LBN 1 to 500

LBN 1 to 500: 404 emission nebulae, 50 reflection nebulae and 46 mixed emission and reflection nebulae

In number order. Sort any column, or type a number, name or constellation; the buttons above the map also filter the table. Bright is the Lynds brightness class, 1 the brightest and 6 the faintest.

Most nebulae here lie in Cygnus, Sagittarius and Cepheus

Lynds numbered her catalog along the Milky Way in order of galactic longitude, so each block of numbers covers a stretch of the Milky Way rather than a band of right ascension. This block runs from galactic longitude 0° to 106°; 76% of its nebulae lie within 10° of the Milky Way's plane. The largest is LBN 24, 8° × 4°. The nearest with a measured distance is LBN 113, about 286 light-years away.

All Lynds bright nebulae by number

Each page lists 500 numbers on a sky map and in a sortable table.

• LBN 1 to 500
• LBN 501 to 1000
• LBN 1001 to 1125

The Lynds Catalog of Bright Nebulae: map, classes and history