The Lynds' catalogue of bright nebulae
Contents within planetarium
- 1,043 hII regions
- 25 nebulae
- 21 reflection nebulae
- 15 open clusters
- 4 stars
- 3 supernova remnant
- 3 nebulae
- 2 duplicate catalogue entries
Overlap with other object catalogs
- 48 New General Catalogue (NGC)
- 48 Index Catalogue (IC)
- 30 Van den Bergh catalogue of reflection nebulae
- 18 Collinder catalog
- 8 Sharpless catalog
- 8 Caldwell objects
- 6 Messier objects
- 2 Melotte catalog
- 1 Uppsala General Catalog of galaxies (UGC)
- 1 Principal Galaxies Catalogue
- 1 PK planetary nebulae