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| Abbrevations: Constellations | Other |
| Must See Objects | FALL OBJECTS (Northern Hemisphere) - SPRING OBJECTS (Southhern Hemisphere) |
| 7009 | Agr | PN | 21 04.2 | -11 22 | 8.3 0.5 | -- | Saturn Neb [Lord Rosse]; greenish; 18-in:ansae |
| 61 | Cyg | Dbl | 21 06.9 | 38 45 | 5.2,6.1 | 28" | Orange dwarfs |
| M15 | Peg | GC | 21 30.0 | 12 10 | 6.4 | 12 | Core peaks like Mt. Fuji; CC IV |
| M2 | Aqr | GC | 21 33.5 | -00 49 | 6.5 | 13 | Brightest CC II |
| Zeta | Aqr | Dbl | 22 28.8 | -00 01 | 4.4,4.6 | 1.9" | Both white |
| 7293 | Aqr | PN | 22 29.6 | -20 48 | 6.5 | 13 | 7x50s show Helix Nebula; annular |
| 7662 | And | PN | 23 25.9 | 42 33 | 9.2 | 0.3 | Blue Snowball [Copeland]; annular in 10-in |
| 7789 | Cas | OC | 23 57.0 | 56 44 | 6.7 | 16 | Ri, 300 faint st |
| 55 | Scl | G-Sc | 0 14.9 | -39 11 | 8p | 25x3 | 4-in: diffuse splinter |
| 104 | Tuc | GC | 0 24.1 | -72 05 | 4.0 | 31 | NE; 47 Tuc: yellow core!; CC III |
| Beta | Tuc | Dbl | 0 31.5 | -62 57 | 4.4,4.5 | 27" | Both blue-white |
| M31 | And | G-Sb | 0 42.7 | 41 16 | 3.5 | 160x40 | NE; 8-in: two dl, st cloud, GC G1 |
| M32 | And | G-E2 | 0 42.7 | 40 52 | 8.2 | 3 | M31 group; also M110, NGC147, NGC185 |
| 253 | Scl | G-Sc | 0 47.6 | -25 17 | 7.1 | 22x6 | Elongated, mottled; GC NGC 288 adj |
| SMC | Tuc | G-Im | 0 52.6 | -72 48 | 2.8p | 216 | NE; Cl, EN inv |
| 281 | Cas | EN | 0 52.8 | 56 37 | 7p | 35 | Use UHC; DN inv |
| 362 | Tuc | GC | 1 03.2 | -70 51 | 6.6 | 13 | Milky Way GC beside SMC; CC III |
| 457 | Cas | OC | 1 19.1 | 58 20 | 6.4 | 13 | Airplane Cluster: Splendid |
| M33 | Tri | G-Sc | 1 33.9 | 30 39 | 5.7 | 60x40 | Difficult NE; 8":spiral arms; 16":six EN inv |
| p | Eri | Dbl | 1 39.8 | -56 12 | 5.8,5.8 | 12" | Both yellow-orange dwarfs |
| 663 | Cas | OC | 1 46.0 | 61 15 | 7.1 | 16 | 80 st; four OC within 2d |
| Gamma | Ari | Dbl | 1 53.5 | 19 18 | 4.8,4.8 | 7.5" | Both white |
| Gamma | And | Mlt | 2 03.9 | 42 20 | 2.1,4.8 | 9.6" | Gold, blue; C m 6.0, BC 0.5" |
| Iota | Tri | Dbl | 2 12.4 | 30 18 | 5.2,6.6 | 4.0" | Gold, blue |
| 869,884 | Per | OC | 2 19.0 | 57 09 | 4.4 | 30,30 | NE; Double Cluster; 350 st |
| Omicron | Cet | Var | 2 19.4 | -03 00 | -- | -- | Mira: orange; watch m rise with NE |
| 891 | And | G-Sb | 2 22.6 | 42 21 | 10.0 | 14x3 | Edge-on; 16" shows dl |
| M34 | Per | OC | 2 42.0 | 42 47 | 5.2 | 35 | NE; fine in small scopes |
| Theta | Eri | Dbl | 2 58.2 | -40 19 | 3.4,4.4 | 8" | Both white |
| Beta | Per | Var | 3 08.2 | 40 57 | -- | -- | Algol: NE eclipsing binary |
| A Per | Per | OC | 3 22.0 | 48 36 | 2.3 | 240 | Alpha Per Assoc; use binoculars |
