| VDB | 158 | van den Bergh | S. van den Bergh : een lijst met 158 reflectienevels, voltooid in 1966 : "A Study of Reflection Nebulae" |
| LBN | Lynds | B.T.Lynds: "Catalogue of Bright Nebulae", 1965. Emissienevels en reflectienevels. | |
| LDN | Lynds | B.T.Lynds: "Catalogue of Dark Nebulae", 1962. Donkere nevels. | |
| Sh | Sharpless | S. Sharpless : " A Catalogue of HII REgions", 1952 | |
| CED | Cederblad | Stefan Cederblad, "Catalogue of Bright Diffuse Galactic Nebulae", 1946. Meddelanden fran Lunds Astronomiska Observatorium. | |
| B | 349 | Barnard | E.E. Barnard : "Catalogue of 349 Dark Objects in the Sky". Carnegie Institution, Washington D.C. , 1927 |