Köchel catalogue Köchel catalogue The Köchel catalogue () is a chronological catalogue of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, originally created by Ludwig von Köchel, in which the entries are abbreviated "K." and "KV". The numbers of the Köchel catalogue reflect the continuing establishment of a complete chronology of Mozart's works, and provide a shorthand reference to the compositions. According to Köchel's counting, "Requiem in D minor" is the 626th piece Mozart composed, thus is designated either "K. 626" or "KV 626"; however, his original catalogue (1862) of Mozart has been twice revised, and some works have had three KV. numbers, e.g. Mozart's
Star catalogue reworking of this catalogue in 1846 added reference numbers to the stars that are used to refer to some of these stars to this day. The decent accuracy of this catalogue kept it in common use as a reference by observatories around the world throughout the 19th century. The "Bonner Durchmusterung" ("German": Bonn sampling) and follow-ups were the most complete of the pre-photographic star catalogues. The "Bonner Durchmusterung" itself was published by Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Adalbert Krüger, and Eduard Schönfeld between 1852 and 1859. It covered 320,000 stars in epoch 1855.0. As it covered only the northern sky and some