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- ; Popular names for deep sky objects.
- ; Each line in this file has the format name|catalog, where
- ; "name" is the description which will appear in the listbox, and
- ; "catalog" is the catalog number.
- ;
- Alpha PER moving cluster|Mel 20
- Ambartsumian's Knot|Abell 1185
- Andromeda Galaxy|M 31
- Antares Moving Cluster|Cr 302
- Aquarius Dwarf|MCG-02-53-003
- Arp's Spiral|NGC 2857
- Barnard's Galaxy|NGC 6822
- Barnard's Loop|Sh2-276
- Baxendell's Unphotographable Nebula|NGC 7088
- Beehive|M 44
- Bipolar Nebula|NGC 6302
- Blackeye Galaxy|M 64
- Blinking Planetary|NGC 6826
- Blue Flash Nebula|NGC 6905
- Blue Planetary|NGC 3918
- Blue Snowball Nebula|NGC 7662
- Bowl of Pipe Nebula|B 78
- Box Nebula|NGC 6309
- Brocchi's Cluster|Cr 399
- Bubble Nebula|NGC 7635
- Bug Nebula|NGC 6302
- Butterfly Cluster|M 6
- California Nebula|NGC 1499
- Campbell's Hydrogen Star|PK64+5.1
- Cat's Eye Nebula|NGC 6543
- Cave Nebula|Sh2-155
- Circinus Dwarf|ESO 097-G013
- Clown Face Nebula|NGC 2392
- Coathanger Cluster|Cr 399
- Cocoon Nebula|IC 5146
- Coddington's Nebula|IC 2574
- Coma Berenices Star Cluster|Mel 111
- Cone Nebula|NGC 2264
- Cork Nebula|M 76
- Crab Nebula|M 1
- Crescent Nebula|NGC 6888
- Delta Lyra Cluster|Steph 1
- Draco Dwarf|UGC 10822
- Duck Nebula|NGC 2359
- Dumbbell Nebula|M 27
- Eagle Nebula|IC 2177
- Eagle Nebula (SER)|M 16
- Egg Nebula|PK80-6.1
- Eight-Burst Nebula|NGC 3132
- Eskimo Nebula|NGC 2392
- Eta Carinae Nebula|NGC 3372
- Fish on the Platter|B 144
- Flaming Star Nebula|IC 405
- Footprint Nebula|M1-92
- Fornax Dwarf|MCG 06-07-001
- Ghost of Jupiter|NGC 3242
- Great Cluster|M 13
- Great Nebula|M 31
- Gum Nebula|Gum 12
- Helical Nebula|NGC 7293
- Hercules Cluster|M 13
- Hercules Galaxy Cluster|Abell 2151
- Hind's Variable Nebula|NGC 1555
- Horsehead Nebula|B 33
- Hubble's Variable Nebula|NGC 2261
- Hyades|Mel 25
- Ink Spot Nebula|B 86
- Integral Sign Galaxy|UGC 3697
- Jewel Box Cluster|NGC 4755
- Keenan's System|NGC 5216
- Keyhole Nebula|NGC 3372
- Lambda CEN Cluster|IC 2944
- Lagoon Nebula|M 8
- Large Magellanic Cloud|Lg Magellanic Cl
- Little Dumbbell|M 76
- Little Gem|NGC 6445
- Little Gem Nebula|NGC 6818
- Little Ghost Nebula|NGC 6369
- Lower's Nebula|Sh2-261
- Markarian's Chain|M 84
- Mayall's Object|Arp 148
- Medusa Nebula|PK205+14.1
- Mice Galaxies|NGC 4576A
- Mu NOR Cluster|NGC 6169
- North America Nebula|NGC 7000
- Northern Coalsack|LDN 896
- Omega Centauri|NGC 5139
- Omega Nebula|M 17
- Orion Nebula|M 42
- Owl Nebula|M 97
- Parrot's Head|B 87
- Pelican Nebula|IC 5070
- Phantom Streak Nebula|NGC 6741
- Pinwheel Galaxy|M 33
- Pleiades|M 45
- Polarissima Australis|NGC 2573
- Polarissima Borealis|NGC 3172
- Praesepe|M 44
- Ring Nebula|M 57
- Ringtail Galaxy|NGC 4038
- Rosette Nebula|NGC 2237
- Saturn Nebula|NGC 7009
- Sculptor Dwarf|MGC-06-03-015
- Sculptor Galaxy Group|NGC 55
- Sextans B Dwarf|UGC 5373
- Siamese Twins|NGC 4567
- Small Magellanic Cloud|NGC 292
- Small Sagittarius Star Cloud|M 24
- Snake|B 72
- Sombrero Galaxy|M 104
- Spindle Galaxy|NGC 3115
- Star Queen Nebula|M 16
- Stem of Pipe Nebula|B 59,65-7
- Stephan's Quintet|NGC 7319
- Swan Nebula|M 17
- Table of Scorpius|NGC 6231
- Tank Track Nebula|NGC 2024
- Taurus Moving Cluster|Mel 25
- Tempel's Nebula|NGC 1435
- Tom Thumb Cluster|NGC 6451
- Trifid Nebula|M 20
- Ursa Major Moving Cluster|Cr 285
- Ursa Minor Dwarf|UGC 9749
- Veil Nebula|IC 5068
- Whirlpool Galaxy|M 51
- Wild Duck Cluster|M 11
- Witchhead Nebula|IC 2118
- Zeta Sculptor Cluster|Blanco 1
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