| Must See Objects | WINTER OBJECTS (Northern Hemisphere) - SUMMER OBJECTS (Southhern Hemisphere) |
| Pleiades | Tau | OC | 3 47.0 | 24 07 | 1.2 | 120 | =M45; NE; Merope RN is L-shaped |
| f | Eri | Dbl | 3 48.6 | -37 37 | 4.9,5.4 | 8" | Yellowish st |
| 32 | Eri | Dbl | 3 54.3 | -02 57 | 4.5,6.1 | 7" | Topaz, greenish |
| Hyades | Tau | OC | 4 20 | 15 38 | 0.8p | 400 | NE; very large, V-shaped |
| 1851 | Col | GC | 5 14.1 | -40 03 | 7.3 | 11 | CC II |
| h3752 | Lep | Dbl | 5 21.8 | -24 46 | 5.4,6.6 | 3.5" | Gold, blue; GC M79 36' ENE |
| LMC | Dor | GSBm | 5 23.6 | -69 45 | 0.6p | 432 | NE; many EN and Cl inv |
| M38 | Aur | OC | 5 28.7 | 35 50 | 6.4? | 21 | Difficult NE; OC 1907 and NE OC M36 adj |
| M1 | Tau | SNR | 5 34.5 | 22 01 | 8.4 | 6 | Crab Nebula [Lord Rosse] |
| M42/43 | Ori | EN | 5 35.4 | -05 27 | 4 | 66 | Orion Neb NE; Trapezium Mlt inv; greenish-gray; |
| 2070 | Dor | EN/OC | 5 38.6 | -69 05 | 8.2 | 40 | NE; Tarantula Neb in LMC |
| Sigma | Ori | Mlt | 5 38.7 | -02 36 | 3.7 | -- | Bluish; eight st |
| 2024 | Ori | EN | 5 41.9 | -01 51 | -- | 30 | Flame Neb; with branching dl |
| M37 | Aur | OC | 5 52.4 | 32 33 | 5.6 | 24 | Difficult NE; Ri: 150 st |
| M35 | Gem | OC | 6 08.9 | 24 20 | 5.1 | 28 | NE; Ri; OC 2158 and IC 2157 adj |
| 8 | Mon | Dbl | 6 23.8 | 04 36 | 4.4,6.7 | 13" | Yellow, bluish |
| Beta | Mon | Mlt | 6 28.8 | -07 02 | 4.7,5.2 | 7" | C mag 6.1 at 2.8"; three blue-white st |
| 2237+ | Mon | EN | 6 32.3 | 05 03 | -- | 80x60 | Rosette Neb; UHC reveals DN inv; NE OC 2244 inv |
| M41 | CMa | OC | 6 47.0 | -20 44 | 4.5 | 38 | NE |
| M50 | Mon | OC | 7 03.2 | -08 20 | 5.9 | 16 | -- |
| h3945 | CMa | Dbl | 7 16.6 | -23 19 | 5,7 | 26.6" | yellow, blue |
| 2392 | Gem | PN | 7 29.2 | 20 55 | 8.3 | 0.2 | Clown-Face Neb [Burnham]; blue-green |
| Alpha | Gem | Mlt | 7 34.6 | 31 53 | 2.0,2.9 | 3.9" | Castor: white, blue-white; C mag 9.1 at 73" |
| k | Pup | Dbl | 7 38.8 | -26 48 | 4.5,4.8 | 10" | Both white |
| M46 | Pup | OC | 7 41.8 | -14 49 | 6.1 | 27 | Ri M46 has PN 2438; NE OC M47 adj |
| M93 | Pup | OC | 7 44.6 | -23 52 | 6.2 | 22 | -- |
| 2451 | Pup | OC | 7 45.4 | -37 58 | 2.8 | 45 | Orange c Pup inv |
| 2477 | Pup | OC | 7 52.3 | -38 33 | 5.8 | 27 | 300 mag 12 st |
| 2516 | Car | OC | 7 58.3 | -60 52 | 3.8 | 30 | NE |
| Zeta | Cnc | Mlt | 8 12.2 | 17 39 | 5.6,6.0 | 5.8" | Three yellow st; B mag 6.0 at 0.8" |
| M44 | Cnc | OC | 8 40.1 | 19 59 | 3.1 | 95 | NE; Beehive Cluster; many Mlt |
| IC 2391 | Vel | OC | 8 40.2 | -53 04 | 2.5 | 50 | NE; bright st |
| Iota | Cnc | Dbl | 8 46.7 | 28 46 | 4.0,6.6 | 30" | Yellow, blue |
