Object

Type

Con

VMag

Size

RA

Dec

Pop. Name

Notes

NGC 752

OC

And

5.7

50.0'

01h 57m 51s

+37° 41' 05"

NGC 891

Gal

And

9.9

14.0'x3.0'

02h 22m 36s

+42° 20' 50"

edge-on spiral w/prominent dust lane

NGC 7662

PN

And

8.6

17.0"x14.0"

23h 25m 57s

+42° 32' 44"

Blue Snowball Nebula

NGC 6781

PN

Aql

11.8

1.9'x1.8'

19h 18m 28s

+06° 32' 46"

NGC 7009

PN

Aqr

8.3

28.0"x23.0"

21h 04m 15s

-11° 21' 49"

Saturn Nebula

NGC 7293

PN

Aqr

6.3

16.0'x12.0'

22h 29m 40s

-20° 47' 23"

Helical Nebula

NGC 6397

GC

Ara

5.7

25.7'

17h 40m 43s

-53° 40' 33"

one of the nearest Globulars

NGC 1907

OC

Aur

8.2

7.0'

05h 28m 00s

+35° 18' 53"

NGC 1502

OC

Cam

6.9

8.0'

04h 07m 45s

+62° 19' 49"

near SE end of Kemble's Cascade

Kemble's Cascade

Asterism

Cam

03h 57m 30s

+63° 04' 13"

first described by Canadian amateur Lucian J. Kemble; beautiful chain of about 20 mag. 5…9 stars; coordinates are for SAO 12969, a mag. 5 star in the middle of the Cascade

NGC 2403

Gal

Cam

8.5

17.8'

07h 36m 55s

+65° 35' 42"

NGC 3372

BN

Car

120.0'x120.0'

10h 43m 47s

-59° 52' 01"

Eta Carina Nebula

NGC 3532

OC

Car

3.0

55.0'

11h 06m 23s

-58° 40' 03"

NGC 225

OC

Cas

7.0

12.0'

00h 43m 28s

+61° 47' 06"

NGC 457

OC

Cas

6.4

13.0'

01h 19m 10s

+58° 20' 02"

Owl Cluster

NGC 654

OC

Cas

6.5

5.0'

01h 44m 10s

+61° 53' 00"

NGC 659

OC

Cas

7.9

5.0'

01h 44m 16s

+60° 42' 00"

NGC 663

OC

Cas

7.1

16.0'

01h 46m 04s

+61° 15' 00"

Stock 2

OC

Cas

4.4

60.0'

02h 15m 04s

+59° 15' 58"

Muscleman Cluster

NGC 7789

OC

Cas

6.7

16.0'

23h 57m 04s

+56° 44' 09"

NGC 3766

OC

Cen

5.3

12.0'

11h 36m 05s

-61° 37' 04"

NGC 5128

Gal

Cen

6.8

18.2'x14.5'

13h 25m 29s

-43° 01' 07"

Centaurus A

strong radio source

NGC 5139

GC

Cen

3.7

36.3'

13h 26m 46s

-47° 28' 45"

Omega Centauri

best GC in the sky

NGC 40

PN

Cep

10.7

1.0'x0.7'

00h 13m 08s

+72° 31' 47"

NGC 6939

OC

Cep

7.8

8.0'

20h 31m 27s

+60° 38' 22"

IC 1396

BN

Cep

3.5

154.0'x140.0'

21h 39m 09s

+57° 46' 58"

King 10

OC

Cep

3.0'

22h 54m 58s

+59° 10' 16"

NGC 247

Gal

Cet

9.1

20.0'x7.0'

00h 47m 11s

-20° 45' 21"

NGC 2359

BN

CMa

8.0'

07h 17m 48s

-13° 12' 54"

Thor's Helmet; Duck Nebula

Wolf-Rayet remnant

NGC 2360

OC

CMa

7.2

13.0'

07h 17m 48s

-15° 36' 53"

NGC 2362

OC

CMa

4.1

8.0'

07h 18m 48s

-24° 56' 51"

Mel 111

OC

Com

1.8

275.0'

12h 25m 00s

+26° 00' 07"

Coma Berenices Star Cluster

NGC 4565

Gal

Com

9.6

15.5'x1.9'

12h 36m 20s

+25° 59' 23"

Bernice's Hair Clip

classic edge-on spiral with dust lane

Abell 1656

Gal cluster

Com

11.0

120.0'

12h 59m 48s

+27° 59' 04"

Coma Gal Cluster

tough in 8-12" aperture

NGC 4038

Gal

Cor

10.3

2.6'x1.8'

12h 01m 53s

-18° 51' 55"

