Talk:Abell Catalog of Planetary Nebulae

Globular Clusters too

From the mere title of the original publication (1955), we get that there are globular clusters as well in the list. The original publication lists 13 of them (numbered 1–13), as well as 73 (confirmed or suspected) planetary nebulae, bringing the total of objects to 86 indeed, but not 86 planetary nebulae!

I don’t find any reference anywhere indicating that there are such a thing as "Abell Globular Clusters," but maybe this should be a thing indeed.

CielProfond (talk) 17:18, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

The second publication (1966) list 86 planetary nebulae per se. While the "original" 73 objects are all present in this list, it has been reordered by right ascension, so that "old" numbers don’t match "new" numbers. I’ll work on an equivalence list at some point. These are the real Abell Planetary Nebulae.

I still feel the Abell Globular Clusters should be a catalogue in its own. (I know, this would make three Abell catalogues…)

CielProfond (talk) 17:28, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Hmm… OK, so the 13 Abell globulars are now called Palomar 1 to Palomar 13. Unfair to Abell, IMHO, but whatever.

CielProfond (talk) 20:18, 19 August 2020 (UTC)