Lynds Catalog of Bright Nebulae

The Lynds' Catalog of Bright Nebulae lists the coordinates of the center of the cloud, the dimensions of the nebulae as measured on the photograph on which it appeared at its brightest, the area of nebulosity in square degrees, color as compared between the blue and red Palomar plates, a brightness index on a scale from 1 to 6, an identification number that indicates the complexity of the nebulosity, and a cross reference to NGC (Cat. <VII.1>), Index Catalogue (IC), Sharpless (1959) Catalogue of HII Regions (Cat. <VII/20>), Cederblad (1956) Catalogue of Diffuse Galactic Nebulae, and Dorschner and Gurtler (1963).

This database originates from the NASA/ADC CD-ROM "Selected Astronomical Catalogs Vol. 1", dated 09-July-1992. The CDS made several corrections to this and added the LBN sequence number. The current HEASARC version of this table was revised in February 2001 and is based on the CDS version.