The Antennae; Ringtail Gal

interacting with NGC 4039

NGC 4039

Gal

Cor

10.6

3.2'x2.2'

12h 01m 54s

-18° 53' 07"

The Antennae

interacting with NGC 4038

NGC 4361

PN

Cor

10.3

1.3'

12h 24m 30s

-18° 47' 38"

NGC 4755

OC

Cru

4.2

10.0'

12h 53m 35s

-60° 20' 08"

Jewel Box Cluster; Kappa Crucis

NGC 4244

Gal

CVn

10.4

18.5'x2.3'

12h 17m 29s

+37° 48' 28"

NGC 4631

Gal

CVn

9.2

17.0'x3.5'

12h 42m 11s

+32° 32' 42"

same LP field as NGC 4656

NGC 4656

Gal

CVn

10.5

22.0'x3.0'

12h 43m 58s

+32° 10' 21"

same LP field as NGC 4631

Albireo

Star

Cyg

3.1

19h 30m 45s

+27° 57' 55"

superb double star; blue-white/yellow

NGC 6819

OC

Cyg

7.3

5.0'

19h 41m 20s

+40° 11' 22"

NGC 6826

PN

Cyg

8.8

27.0"x24.0"

19h 44m 53s

+50° 31' 42"

Blinking Planetary

NGC 6888

BN

Cyg

20.0'x10.0'

20h 12m 14s

+38° 20' 21"

Crescent Nebula

NGC 6960

SNR

Cyg

70.0'x6.0'

20h 45m 38s

+30° 43' 20"

Western Veil

NGC 6992

SNR

Cyg

25.0'x20.0'

20h 56m 14s

+31° 04' 20"

Eastern Veil

NGC 7000

BN

Cyg

175.0'x110.0'

20h 58m 32s

+44° 33' 21"

North American Nebula

large; often easier in binoculars than telescope

NGC 2070

BN

Dor

8.3

5.0'

05h 38m 39s

-69° 04' 51"

Tarantula Nebula

in Lg. Magellanic Cloud

NGC 5907

Gal

Dra

10.3

12.8'x1.8'

15h 15m 52s

+56° 19' 48"

NGC 6543

PN

Dra

8.3

22.0"x16.0"

17h 58m 36s

+66° 38' 17"

Cat's Eye Nebula

NGC 1535

PN

Eri

10.4

20.0"x17.0"

04h 14m 16s

-12° 44' 16"

multiple shells

Fornax Gal. Cluster

Gal cluster

For

3°x2°

03h 38m 31s

-35° 26' 40"

approx. 20 galaxies brighter than mag. 13

NGC 2158

OC

Gem

8.6

5.0'

06h 07m 33s

+24° 05' 56"

NGC 2392

PN

Gem

8.6

47.0"x43.0"

07h 29m 10s

+20° 54' 42"

Eskimo Nebula; Clown Face

NGC 6210

PN

Her

9.7

20.0"x13.0"

16h 44m 30s

+23° 48' 46"

NGC 3242

PN

Hya

8.6

40.0"x35.0"

10h 24m 48s

-18° 38' 14"

Ghost of Jupiter

NGC 2903

Gal

Leo

9.0

13.3'x6.0'

09h 32m 10s

+21° 29' 58"

IC 418

PN

Lep

10.7

14.0"x11.0"

05h 27m 30s

-12° 41' 32"

NGC 2232

OC

Mon

3.9

30.0'

06h 26m 37s

-04° 44' 54"

NGC 2237

BN

Mon

5.5

70.0'x80.0'

06h 32m 19s

+04° 59' 03"

Rosette Nebula

OC NGC 2244 embedded in nebula

NGC 2244

OC

Mon

4.8

24.0'

06h 32m 25s

+04° 52' 03"

involved with Rosette Neb. (NGC 2237)

NGC 2261

BN

Mon

2.0'x1.0'

06h 39m 13s

+08° 44' 01"

Hubble's Variable Nebula

NGC 2264

OC

Mon

3.9

30.0'x60.0'

06h 40m 58s

+09° 53' 42"

Christmas Tree Cluster; Cone Nebula

includes naked-eye S Mon (15 Mon)

NGC 2301

OC

Mon

6.0

12.0'

06h 51m 49s

+00° 28' 04"

B 59, 65-7

DN

Oph

300.0'

17h 21m 02s

-26° 59' 58"

Pipe Nebula (stem)

NGC 6369

PN

Oph

11.0

30.0"x29.0"

17h 29m 22s

-23° 45' 37"

B 78

DN

Oph

200.0'

17h 33m 02s

-25° 59' 58"

