The "Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae (Version 2000)" appears in Abh
andlungen aus der Hamburger Sternwarte, Band XII in the year 2001. It is a
continuation of CGPN(1967) and contains 1510 objects classified as galactic
PNe up to the end of 1999. The lists of possible pre-PNe and possible post
-PNe are also given. The catalogue is restricted only to the data belonging
to the location and identification of the objects. It gives identification
charts of PNe discovered since 1965 (published in the supplements to CGPN)
and those charts of objects discovered earlier, which have wrong or uncert
ain identification. The question "what is a planetary nebula" is discussed
and the typical values of PNe and of their central stars are summarized. Sh
ort statistics about the discoveries of PNe are given. The catalogue is als
o available in the Centre de Donnees, Strasbourg and at Hamburg Observatory
via internet.