LL Catalog of Unknown and Occult Deep-Sky Objects

Merci Aygen for the kind comment!

Looking forward to share more content and ideas  

Laurent

Well, I think I have the largest collection of names and nicknames of astronomical objects beyond the solar system.
To collect these names and nicknames, to write and to arrange them (with their coordinates, their constellations, and their catalog numbers) alphabetically in a not-so-small notebook (say: a cahier) and also on square shaped cards (10 by 10 centimeters) in broad ringmaps with 4 large U-shaped rings in each one of the 10 maps, is my hobby. I am not exactly an amateur astronomer, I am a collector of "oversized" cosmic things and structures one can't grasp! (much too large to put them in boxes, so to say). It is a hobby that started somewhere at the beginning of the eighties while reading the monthly U.S.-magazine ASTRONOMY. I want to put my entire collection online, in an article of Wikipedia, but... alas, it is almost impossible because of many of the names and nicknames I don't know the published sources (most came from ASTRONOMY, but a large part came from other magazines and books of which I can't remember their names or authors).
By the way, have you visited the PDF of the online alphabetic list of named deepsky objects from CLEAR SKIES ? This is a veritable cornucopia for those who want to get a huge amount of this sort of nomenclature! Truckloads of names and nicknames!

Hi Danny,

Thank you for this interesting personnal story of yours and Dennis's. Was he a friend of yours?

I feel sympathy and connexion with amateur astronomers who, through visual, photographic, or documentary means, dedicate their time to explore the sky in a methodical, or at least, interested way, like Herschells of our time; adventurers.

I must admit, I feel there is a growing trend of boring images here and elsewhere. Don't we have enough of M42's? These are a good start, and I committed to them when I was a beginner. But I can not tell if this trend of lesser curiosity is the result of a growing number of new amateur astronomers, or is there a growing number of lazy astronomers in the existing pool?

In any case, although imaging (or visual observing in its own right) are deep and fascinating endeavors by themselves, it seems to me that they should remain in our hearts for the means they are, and not the ends. They are Tools for the astronomer to explore the sky.

Remember the word "astronomer" comes from the Greek words "astron" (star) and "nomos" (law or custom). So, the etymology of astronomer signifies someone who studies the laws or customs of stars. 

By the way, do you have a link to the pdf you referred in your first post?

Also, I would be interested in seeing one of your notes (I'm sure others here too). Maybe a small voluntary team could help digitize and sort out your work.

Laurent

Thanks for the pdf. These are reasonably obscure objects, I assume this list was crafted for visual observers mostly? 

Good movie. But our human paradigm is the way we make it to be. My personnal act on this is a commitment to Continuum and the LL list. Not much, almost insignifiant for sure, but society is a collective mirror of its individual constituents. Bitterness nor fear are useful reflections. Action is.

Laurent

Indeed, coordinates are a must.

Every object of the LL list is referenced by coordinates and catalog list, per Simbad cross referencing.

It feels we are diverging from the original topic, which is specifically about objects most people would not know about.