Pipe Nebula (bowl)

IC 4665

OC

Oph

4.2

41.0'

17h 46m 20s

+05° 43' 08"

NGC 6572

PN

Oph

9.0

15.0"x12.0"

18h 12m 09s

+06° 51' 01"

NGC 6633

OC

Oph

4.6

27.0'

18h 27m 43s

+06° 34' 14"

NGC 1973

BN

Ori

5.0'x5.0'

05h 35m 09s

-04° 43' 56"

part of Running Man Nebula

NGC 1975

BN

Ori

10.0'x5.0'

05h 35m 21s

-04° 40' 56"

part of Running Man Nebula

NGC 1977

BN

Ori

20.0'x10.0'

05h 35m 27s

-04° 49' 56"

part of Running Man Nebula

42 Orionis nebula

NGC 2169

OC

Ori

5.9

7.0'

06h 08m 27s

+13° 56' 59"

"37" Cluster

NGC 2174

BN

Ori

25.0'x20.0'

06h 10m 01s

+20° 33' 58"

NGC 6545

Gal

Pav

13.2

1.0'x0.9'

18h 12m 18s

-63° 46' 45"

Needle Galaxy

NGC 7331

Gal

Peg

9.5

11.4'x4.0'

22h 37m 08s

+34° 25' 27"

Little And Gal

NGC 869

OC

Per

5.3

30.0'

02h 19m 03s

+57° 08' 58"

Double Cluster

w/NGC 884

NGC 884

OC

Per

6.1

30.0'

02h 22m 27s

+57° 06' 57"

Double Cluster

w/NGC 869

NGC 1023

Gal

Per

9.4

9.0'x4.0'

02h 40m 27s

+39° 03' 47"

Mel 20

OC

Per

1.2

185.0'

03h 22m 03s

+48° 59' 56"

Alpha Persei Association

NGC 1528

OC

Per

6.4

24.0'

04h 15m 24s

+51° 13' 49"

NGC 2438

PN

Pup

11.0

1.1'

07h 41m 51s

-14° 44' 06"

in foreground of M 46

NGC 2467

BN

Pup

7.1

15.0'

07h 52m 30s

-26° 22' 52"

use UHC or O-III filter; includes loose cluster of mag. 8-12 stars

NGC 253

Gal

Scl

7.2

25.0'x7.0'

00h 47m 35s

-25° 17' 01"

edge-on spiral

NGC 6231

OC

Sco

2.6

15.0'

16h 54m 01s

-41° 48' 06"

Table of Scorpius

zeta Sco complex

NGC 3115

Gal

Sex

8.9

8.3'x3.2'

10h 05m 14s

-07° 43' 06"

Spindle Gal

Mel 25

OC

Tau

0.5

330.0'

04h 27m 02s

+16° 00' 03"

Hyades

Aldebaran not a member

NGC 104

GC

Tuc

4.0

30.9'

00h 24m 10s

-72° 04' 37"

47 Tucanae

NGC 2841

Gal

Uma

9.2

7.4'x3.5'

09h 22m 01s

+50° 58' 21"

NGC 3877

Gal

Uma

11.0

5.6'x1.2'

11h 46m 07s

+47° 29' 37"

Markarian's Chain

Gal chain

Vir

12h 25m 04s

+12° 53' 16"

string of bright galaxies; covers 3 degrees of sky, starting with M84 & M86 in Virgo, ending with NGCs 4459 & 4474 in Coma Berenices; coordinates are for M 84

3C 273

Quasar

Vir

12.0

12h 29m 06s

+02° 03' 01"

brightest quasar; most remote object visible in modest amateur telescopes (~ 2 billion light years)

NGC 4526

Gal

Vir

9.7

7.0'x2.7'

12h 34m 03s

+07° 42' 03"

Lost Gal

NGC 4567

Gal

Vir

11.3

3.0'x2.5'

12h 36m 33s

+11° 15' 33"

Siamese Twins

overlaps NGC 4568

NGC 4568

Gal

Vir

10.8

5.1'x2.4'

12h 36m 35s

+11° 14' 17"

Siamese Twins

overlaps NGC 4567

NGC 5746

Gal

Vir

10.3

7.4'x1.1'

14h 44m 57s

+01° 57' 20"

Cr 399

Asterism

Vul

3.6

60.0'

19h 25m 26s

+20° 11' 18"

Brocchi's Cluster; The Coathanger

once assumed to be a OC; data from Hipparcos spacecraft shows it to be a chance alignment of stars

NGC 6885

OC

Vul

8.1

7.0'

20h 12m 02s

+26° 29' 20"