| M67 | Cnc | OC | 8 50.4 | 11 49 | 6.9 | 18 | -- |
| Must See Objects | SPRING OBJECTS (Northern Hemisphere) - FALL OBJECTS (Southhern Hemisphere) |
| 2808 | Car | GC | 9 12.0 | -64 52 | 6.3 | 14 | Brightest CC I |
| 2903 | Leo | G-Sb | 9 32.2 | 21 30 | 8.9 | 11x5 | -- |
| M81 | UMa | G-Sb | 9 55.6 | 69 04 | 6.9 | 16x10 | 6x30 finder shows M81, 82 |
| M82 | UMa | G-I | 9 55.8 | 69 41 | 8.4 | 7x2 | 13": mottled, two diagonal dl |
| 3132 | Vel | PN | 10 07.0 | -40 26 | 8.2 | 0.8 | Eight-Burst Neb |
| 3201 | Vel | GC | 10 17.6 | -46 25 | 6.8 | 18 | CC X |
| Gamma | Leo | Dbl | 10 20.0 | 19 50 | 2.6,3.8 | 4.4" | Gold, yellow-green |
| 3242 | Hya | PN | 10 24.8 | -18 38 | 8.6 | 0.3 | Ghost of Jupiter; pale blue |
| 3293 | Car | OC | 10 35.8 | -58 14 | 4.7 | 40 | EN+RN+DN inv; incredible tight ball of stars |
| IC 2602 | Car | OC | 10 43.2 | -64 24 | 1.9 | 50 | NE; Theta Car Cl or "Southern Pleiades" |
| 3372 | Car | EN | 10 43.8 | -59 52 | 3 | 120 | NE; Eta Car Neb; chevron dl; the finest nebula |
| 3532 | Car | OC | 11 06.4 | -58 40 | 3.0 | 55 | NE; 3d ENE Eta Car; Ri, oblate |
| M97 | UMa | PN | 11 14.8 | 55 01 | 11.2? | 3.2 | Owl Neb; 'eyes' with 6", OIII; G-Sc M108 adj |
| Xi | UMa | Dbl | 11 18.2 | 31 32 | 4.3,4.8 | 1.8" | Yellow pair |
| M66 | Leo | G-Sb | 11 20.2 | 12 59 | 9.0 | 8x3 | Trio with M65, NGC 3628; 16": two arms in M66 |
| 3766 | Cen | OC | 11 36.1 | -61 37 | 5.3 | 12 | -- |
| M106 | CVn | G-Sb | 12 19.0 | 47 18 | 8.3 | 20x6 | -- |
| ComaBer | Com | OC | 12 25.1 | 26 06 | -- | 2.9p | 300 NE; very large |
| M86,etc | Vir | G-E3 | 12 26.2 | 12 57 | 9.2 | 7 | Heart of Virgo Cl: ten Gs in 1d field |
| Alpha | Cru | Dbl | 12 26.6 | -63 06 | 0.8,1.2 | 4.0" | Blue-white pair |
| 24 | Com | Dbl | 12 35.1 | 18 23 | 5.0,6.6 | 20" | Deep yellow, blue-white |
| 4565 | Com | G-Sb | 12 36.3 | 25 59 | 9.6 | 16x3 | Remarkable edge-on; thin dl |
| M104 | Vir | G-Sb | 12 40.0 | -11 37 | 8.3 | 7x2 | Edge-on Sombrero Galaxy with dl |
| Gamma | Vir | Dbl | 12 41.7 | -01 27 | 3.4,3.5 | 1.5" | Both pale yellow; closest in 2007 |
| 4631 | CVn | G-Sc | 12 42.1 | 32 32 | 9.3 | 15x3 | Humpback Whale Galaxy [Hewitt-White];G 4656/7 adj |
| M94 | CVn | G-Sb | 12 50.9 | 41 07 | 8.2 | 11 | Defies moonlight (show on Astronomy Day) |
| Coalsack | Cru | DN | 12 51 | -63 | -- | 360 | NE; OC 4755 (Jewel Box) adj |
| M64 | Com | G-Sb | 12 56.7 | 21 41 | 8.5 | 8x4 | Black-eye G [W. Herschel]; dl |
| M63 | CVn | G-Sb | 13 15.8 | 42 02 | 8.6 | 8x3 | Sunflower G; 7x50s reveal it |
| Zeta | UMa | Dbl | 13 23.9 | 54 58 | 2.3,3.9 | 14" | Mizar: bluish-white, greenish-white; Alcor adj |
