Urban Visible Astro Targets

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Astro targets

Urban Deep Sky
Urban visible
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Urban Visible Objects
Num	Name	CON	RA(2000)	DEC	Type	Mag	Notes
1	M 31	And	00 42.7	+41 16	Gal	3.4	Andromeda Galaxy
2	NGC 752	And	01 57.7	+37 40	OC	5.7	shows well in RFT
3	Gamma	And	02 04.9	+42 20	Dbl	2.2/5.5	Sep 9.8" PA 63deg
4	NGC 7662	And	23 25.9	+42 33	PN	9.2	Blue Snowball Nebula
5	M 2	Aqr	21 33.5	-00 49	GC	6.5	Bright, very large.
6	Lambda	Ari	01 58.0	+23 35	Dbl	4.9/7.7	Sep 38" PA 47deg yellow/deep blue
7	NGC 1907	Aur	05 28.1	+35 20	OC	8.2	round, stars 9...12m
8	M 38	Aur	05 28.7	+35 51	OC	6.4	bright, irr. figure
9	M 36	Aur	05 36.3	+34 08	OC	6.0	bright, stars 9...11m
10	M 37	Aur	05 52.3	+32 33	OC	5.6	500 stars
11	Xi	Boo	14 51.4	+19 06	Dbl	4.7/7.0	Sep 6.6" PA 318deg yellow/orange
12	Web 2	Cam	03 43.0	+59 58	Dbl	5.9/8.5	Sep 55" PA 35deg gold/deep blue.
13	NGC 129	Cas	00 30.0	+60 13	OC	6.5	very large, stars 9...13m
14	Eta Cas	Cas	00 49.1	+57 49	Dbl	3.4/7.5	Sep 12.8" PA 317deg
15	NGC 457	Cas	01 19.5	+58 17	OC	6.4	bright, stars 7...10m
16	M 103	Cas	01 33.4	+60 39	OC	7.4	pretty large, stars 10...11m
17	NGC 654	Cas	01 44.0	+61 53	OC	6.5	irr. figure, stars 11...14m
18	Stock 2	Cas	02 15.0	+59 16	OC	4.4	nice star chains
19	M 52	Cas	23 24.2	+61 35	OC	6.9	stars 9...13m
20	NGC 7789	Cas	23 57.4	+56 43	OC	6.7	stars 11...18m
21	IC 1396	Cep	21 39.1	+57 30	OC	3.5	50' dia, incl nebula
22	Mu Cep	Cep	21 43.5	+58 47	Var	3.4~5.1	Herschel's Garnet Star
23	Nu 1 Cma	Cma	06 36.0	-18 40	Dbl	5.8/8.5	Sep 17" PA 262deg yellow/blue
24	M 41	Cma	06 46.0	-20 45	OC	4.5	south of Sirius
25	NGC 2362	Cma	07 18.7	-24 57	OC	4.1	includes Tau CMa
26	M 44	Cnc	08 40.0	+19 40	OC	3.1	Praesepe or Beehive cluster
27	48 Cnc	Cnc	08 46.7	+28 46	Dbl	4.2/6.6	Iota, colors, Sep 30.5" PA 307deg
28	Mel 111	Com	12 25.0	+26 00	OC	1.8	Coma Star Cluster
29	24 Com	Com	12 35.1	+18 23	Dbl	5.2/6.7	Sep 20.3" PA 271deg
30	M 53	Com	13 12.9	+18 10	GC	7.7	bright
31	STF 1669	Crv	12 41.3	-13 01	Dbl	6/6	Sep 5.4" PA 312deg, variable?
32	Y CVn	CVn	12 45.1	+45 26	Var	7.4~10	La Superba
33	M 51	CVn	13 29.9	+47 12	Gal	8.4	Whirlpool Galaxy
34	M 3	CVn	13 42.2	+28 23	GC	6.4	bright, stars 11...m
35	Beta	Cyg	19 30.7	+27 58	Dbl	3.1/5.1	Sep 34.3" PA 54deg Albireo!
36	NGC 6811	Cyg	19 38.2	+46 34	OC	6.8	large
37	NGC 6826	Cyg	19 44.8	+50 32	PN	8.8	Blinking Planetary
38	NGC 6910	Cyg	20 23.2	+40 47	OC	7.4	pretty bright
39	61 Cyg	Cyg	21 06.9	+38 45	Dbl	5.2/6	Sep 30.3" PA 150deg Piazzi's Star
40	NGC 7027	Cyg	21 07.0	+42 14	PN	9.6	15" dia, 10.4mag
41	Gamma	Del	20 46.6	+16 08	Dbl	4.5/5.5	Sep 9.6" PA 268deg
42	NGC 6543	Dra	17 58.6	+66 38	PN	8.3	Cat's Eye Nebula
43	NGC 1535	Eri	04 14.3	-12 44	PN	10.4	very bright, small
44	M 35	Gem	06 08.2	+24 22	OC	5.1	very large
45	M 13	Her	16 41.7	+36 28	GC	5.9	Hercules Globular Cluster
46	NGC 6210	Her	16 44.5	+23 48	PN	9.7	very bright, very small
47	M 92	Her	17 17.1	+43 08	GC	6.5	very bright, very large
48	V Hydrae	Hya	10 51.6	-21 15	Var	6~12	can be very deeply red star
