Marko's Eye Candy List: Showpiece or combinations of objects that are many of my favorites Rev: 20140611 These targets are mostly available in 8" scope and many clusters or doubles can be seen in much smaller scopes. Each line may be one object, an interesting combination or a collection of many objects. Many objects are Messier objects and for those the NGC number is snown with an 'N'. All available from +36 latitude Only a few require large scopes and I have tried hard to avoid 'impossibly dim' objects. Con Object(s) Type RA DEC Mag Name & other objects And M31 N224 Open 00 42 44.4 +41 16 08 4.4 Andromeda Galaxy. Extremely famous. Bino/Naked eye. Also M110,M32 Cet NGC 246 PNeb 00 47 06.0 -11 53 00 8.5 Dim and large PN with darker areas. Best in big scope Sci NGC 253 Glxy 00 47 32.9 -25 17 20 8.0 NGC 288 Globular cluster 1.8deg SE of N253 Tri M33 N598 Glxy 01 33 50.9 +30 39 37 6.3 Triangulum galaxy. Also N604 star forming region 01 34.5 +30 47 Per NGC 869 OC 02 19 00.0 +57 09 00 4.3 Double Cluster with NGC 884, arc of stars leads to OC Stock2 For NGC 1097 Glxy 02 46 18.9 -30 16 21 10.2 Great south gal with N1097A. Use big scope. Per Mel 20 OC 03 24 19.0 +49 51 42 2.3 Huge naked eye open cluster. Great bino target. Tau M45 OC 03 47 30.0 +24 06 00 1.2 Pleiades or 7 sisters. Naked Eye. Metrople Nebula Cam NGC 1502 OC 04 07 42.0 +62 20 00 5.7 Kimble's cascade leads to it. PN N1501 1.4deg S Col NGC 1851 Glob 05 14 06.3 -40 02 50 7.1 Nice glob, high concentration class Aur M38 N1912 Open 05 28 43.0 +35 51 18 6.4 OC M36 (05 36 +34 08) & OC M37 (05 52 +32 33) with gold star Tau M1 N1952 SNR 05 34 30.0 +22 01 00 8.4 Crab nebula. SuperNova remnant. Ori M42 N1976 Nebula 05 35 24.0 -05 27 00 4.0 Orion Nebula. Very busy area, explore this grand area with chart. Ori B 33 DrkN 05 41 01.8 -02 27 40 0.0 Dim Horsehead nebula. Big scope and HBeta filter required Ori NGC 2024 BRTNB 05 42 00.0 -01 50 00 ? FlameNebula Ori Ngc 2169 OC 06 08 25.0 +13 57 54 5.9 Cluster that looks like number '37' Gem M35 N2168 Open 06 09 00.0 +24 21 00 5.1 Tiny OC Ngc2158 next to M35 Mon BetaMon TriStr 06 28 49.0 -07 01 59 4.6 BetaMon. A popular triple star system Mon NGC 2237 BrtN 06 31 40.0 +05 04 00 ? Rosette Nebula with OC N2244. Huge! Mon NGC 2264 OC 06 40 59.0 +09 53 42 4.1 Christmas Tree Cluster. If HUGE scope see Cone Nebula at it's top CMa DblStar DblStr 07 07 22.6 -23 50 26 6.1 Winter Albireo. Colorful multi-star system CMa NGC 2359 Nebula 07 18 31.0 -13 14 00 - Thor's Helmet. Very popular, interesting nebula but a bit small. Gem NGC 2371 PNeb 07 25 34.8 +29 29 22 13.0 Double lobe. Tiny/dim Need big scope. Has wings. Cam NGC 2403 Glxy 07 36 51.6 +65 36 10 8.9 Large face on. Seeing arm details needs big scope. Lyn NGC 2419 Glob 07 38 08.5 +38 52 55 10.3 Intergalactic Wanderer. Dim. Curved trail of stars leads to it. Pup M46 N2437 OC 07 41 48.0 -14 49 00 6.1 PN N2438 inside. And M47 07 36 36.0 -14 30 00 Cnc M44 N2632 OC 08 40 24.0 +19 40 00 3.1 Beehive Cluster. Naked eye and bino. If big scope, 8 gals. Leo NGC 2903 Glxy 09 32 09.6 +21 29 58 9.7 An 'Almost Messier' class big galaxy Uma M81 N3031 Glxy 09 55 36.0 +69 04 00 6.9 Don't miss M82 09 55 48.0 +69 41 00 at mag 9.2 Leo M105 N3379 Glxy 10 47 48.0 +12 35 00 9.6 Treo around M105. Also in line with M96 & M95 Leo M65 N3623 Glxy 11 18 54.0 +13 06 00 9.3 1 of Leo Triplet. M66 & N3628 in 1 degree field Vir NGC 4216 Glxy 12 15 54.2 +13 08 58 11.0 Line of 3 elongated galaxies. See N4222, N4206 Vir M86 N4406 Glxy 12 26 12.0 +12 57 00 8.9 Markarian chain. In ring of