Merged Catalog of 913 Reflection Nebulae with Cross-Identifications

A uniform catalog of 913 reflection nebulae created by merging several existing catalogs. The HEASARC at NASA produced this table in October 2012, based on CDS Catalog J/A+A/399/141. It contains revised coordinates, cross-identifications between nebulae and stars, and links to IRAS point sources.

Use Cases

• Cross-reference celestial objects across multiple source catalogs based on the merged identifications.
• Study associations between reflection nebulae and stars using the provided cross-identifications.
• Analyze infrared source correlations for nebulae using the IRAS point source identifications.
• Validate or train object detection models for astronomical catalogs using the uniform coordinate data.

Strengths

• Contains 913 uniformly cataloged objects.
• Includes revised coordinates and cross-identifications with stars and IRAS sources.
• Identifications follow the nomenclature standards from the Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is known, but sample data and file structure details are unavailable.
• Data is from 2012; freshness should be verified for current research.

Provenance

Source

NASA HEASARC, based on CDS Catalog J/A+A/399/141.

Collection Method

Merged from several existing catalogs of reflection nebulae.

Time Range

Catalog creation date is October 2012.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 17:44:21.341512; freshness should be verified

Geography

Celestial coverage; not Earth-bound.