It also provides an updated guide for the bulk of the deep sky objects in Reverend Thomas Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes which were heavily based on the Bedford Catalogue. It is complete with modern designations and positions right alongside Smyth's original data and comments for his 850 entries. Now his work is complete he has kindly offered to provide his updated version of The Bedford Catalogue in PDF format for anyone to download from our website. Rob Peeling has undertaken to modernise Captain William Henry Smyth's 1844 The Bedford Catalogue for use by modern amateurs. Rediscovering the Bedford Catalogue for the 21st Century
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