The Carte du Ciel enterprise
Work in progress |
The purpose of this site is to work out a full and accurate list of all the charts ever published.
The following are the zones for which, according to the sources described elsewhere in this site, charts were made. Please note that this is only a tentative scheme, liable to be changed as soon as more information arrives. I have started enlisting the charts held at the Palermo Observatory (see links in this page); the lists can be used as a starting point, and through the collaboration of colleague librarians from other institutions, it can be integrated with their data and lists.
| Zone | Assigned to | Carried out by | Sky charts | Status of cataloguing |
| +90° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +89° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +88° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +87° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +86° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +85° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +84° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +83° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +82° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +81° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +80° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +79° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +78° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +77° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +76° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +75° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +74° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +73° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +72° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +71° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +70° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +69° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +68° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +67° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +66° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +65° | Greenwich Obs. | Greenwich Obs. | ||
| +64° | Vatican Obs. | Vatican Obs. | ||
| +63° | Vatican Obs. | Vatican Obs. | ||
| +62° | Vatican Obs. | Vatican Obs. | ||
| +62° | Vatican Obs. | Vatican Obs. | ||
| +61° | Vatican Obs. | Vatican Obs. | ||
| +60° | Vatican Obs. | Vatican Obs. | ||
| +59° | Vatican Obs. | Vatican Obs. | ||
| +58° | Vatican Obs. | Vatican Obs. | ||
| +55° | Vatican Obs. | Vatican Obs. | ||
| +54° to +47° | Catania Obs. | Catania Obs. | NEVER MADE | |
| +46° to +40° | Helsingfors Obs. | Helsingfors Obs. | NEVER MADE | |
| +39° | Potsdam | Uccle Obs. | ||
| +38° | Potsdam | Uccle Obs. | ||
| +37° | Potsdam | Uccle Obs. | ||
| +36° | Potsdam | Uccle Obs. | ||
| +35° | Potsdam | Uccle Obs. | ||
| +34° | Potsdam | Uccle Obs. | ||
| +33° | Potsdam | Uccle Obs. | ||
| +32° | Potsdam | Uccle Obs. | ||
| +31° to +25° | Oxford Obs. | Oxford Obs. | NEVER MADE | |
| +24° | Paris Obs. | Paris Obs. | ||
| +23° | Paris Obs. | Paris Obs. | ||
| +22° | Paris Obs. | Paris Obs. | ||
| +21° | Paris Obs. | Paris Obs. | ||
| +20° | Paris Obs. | Paris Obs. | ||
| +19° | Paris Obs. | Paris Obs. | ||
| +18° | Paris Obs. | Paris Obs. | ||
| +17° | Bordeaux Obs. | Bordeaux Obs. | ||
| +16° | Bordeaux | Bordeaux Obs. | ||
| +15° | Bordeaux | Bordeaux Obs. | ||
| +14° | Bordeaux | Bordeaux Obs. | ||
| +13° | Bordeaux | Bordeaux Obs. | ||
| +12° | Bordeaux | Bordeaux Obs. | ||
| +11° | Bordeaux/Toulouse | Bord./Toul. Obs. | MADE | Partial |
| +10° | Toulouse Obs. | Toulouse Obs. | ||
| +9° | Toulouse Obs. | Toulouse Obs. | Partial | |
| +8° | Toulouse Obs. | Toulouse Obs. | ||
| +7° | Toulouse Obs. | Toulouse Obs. | Partial | |
| +6° | Toulouse Obs. | Toulouse Obs. | ||
| +5° | Toulouse Obs. | Toulouse Obs. | MADE | Partial |
| +4° | Algiers Obs. | Algiers Obs. | MADE | Partial |
| +3° | Algiers Obs. | Algiers Obs. | MADE | Partial |
| +2° | Algiers Obs. | Algiers Obs. | ||
| +1° | Algiers Obs. | Algiers Obs. | MADE | Partial |
| -1° | Algiers Obs. | Algiers Obs. | MADE | Partial |
| -2° | Algiers Obs. | Algiers Obs. | ||
| -3° | San Fernando Obs. | Algiers Obs. | MADE | Partial |
| -4° | San Fernando Obs. | San Fernando Obs. | ||
| -5° | San Fernando Obs. | San Fernando Obs. | ||
| -6° | San Fernando Obs. | San Fernando Obs. | ||
| -7° | San Fernando Obs. | San Fernando Obs. | ||
| -8° | San Fernando Obs. | San Fernando Obs. | ||
| -9° | San Fernando Obs. | San Fernando Obs. | ||
| -10° | Tacubaya Obs. | Tacubaya Obs. | ||
| -11° | Tacubaya Obs. | Tacubaya Obs. | ||
| -12° | Tacubaya Obs. | Tacubaya Obs. | ||
| -13° | Tacubaya Obs. | Tacubaya Obs. | ||
| -14° | Tacubaya Obs. | Tacubaya Obs. | ||
| -15° | Tacubaya Obs. | Tacubaya Obs. | ||
| -16° | Tacubaya Obs. | Tacubaya Obs. | ||
| -17° to -23° | Santiago Obs. | Hyderabad Obs. | NEVER MADE | |
| -24° | La Plata Obs. | Cordoba Obs. | ||
| -25° | La Plata Obs. | Cordoba Obs. | ||
| -26° | La Plata Obs. | Cordoba Obs. | ||
| -27° | La Plata Obs. | Cordoba Obs. | ||
| -28° | La Plata Obs. | Cordoba Obs. | ||
| -29° | La Plata Obs. | Cordoba Obs. | ||
| -30° | La Plata Obs. | Cordoba Obs. | ||
| -31° | La Plata Obs. | Cordoba Obs. | ||
| -32° | La Plata Obs. | Cordoba Obs. | ||
| -33° to -40° | Rio de Janeiro Obs. | Perth Obs. | NEVER MADE | |
| -41° to -51° | Cape of Good Hope | Cape of Good Hope | NEVER MADE | |
| -52° | Sydney Obs. | Sydney Obs. | ||
| -53° | Sydney Obs. | Sydney Obs. | ||
| -54° | Sydney Obs. | Sydney Obs. | ||
| -55° | Sydney Obs. | Sydney Obs. | ||
| -56° | Sydney Obs. | Sydney Obs. | ||
| -57° | Sydney Obs. | Sydney Obs. | ||
| -58° | Sydney Obs. | Sydney Obs. | ||
| -59° | Sydney Obs. | Sydney Obs. | ||
| -60° | Sydney Obs. | Sydney Obs. | ||
| -61° | Sydney Obs. | Sydney Obs. | ||
| -62° | Sydney Obs. | Sydney Obs. | ||
| -63° | Sydney Obs. | Sydney Obs. | ||
| -64° | Sydney Obs. | Sydney Obs. | ||
| -65° to -90° | Melbourne Obs. | Melbourne Obs. | NEVER MADE |