galaxies but MANY gals! CVn NGC 4449 Glxy 12 28 11.4 +44 05 40 10.0 Very odd galaxy but best in larger scopes Com NGC 4565 Glxy 12 36 20.9 +25 59 17 10.4 Very long galaxy with thin dust lane. Vir M104 N4594 Glxy 12 40 00.0 -11 37 00 8.0 Sombrerro galaxy. Very famous. Great dust lane Cvn NGC 4631 Glxy 12 42 06.0 +32 33 00 9.8 Whale Galaxy. Also N4656 12 44 +32 11 Hockey Stick Cen NGC 5128 Glxy 13 25 30.0 -43 01 00 6.8 Centaurus A. Far south. Thick and complex dust lane. Cen NGC 5139 Glob 13 26 45.9 -47 28 37 3.9 Omega Centauri. Famous but very very low from USA. CVn M51 N5194 Glxy 13 29 54.0 +47 12 00 8.4 Whirlpool galaxy 'eating' Ngc5195 Hya M83 N5236 Glxy 13 37 00.3 -29 52 04 8.2 Showpiece from south but nice here too. CVn M3 N5272 Glob 13 42 11.2 +28 22 32 6.3 Wonderful globular cluster UMa M101 N5457 Glxy 14 03 12.5 +54 20 55 8.3 Pinwheel galaxy. Arms best in big scope. Good transparency needed. Dra NGC 5907 Glxy 15 15 53.9 +56 19 38 11.1 Extremely elongated galaxy Sco Nu Sco DblDbl 16 11 59.8 -19 27 38 4.0 A double set of thightly spaced doubles Sco M4 N6121 Glob 16 23 35.5 -26 31 31 5.4 A famous lower concentration globular cluster Her M13 N6205 Glob 16 41 41.5 +36 27 37 5.8 Hercules cluster. In big scopes N6207 1/2 deg NE Dra NGC 6543 PNeb 17 58 33.5 +66 37 59 8.8 Cat's Eye Nebula. Nice but better in big scope. Sgr B 86 DrkN 18 02 58.6 -27 52 00 - Ink Spot Dark Nebula. Also OC N6820 right on it's edge Sgr M8 N6523 Nebula 18 03 48.0 -24 23 00 5.8 Great Nebula. Also Trifid neb: M20 N6514 18 02.5 -22 59 Sgr M24 SCloud 18 16 54.0 -18 29 00 4.5 Big Star cloud. See dark neb B92,B93, OC N6602. Bino Ok. M18 NE edge Ser M16 Nebula 18 18 43.0 -13 48 00 - Cluster with Eagle Nebula IC4703. Very dim, best in larger scopes. Sgr M17 N6618 Nebula 18 20 48.0 -16 11 00 6.0 Swan Nebula. 1st class nebula. M16 cluster/Dim Eagle Neb 2.4deg NNW Sgr M22 N6656 Glob 18 36 24.2 -23 54 12 5.2 Great globular cluster in high Sagittarius Lyr DblDbl DblStr 18 44 20.3 +39 40 12 4.6 Double-Double. Great seeing test. Two tight double stars Cyg M57 N6720 PNeb 18 53 35.2 +33 01 44 9.7 Ring Nebula. Ok any scope. Big scope: CtrStar,IC1296 Vul Cr 399 OC 19 25 24.0 +20 11 00 3.6 Coathanger. Bino friendly asterism like coat hanger Cyg Albiro DblStr 19 30 43.3 +27 57 35 3.0 Colorful and very popular double star Aql B142 DN 19 40 42.0 +10 37 00 - Barnards E HUGE dark nebula. Bino or Wide telescope. Like an E. Cyg NGC 6826 PNeb 19 44 48.2 +50 31 31 9.8 Blinking Planetary. Broad halo seems to go away with direct vision Sgr NGC 6822 Glxy 19 44 56.5 -14 48 11 9.3 Barnard's Galaxy. Faint dwarf. 12" scope sees it. Has some H2 spots Vul M27 N6853 PNeb 19 59 36.0 +22 43 00 7.1 Dumbell Nebula. Very famous with 2 lobes and halo. Cyg NGC 6888 Nebula 20 12 00.0 +38 21 00 - Crescent Nebula. A dim classic. Tough without big scope. Cep NGC 6946 Glxy 20 34 48.0 +60 09 00 10.5 Fireworks Galaxy. Also OC N6939 20 31.5 +60 38 Cyg NGC 6960 SNR 20 45 42.0 +30 43 00 Veil SNR: Also N6992 20 56.5 +31 43 and PickTri 20 48 +31 35 Cyg NGC 7000 BrtN 20 58 00.0 +44 20 00 - North American Neb. Also Pelican IC5070 20 51 +44 00 Aqr NGC 7293 PNeb 22 29 36.0 -20 50 00 7.6 Helix Nebula. Very big and low in south but very popular. Peg NGC 7331 Glxy 22 37 04.5 +34 25 00 9.4 Deerlick. Has 4 'flea' galaxies. If 16" scope, N7320 22 36 +33 57 Cas M52 N7654 OC 23 24 12.0 +61 35 00 6.9 Has N7635 Bubble Nebula just 1/2 degree SW Cas NGC 7789 OC 23 57 00.0 +56 44 00 6.7 Wonderful 'almost messier' open cluster. This list put together by Marko at www.astrospotter.com