| Acknowledgements |
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| Key to Abbreviations |
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4 | (1) |
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8 | (7) |
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15 | (6) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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Open Cluster Distance- and Age-Estimating |
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17 | (2) |
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Stellar Associations and Stellar Streams |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (8) |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (2) |
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29 | (14) |
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30 | (3) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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Peculiarly-Structured Galaxies |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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Galaxy Groups and Galaxy Clusters |
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38 | (5) |
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43 | (30) |
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43 | (5) |
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48 | (5) |
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53 | (3) |
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56 | (2) |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (3) |
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65 | (8) |
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73 | (24) |
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73 | (6) |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (9) |
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90 | (5) |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (24) |
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97 | (3) |
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100 | (3) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (7) |
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113 | (2) |
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115 | (6) |
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121 | (16) |
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The Milky Way and its Bright Nebulae |
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The Star Clouds of Sagittarius and Scutum |
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The Bright Nebulae of Sagittarius |
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139 | (10) |
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The Aquila Inter-arm Gap and the Great Rift |
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149 | (2) |
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The Star Clouds and Nebulae of Cygnus |
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151 | (12) |
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The Bright Nebulae of Cygnus |
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158 | (5) |
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The Associations of Cepheus and Lacerta |
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The Bright Nebulae of Cepheus |
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165 | (6) |
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171 | (6) |
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The Bright Nebulae of Cassiopeia |
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173 | (4) |
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The Milky Way toward the Rim of the Galaxy |
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177 | (14) |
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The Bright Nebulae of the Winter Milky Way |
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179 | (12) |
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191 | (10) |
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Galaxies and Galaxy Groups |
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201 | (6) |
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207 | (8) |
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The Sculptor Galaxy Group |
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207 | (1) |
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The Ursa Major/M81 Galaxy Group |
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208 | (3) |
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The Centaurus/NGC 5281 Galaxy Group |
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211 | (4) |
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215 | (4) |
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215 | (1) |
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215 | (2) |
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The NGC 3607 Galaxy Group |
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217 | (2) |
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The Coma-Virgo Galaxy Cluster |
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219 | (8) |
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Other Galaxies of the Spring Skies |
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227 | (12) |
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227 | (3) |
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230 | (4) |
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234 | (2) |
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Miscellaneous Spring Galaxies |
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236 | (3) |
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Looking out of the Local Supercluster |
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239 | (8) |
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Stars, Globulars, Planetaries |
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247 | (4) |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (8) |
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Globular Clusters in Sagittarius |
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252 | (1) |
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Globular Clusters in Scorpius |
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253 | (1) |
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Globular Clusters in Ophiuchus |
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254 | (1) |
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Bright Globular Clusters Around the Sky |
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255 | (4) |
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259 | (6) |
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The Brightest Planetary Nebulae |
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259 | (6) |
| Sources |
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265 | (6) |
| General Index |
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271 | (2) |
| Open Clusters Index |
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273 | (2) |
| Bright Nebulae Index |
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275 | (1) |
| Stellar Associations Index |
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276 | (1) |
| Galaxies Index |
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277 | (2) |
| The Authors |
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