I am pleased to announce that the 10th revision of the PGC/LEDA galaxy catalog is now available for download. This is the ninth yeartwo revisions were released in 2001that the PGC/LEDA catalog has been revised for Cartes du Ciel.
The PGC/LEDA 2008 Galaxy Catalog <http://x.astrogeek.org/software/cdc/catalog.php?catalogue_id=2> includes entries for 1,664,557 galaxies found in the HyperLEDA <http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/> database as of June 25, 2008. Additionally, I have released the smaller PGC/LEDA 2008 Visual Galaxy Catalog <http://x.astrogeek.org/software/cdc/catalog.php?catalogue_id=1> containing 124,403 galaxies with a mean B magnitude of 16.5 or greater and a major axis of 3 arcsec or greater. This catalog is intended for those users who wish to have a catalog of galaxies that are visually within the range of most amateur instruments. In the past, some of you have inquired if there was any way to support the development and hosting of this catalog. If you like this catalog and would like to contribute to its continued revision and release, please send a donation to the local astronomy club of your choice or volunteer your time to an astronomy outreach program in your area. Sending me money would be a waste as I would just spend it on more expensive eyepieces! Best Regards, Jeff Burton http://x.astrogeek.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
