COMMON (LS): Finder List of Common Object Names (19950124)
FILE: common.ls
CONTENTS: Finder List of Common Object Names
DATASET: This file comes in the basic dataset supplied with HyperSky. version 19950124 Availability on HyperSky CD-ROM: Vol. 1 (1993)
DESCRIPTION: This position-list lets you set your field position on objects with commonly recognized names in 8 major groups, including galaxies, emission sources, nebulae, planetary nebulae, open star clusters, globular star clusters, stars, and "other". Two of these groups, galaxies and stars, are further divided into subgroups. Objects in each group are ordered alphabetically by name. Positions are equinox 2000.
Remember that this is only a position-list; it does not actually display an object at the position you select. The object you select will appear at the position only if you have also loaded a HyperSky datafile that contains it.