Dark Settings
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arpruss
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 05/23/08
Posts: 813
Loc: Waco, TX
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An unofficial conversion of the Collinder Catalog to AstroInfo (free, for Palm) format is here: http://pruss.mobi/dl/Collinder.pdb
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Coulter Odyssey 8"
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Home-made 68mm F/5.3 achro (typically used as finder on 13.1")
Skymaster 15x70
BPTs4 8x30
32mm Plossl, 30mm Rini, 27mm Kellner, 13mm Hyperion, 6mm TMB/BO Planetary, Owl 2X Barlow
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