| 5128 | Cen | G-S0 | 13 25.5 | -43 01 | 7.0 | 10x3 | Cen A; dl from merging spiral |
| 5139 | Cen | GC | 13 26.8 | -47 29 | 3.7 | 36 | NE; Omega Cen: brightest GC; CC VIII |
| M51 | CVn | G-Sc | 13 29.9 | 47 12 | 8.4 | 11 | Whirlpool Galaxy; 8": spiral arms; 5195 inv |
| 5189 | Mus | PN | 13 33.5 | -65 59 | 10p | 2.6 | Like a barred spiral |
| M83 | Hya | GSBc | 13 37.0 | -29 52 | 7.6 | 11 | 8": bar; 13": spiral arms |
| M3 | CVn | GC | 13 42.2 | 28 23 | 6.4 | 16 | CC VI |
| M101 | UMa | G-Sc | 14 03.2 | 54 21 | 7.7 | 27 | Numerous brighter knots |
| Alpha | Cen | Dbl | 14 39.7 | -60 49 | 0.0,1.3 | 21" | Yellow pair; closest NE star |
| Epsilon | Boo | Dbl | 14 44.9 | 27 05 | 2.7,5.1 | 2.8" | Izar; deep yellow, blue |
| 5907 | Dra | G-Sb | 15 15.9 | 56 19 | 10.4 | 12x2 | Edge-on Splinter Galaxy |
| M5 | Ser | GC | 15 18.6 | 02 05 | 5.8 | 17 | CC V |
| Zeta | CrB | Dbl | 15 39.4 | 36 38 | 5.1,6.0 | 6.3" | Blue, greenish |
| Must See Objects | SUMMER OBJECTS (Northern Hemisphere) - WINTER OBJECTS (Southhern Hemisphere) |
| 6025 | TrA | OC | 16 03.7 | -60 30 | 5.1 | 12 | -- |
| Beta | Sco | Dbl | 16 05.4 | -19 48 | 2.8,4.9 | 14" | White,pale blue |
| M4 | Sco | GC | 16 23.6 | -26 32 | 5.9 | 26 | Central bar of st; CC IX |
| Rho | Oph | Mlt | 16 25.6 | -23 27 | 5.2,5.9 | 3.1" | Both bluish; two wide mag 7 companions |
| Alpha | Sco | Dbl | 16 29.4 | -26 26 | 1.0,5.4 | 2.9" | Antares; beautiful orange, emerald under good cond; |
| M13 | Her | GC | 16 41.7 | 36 28 | 5.9 | 17 | NE; star chains at margins; CC V |
| M12 | Oph | GC | 16 47.2 | -01 57 | 6.6 | 15 | CC IX |
| 6231 | Sco | OC | 16 54.0 | -41 48 | 2.6 | 15 | NE; False Comet [Whitman] |
| M10 | Oph | GC | 16 57.1 | -04 06 | 6.6 | 15 | Pair with M12 3d NW; CC VII |
| M62 | Oph | GC | 17 01.2 | -30 07 | 6.6 | 14 | CC IV |
| M19 | Oph | GC | 17 02.6 | -26 16 | 7.2 | 14 | CC VIII; oblate |
| Alpha | Her | Dbl | 17 14.6 | 14 23 | 3.5v,5.4 | 4.7" | Orange, blue-green |
| 36 | Oph | Dbl | 17 15.3 | -26 36 | 5.3,5.3 | 4.6" | Orange twins |
| M92 | Her | GC | 17 17.1 | 43 08 | 6.5 | 11 | 8": bulging rectangle; CC IV |
| Pipe Neb | Oph | DN | 17 21 | -27 | -- | 7d long | NE; B59, 65, 66, 67, 78 |
| Rho | Her | Dbl | 17 23.7 | 37 09 | 4.6,5.6 | 4.1" | Both white |
| Nu | Dra | Dbl | 17 32.2 | 55 10 | 4.9,4.9 | 62" | Both white |
| M6 | Sco | OC | 17 40.1 | -32 13 | 4.2 | 15 | NE; Butterfly Cluster [Burnham]; four OC adj |
| 6397 | Ara | GC | 17 40.7 | -53 40 | 5.7 | 26 | Easily resolved, st m 10; CC IX |
| IC 4665 | Oph | OC | 17 46.3 | 05 43 | 4.2 | 41 | NE |
| M7 | Sco | OC | 17 53.9 | -34 49 | 3.3 | 80 | NE; fine in binoculars |
