An astronomical catalog or catalogue is a list or tabulation of astronomical objects, typically grouped together because they share a common type, morphology, origin, means of detection, or method of discovery.
The controllers are pre-programmed with information on thousands of celestial objects from the standard astronomical catalogs, including not just coordinates but also descriptive information.
Molonglo Reference Catalogue of Radio Sources (MRC) is an astronomical catalog containing 12 141 discrete sources from a 408-MHz survey with the Molonglo Radio Telescope.
The Gum catalog is an astronomical catalog of 84 emission nebulae in the southern sky.
Note that a star chart differs from an astronomical catalog, which is a listing or tabulation of astronomical objects for a particular purpose.
The Hubble Guide Star Catalog - Astrographic Catalog/Tycho (GSC-ACT) is an astronomical catalog.
The Caldwell Catalogue is an astronomical catalog of 109 bright star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies for observation by amateur astronomers.
The PMC catalogs are astronomical catalogs which report the results of observations made with the Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle.
An additional astronomical catalog of discrete X-ray sources over the celestial sphere by constellation contains 59 sources as of December 1, 1969, that at the least had an X-ray flux published in the literature.
Many astronomical catalogs are partial derivatives of the NGS-POSS, which was used for decades for purposes of cataloging and categorizing celestial objects, especially in studies of galaxy morphology.