diff --git a/celestia.cfg b/celestia.cfg
index facfc827b..3eb2aa8da 100644
--- a/celestia.cfg
+++ b/celestia.cfg
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Configuration
 	StarNameDatabase     "data/starnames.dat"
 	StarCatalogCrossReferences [ "data/hdxref.dat" ]
 	SolarSystemCatalogs  [ "data/solarsys.ssc" "data/extrasolar.ssc" ]
-	DeepSkyCatalog       "data/deepsky.dat"
+	DeepSkyCatalog       "data/deepsky.dsc"
 	
 	AsterismsFile        "data/asterisms.dat"
 	BoundariesFile       "data/boundaries.dat"
diff --git a/celestia.iss b/celestia.iss
index c8748f8ca..f5190b665 100644
--- a/celestia.iss
+++ b/celestia.iss
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Source: "data\stars.dat"; DestDir: "{app}/data"; CopyMode: alwaysoverwrite
 Source: "data\solarsys.ssc"; DestDir: "{app}/data"; CopyMode: alwaysoverwrite
 Source: "data\extrasolar.ssc"; DestDir: "{app}/data"; CopyMode: alwaysoverwrite
 Source: "data\starnames.dat"; DestDir: "{app}/data"; CopyMode: alwaysoverwrite
-Source: "data\galaxies.dat"; DestDir: "{app}/data"; CopyMode: alwaysoverwrite
+Source: "data\deepsky.dsc"; DestDir: "{app}/data"; CopyMode: alwaysoverwrite
 Source: "data\asterisms.dat"; DestDir: "{app}/data"; CopyMode: alwaysoverwrite
 Source: "data\boundaries.dat"; DestDir: "{app}/data"; CopyMode: alwaysoverwrite
 Source: "data\galileo.xyz"; DestDir: "{app}/data"; CopyMode: alwaysoverwrite
diff --git a/data/deepsky.dsc b/data/deepsky.dsc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38c175e9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/deepsky.dsc
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Galaxy catalog for Celestia
+
+Galaxy "Milky Way"
+{
+	Type "SBa"
+	RA 17.75
+	Dec -28.93
+	Distance 28000
+	Radius 50000
+	Axis [ 0.712 0.533 0.456 ]
+	Angle 149
+}
+
+# Large Magellanic Cloud / 
+Galaxy "LMC"
+{
+	Type "Irr"
+	RA   5.328
+	Dec  -68.95
+	Distance 179000
+	Radius 15000
+	Detail 0.5
+}
+
+# Small Magellanic Cloud / NGC 292
+Galaxy "SMC"
+{
+	Type "Irr"
+	RA   0.862
+	Dec  -73.23
+	Distance 210000
+	Radius 12000
+	Axis [ 1 0 0 ]
+	Angle 100
+	Detail 0.5
+}
+
+# Andromeda / NGC 224
+Galaxy "M31"
+{
+	Type "Sb"
+	RA        0.712
+	Dec      41.27
+	Distance  2.9e6
+	Radius   75000
+	Axis [ -0.596 -0.191 0.780 ]
+	Angle 195
+}
+
+# Triangulum spiral / NGC 598
+Galaxy "M33"
+{
+	Type "Sb"
+	RA    1.565
+	Dec  30.65
+	Distance 3e6
+	Radius 30000
+}
+
+# NGC 205, satellite of M31
+Galaxy "M110"
+{
+	Type "E5"
+	RA    0.6883
+	Dec   41.683
+	Distance 2.9e6
+	Radius 8500
+	Detail 0.5
+}
+
+# NGC 221, satellite of M31
+Galaxy "M32"
+{
+	Type "E2"
+	RA    0.712
+        Dec  40.867
+	Distance 2.9e6
+	Radius 4000
+	Detail 0.5
+}
+
+# M82 / NGC 3031
+# Distance estimate based on Hipparcos results and HST
+# observations of Cepheid variables.
+Galaxy "M82"
+{
+	Type "Sb"
+	RA 9.9267
+	Dec 69.067
+	Distance 1.2e7
+	Radius 35000
+}