| M23 | Sgr | OC | 17 56.8 | -19 01 | 5.5 | 27 | NE; Star cloud M24 and OC M25 to east |
| 6543 | Dra | PN | 17 58.6 | 66 38 | 8.8 | 0.3 | Cat's Eye Neb; 8": oval, cn* |
| 40-41 | Dra | Dbl | 18 00.2 | 80 00 | 5.7,6.0 | 19" | Yellow st |
| 95 | Her | Dbl | 18 01.5 | 21 36 | 4.9,5.1 | 6" | Silver, gold |
| M20 | Sgr | E/RN | 18 02.3 | -23 02 | 6.3 | 29 | Trifid Neb but has FOUR dl; OC M21 adj |
| B86 | Sgr | N | 18 03.0 | -27 53 | -- | 4.5x3 | OC 6520 adj |
| M8 | Sgr | EN | 18 03.8 | -24 23 | 5.8 | 90 | NE; dl; OC inv [aka "Lagoon Nebula"] |
| 70 | Oph | Dbl | 18 05.5 | 02 30 | 4.0,6.0 | 3.7" | Yellow, orange |
| 6541 | CrA | GC | 18 08.0 | -43 42 | 6.6 | 13 | CC III |
| B92 | Sgr | DN | 18 15.5 | -18 14 | -- | 15x10 | In spectacular star cloud M24; B93 adj |
| M16 | Ser | EN/OC | 18 18.8 | -13 47 | 6.0 | 35 | Eagle Neb; UHC; DN inv: The Star-Queen Neb |
| M17 | Sgr | EN/OC | 18 20.8 | -16 11 | 6.0 | 46 | Swan Neb [Burnham?]; DN inv |
| M28 | Sgr | GC | 18 24.5 | -24 52 | 6.9 | 11 | CC IV |
| M22 | Sgr | GC | 18 36.4 | -23 54 | 5.1 | 24 | Oblate CC VII; 3-in resolves |
| Epsilon | Lyr | Mlt | 18 44.3 | 39 40 | 5.0-6.1 | 2.6";2.3" | The Double-double; four white st |
| M11 | Scu | OC | 18 51.1 | -06 16 | 5.8 | 14 | Dense; 200 st m 11; DN adj |
| M57 | Lyr | PN | 18 53.6 | 33 02 | 9.0 | 1.3x1 | Ring Neb [W. Herschel]; 16-in at 400x shows cn* |
| Stru525 | Lyr | Dbl | 18 54.9 | 33 58 | 6.0,7.7 | 45" | Albireo-like |
| M54 | Sgr | GC | 18 55.1 | -30 29 | 7.7 | 9 | CC III; nucleus of the Sgr Dwarf G;16" resolves |
| 6723 | Sgr | GC | 18 59.6 | -36 38 | 7.3 | 11 | CC VII; in superb field of DN, RN, Var and Dbl st |
| 6752 | Pav | GC | 19 10.9 | -59 59 | 5.4 | 20 | CC VI |
| Beta | Cyg | Dbl | 19 30.7 | 27 58 | 3.1,5.1 | 35" | Albireo; yellow, blue |
| M55 | Sgr | GC | 19 40.0 | -30 58 | 7.0 | 19 | Brightest CC XI |
| B142/43 | Aql | DN | 19 41 | 11 | -- | 80x50 | Difficult NE; Fine in binoculars |
| 6826 | Cyg | PN | 19 44.8 | 50 31 | 9.8 | 0.5 | Blinking Planetary [Mullaney/McCall]; cn* m 10 |
| M27 | Vul | PN | 19 59.6 | 22 43 | 8.1 | 7 | Dumb-bell Neb [J. Herschel] |
| 6940 | Vul | OC | 20 34.6 | 28 18 | 6.3 | 31 | Ri |
| 6960 | Cyg | SNR | 20 45.7 | 30 43 | -- | 70x6 | Veil Neb; OIII; longer Nile-like nebulosity adj |
| Gamma | Del | Dbl | 20 46.7 | 16 07 | 4.3,5.1 | 10" | Yellow, pale green |
| 6992/5 | Cyg | SNR | 20 56.4 | 31 43 | -- | 78x8 | Veil Neb; OIII; 6992 in 7x50s |
| 7000 | Cyg | EN | 20 58.8 | 44 20 | -- | 120 | NE; North America Neb [Wolf]; DN inv; UHC |
| Fnl Cld | Cep | DN | 21 00 | 55 | -- | 12d long | NE Funnel Cloud Nebula cuts across the Cep/Cyg |
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