IAC Morphological Catalog of Galactic PNe (2024)

DRiddle941@aol.com

Have you or maybe Doug Snyder tried finding out if there were copies
still available from the IAC folks directly?

\Brian

Doug Snyder

Sometime back, I contacted IAC for information regarding the catalog, but I don't believe I received a reply, as I am still without this catalog and I don't think they send me any word saying it was not available (from them).
Their nebula section web site has a page of information on 'The IAC Morphological Catalog of Northern Galactic Planetary Nebulae' which can be accessed from: http://www.iac.es//nebu/nebula.html . There is no mention on the web site that it is not available (that I could find). But the last dated information I could find on this section of the site was 9/99. There is an email contact on the lead-in page for those interested in obtaining the catalog. (A. Guerrero mar@... ) . So I've sent off another inquiry and will see what happens.
The main web site of IAC is http://www.iac.es and is split between Spanish and English sections. There are some nice images on the site, both astronomical and of the observatory sites there on the Canary Islands (Off the western coast of Morroco)

Doug
Palominas, Arizona
www.blackskies.com (planetary nebulae)
http://c3po.cochise.cc.az.us/astro
(Huachuca Astronomy Club of South East Arizona)
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There is no higher education than astronomy.

Owen Brazell

I tried contacting them sometime ago as well and received no reply.
Curious. Perhaps someone could query them in Spanish.

At 22:14 18/05/2000 -0700, you wrote:

Sometime back, I contacted IAC for information regarding the catalog, but

I don't believe I received a reply, as I am still without this catalog and
I don't think they send me any word saying it was not available (from them).

Their nebula section web site has a page of information on 'The IAC

Morphological Catalog of Northern Galactic Planetary Nebulae' which can be
accessed from: http://www.iac.es//nebu/nebula.html . There is no mention
on the web site that it is not available (that I could find). But the last
dated information I could find on this section of the site was 9/99. There
is an email contact on the lead-in page for those interested in obtaining
the catalog. (A. Guerrero mar@... ) . So I've sent off another inquiry
and will see what happens.

The main web site of IAC is http://www.iac.es and is split between Spanish

and English sections. There are some nice images on the site, both
astronomical and of the observatory sites there on the Canary Islands (Off
the western coast of Morroco)

Doug
Palominas, Arizona
www.blackskies.com (planetary nebulae)
http://c3po.cochise.cc.az.us/astro
(Huachuca Astronomy Club of South East Arizona)
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
There is no higher education than astronomy.
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Skiff
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Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [amastro] IAC Morphological Catalog of Galactic PNe

Have you or maybe Doug Snyder tried finding out if there were copies
still available from the IAC folks directly?

\Brian

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Julian W. McNeil II

While on the matter of PNe books, the Strausborg-ESO set of books may

still

be available for the hard-core PNe enthusiast. Probably best ordered in

the

US through the International Book Import Service (IBIS) @ 1-800-277-4247.

Yeah, or if you're really cheap (like me), you could just download the
entire beast using CDS, Vizie-R, etc. and print it out ;-) I did this about
5 years ago, and I've never looked back. I even used it just two weeks ago
at TSP (I got to knock out a few wonderful southern -- as in -51 degrees --
objects with Kent Wallace). Sure, it looks like crap, but there's enough
hand-written notes on that copy to probably do a reasonable "field guide" to
the ESO-CGPN '92! Now there's a project and a half, huh? Well, maybe if I
win the lottery...

BTW, has anyone heard further info regarding the new edition of the
ESO-CGPN? It was certainly rumored some time ago that there was an updated
version being worked on by Agnus Acker's group that was looking at a
1999/2000 release date. Supposedly, extensive deep surveys of the southern
hemisphere had assisted in bringing the number of galactic PNe to well over
2000!

Jay McNeil

"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre
minds!!!"
~Albert Einstein

Art Russell

Dave, et al.,

Sorry to have not chimed in. My doctoral studies have been getting in the
way of late, leaving less time than I'd otherwise like for observing.

In considering the IAC PN Atlas, I absolutely agree with Dave that it is a
fine atlas and offers a unique resource for those interested in Planetary
Nebulae (PN). Add to that the Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary
Nebulae Parts I and II (ISBN 3-923524-41-2) and you have a great foundation
on the great majority of the currently recognized planetary nebulae.

As Dave mentioned, it may be a difficult or frustrating effort to acquire
these catalogs. However, I believe the effort is amply rewarded when you
have these catalogs in hand. However, given the ready availability of email
and the Internet, newer resources can supplement print media.

The Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae data set is
available as a set of data tables (try the ADC online) and provides
essentially all of the same information in Part II of the paper version,
although you will have to convert the information into a useable
spreadsheet/database of some sort (but hey - its free and you can get it
NOW). Unfortunately, the version I accessed has Epoch 1950 coordinates, but
it does list 950 PN.

Another consideration is the Jack Marling/Steve Gottlieb/Webb Society
Planetary Nebula dataset (Epoch 2000 coordinates, 906 PN listed) most
recently reflected in a dataset available a few years ago from the Webb
Society (relying here on memory folks). The great thing about this dataset
is that it reflects whether or not the authors had been able to observe a
particular listed PN (in the paper version). This one feature makes the
dataset invaluable. Whereas the ESO catalogue reflects almost every known
PN, many PN are not visible; and while the Marling/Gottlieb/Webb PN dataset
is not all inclusive, it does a good job of defining the rough envelope of
observable PN.

I've subsequently added my own twist by combining both the ESO catalogue and
Marling/Gottlieb/Webb datasets into one relational database. This provides a
wonderful cross-reference between datasets, and where there is an
intersection, provides Epoch 2000 coordinates as well as other assorted data
across both originating datasets.

Paper or electronic? Both are valuable and will doubtlessly coexist for many
years to come. Use which ever is most convenient for your way of observing
and you'll find the available information may add to your enjoyment as you
observe this class of object.

Cheers,

Art Russell

mailto:artrussell@...
http://education.gsu.edu/spehar

"Chance favors only the prepared mind."
-Louis Pasteur

Owen Brazell