5-555: (Redirected from General Catalog ) There are two astronomical General Catalogues : Boss General Catalogue , an astronomical catalogue compiled by Benjamin Boss and published in the U.S. in 1936 General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters , an astronomical catalogue by John Herschel expanding on the work of his father William Herschel See also [ edit ] New General Catalogue Revised New General Catalogue Topics referred to by
10-501: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Boss General Catalogue Boss General Catalogue ( GC , sometimes General Catalogue ) is an astronomical catalogue containing 33,342 stars . It was compiled by Benjamin Boss (who lived from 1880 to 1970 ) and published in the United States in 1936. Its original name was General Catalogue of 33,342 Stars and it superseded
15-512: The previous Preliminary General Catalogue of 6,188 Stars for the Epoch 1900 published in 1910 by Benjamin's father Lewis Boss . This book was the predecessor of the Boss General Catalogue and was written by Lewis Boss , Benjamin Boss's father in 1910. It was a list of the thought to be proper motion of stars. As per the name, Lewis Boss 's catalogue intended to have a successor,
20-616: The role of which was taken by the Boss General Catalogue . Unlike the Preliminary General Catalogue of 6,188 Stars for the Epoch 1900 which only noted the proper motion of stars , the Boss General Catalogue also lists the magnitude and spectral type of the catalogued stars. It was also much more thorough and complete; it included all stars brighter than magnitude seven (and some below that as well). This article about an astronomy -related book
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