49	R Lep	Lep	04 59.6	-14 48	Var	5.5~11.7	Hind's Crimson Star
50	M 79	Lep	05 24.2	-24 31	GC	8.4	pretty large
51	M 56	Lyr	19 16.6	+30 11	GC	8.3	bright, stars 11...14m
52	Beta	Lyr	18 50.0	+33 22	Dbl	3.5/8.6	Sep 45.7" PA 149deg
53	M 57	Lyr	18 53.6	+33 02	PN	9.4	Ring Nebula
54	STF 2481	Lyr	19 11.0	+38 47	Dbl	8.3/8.3	Sep 5" PA 201deg deep red/blue
55	NGC 2215	Mon	06 20.8	-07 17	OC	8.4	considerably large
56	Beta Mon	Mon	06 28.8	-07 02	Dbl	4.7/5.2	Sep 7.3" PA 132deg
57	NGC 2244	Mon	06 31.9	+04 57	OC	4.8	12 Mon, in Rosette Nebula
58	NGC 2251	Mon	06 34.7	+08 22	OC	7.3	very large
59	NGC 2252	Mon	06 34.7	+05 22	OC	7.7	very large
60	NGC 2324	Mon	07 04.1	+01 03	OC	8.4	large
61	IC 4665	Oph	17 46.3	+05 43	OC	4.2	course cluster, 40' dia.
62	NGC 6633	Oph	18 27.3	+06 31	OC	4.6	27' little compressed
63	STF 688	Ori	05 19.0	-10 45	Dbl	8.6/8.7	Sep 11" PA 273deg orange/blue
64	M 42	Ori	05 35.3	-05 23	Neb	4.0	Great Nebula in Orion
65	Sigma	Ori	05 38.7	-02 36	Dbl	4.7/5.6	Sep 12.9"/42.6" PA 84deg/61deg
66	STF 790	Ori	05 46.0	-04 16	Dbl	6.4/8.7	Sep 7" PA 88deg orangish/blue
67	NGC 2169	Ori	06 08.4	+13 58	OC	5.9	The "37" cluster
68	1 Peg	Peg	21 22.0	+19 48	Dbl	4.1/8.2	Sep 36" PA 312deg yellow/deep red
69	M 15	Peg	21 30.0	+12 10	GC	6.4	very bright
70	NGC 869	Per	02 19.1	+57 08	OC	5.3	western half of Double Cluster
71	NGC 884	Per	02 22.5	+57 09	OC	6.1	eastern half of Double Cluster
72	NGC 957	Per	02 33.3	+57 34	OC	7.6	pretty large, stars 13...15m
73	TR 2	Per	02 37.3	+55 59	OC	5.9	abt 20 stars with 3 doubles
74	M 34	Per	02 42.1	+42 47	OC	5.2	bright
75	Eta Per	Per	02 50.7	+55 54	Dbl	3.8/8.5	Sep 28.3" PA 300deg
76	STF 336	Per	03 02.0	+32 24	Dbl	6.9/8.4	Sep 9" PA 8deg white/deep blue
77	Mel 20	Per	03 22.0	+49 00	OC	1.2	Alpha Per. Association
78	NGC 1342	Per	03 31.7	+37 22	OC	6.7	very large, about 60 stars
79	NGC 1528	Per	04 15.3	+51 13	OC	6.4	bright
80	h1991	Scl	00 39.0	-25 06	Dbl	6.6/9.7	Sep 45" PA 93deg orange/deep blue
81	M 80	Sco	16 17.0	-22 59	GC	7.2	very bright
82	M 4	Sco	16 23.6	-26 32	GC	5.9	8-10 bright stars
83	M 6	Sco	17 40.3	-32 15	OC	4.2	large, stars 7...10m
84	M 7	Sco	17 53.9	-34 48	OC	3.3	very bright, stars 7...12m
85	M 11	Sct	18 51.1	-06 16	OC	5.8	Wild Duck, stars 9...14m
86	M 5	Ser	15 18.6	+02 05	GC	5.8	very bright,stars 11...15m
87	IC 4756	Ser	18 39.0	+05 27	OC	4.6	group of 80 stars
88	M 8	Sgr	18 03.7	-24 23	Neb	5.0	Lagoon Nebula
89	M 24	Sgr	18 17.0	-18 35	OC	3.1	Small Sag. Star Cloud
90	M 17	Sgr	18 20.8	-16 11	Neb	6.0	bright
91	M 22	Sgr	18 36.4	-23 54	GC	5.1	very bright, stars 11...15m
92	M 45	Tau	03 47.0	+24 07	OC	1.2	The Pleiades
93	STT 84	Tau	04 31.0	+06 48	Dbl	7.3/8.2	Sep 9" PA 254deg orange/white.
94	M 81	Uma	09 55.6	+69 04	Gal	6.9	fine spiral
95	M 82	Uma	09 55.9	+69 41	Gal	8.4	dark lanes
96	M 97	Uma	11 14.8	+55 01	PN	11.0	Owl Nebula
97	Zeta	Uma	13 23.9	+54 56	Dbl	2.3/4	Sep 14.4" PA 152deg, Mizar.
98	SS	Vir	12 25.3	+00 46	Var	6~9.6	deep red star
99	M 104	Vir	12 40.0	-11 37	Gal	8.0	Sombrero Galaxy
100	Cr 399	Vul	19 25.4	+20 11	OC	3.6	Coat Hanger
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