Small

NGC 5005 & NGC 5033

Interacting spiral galaxy pair

13h 10.9m

+37° 03'

Share low-power field. Both oval with stellar nuclei. 5005 bright. 5033 faint with bright oval core.

Medium

Hickson 68

Compact galaxy group

13h 53.4m

+40° 17'

By orange star. NGCs 5353 & 5354 (very close); 5350, 5355; & 5358 (elusive). NGC 5371 ½° ENE.

Large

NGC 4395

Dwarf Seyfert galaxy

12h 25.8m

+33° 33'

Large (13' x 11'), very low surface brightness. Includes HII regions NGCs 4399, 4400, and 4401.

Small

Melotte 111 (Collinder 256)

Coma Star Cluster

12h 25.1m

+26° 07'

~4½°. Best seen with unaided eye, binox, finder, or small rich-field scope.

Medium

Hickson 61 (The Box)

Compact galaxy group

12h 12.3m

+29° 11'

4 gxs crammed into 7'. NGCs 4169, 4174, & 4175 fairly faint. NGC 4173 elusive, flat galaxy.

Large

Downtown Coma

Coma Galaxy Cluster

12h 59.8m

+27° 58'

¼° field w/ 2 brightest Com Cl. gxs (4889 & 4874) + more faint gxs than you can shake a stick at.

Small

Stargate (STF 1659)

Asterism/sextuple star

12h 35.7m

-12° 01'

5' triangle in a triangle near M104. Six stars mag 6½ to 11. Buck Rogers' hyperspace stargate.

Medium

NGC 4361

Planetary nebula

12h 24.5m

-18° 47'

NE-SW oval with a faint central star. Try filters to examine patchy round halo  Lawn Sprinkler.

Large

NGC 4027

One-armed spiral galaxy

11h 59.5m

-19° 16'

41' SW of Antennae (NGC 4038/9). Arm wraps W thru N. Interacting with NGC 4027A just 4' S.

Small

Vultus Irrisorie (Smiley Face)

Asterism

19h 53.2m

+47° 16'

Binox, finder, or small scope: 5 mag 6 to 8 stars in 1.4º ~ north-south grin plus 2 eye-stars west.

Medium

Fairy Ring (Chaple's Arc)

Asterism

20h 04.1m

+38° 10'

Colorful asterism of several pairs of stars arranged in a ring. 22'. Brightest pair is HJ 1470.

Large

NGC 6857

Emission nebula

20h 01.8m

+33° 32'

38" neb. in Gamma () Cygni spot of its own mini-Cross. UHC/OIII filter. 3' Sh 2-100 @ NW edge.

Small

Kemble 2 (Mini-Cas)

Asterism

18h 35.0m

+72° 23'

½° asterism with remarkable resemblance to the constellation Cassiopeia. Also Little Queen.

Medium

Q1634+706 (GSC 4423-1764)

Quasar

16h 34.485m

+70° 31.55'

Mag ~14.4. Light travel distance = 9 billion ly. Distance now = 13 billion ly. S&T, March 2006.

Large

NGC 4236

Magellanic barred spiral gx.

12h 16.7m

+69° 28'

Very large (20'  5'), very low-surface brightness, very patchy. Nearby: ~14 million ly.

Small

Sudor Ophiuchi

Asterism

17h 03.1

+14° 06'

Binox, finder, or small scope. Several mag 5 to 8 stars in 3º-long, stretched-out S or integral sign.

Medium

NGC 6210 (Turtle Nebula)

Planetary nebula

16h 44.5m

+23° 48'

Robin's-egg blue, oval, 30". Central star almost overpowered by the bright nebula.

Large

IC 4593 (White-eyed Pea)

Planetary nebula

16h 11.7m

+12° 04'

30", bluish or greenish, bright central star. Try averted vision. Use the above coordinates.

Small

Dolidze 27

Open cluster

16h 36.5m

-08° 56'

9 stars in 15' Gemini-like stick figure. Head hues mimic Castor & Pollux. (LBN 35 at WSW edge.)

Medium

NGC 6369 (Little Ghost)

Planetary nebula

17h 29.3m

-23° 46'

Small (38"), round, annular, brighter in the north. (Central star 20-inch scope, outer lobes 24-inch scope.)

Large

Haute Provence 1

Globular cluster

17h 31.1m

-29° 59'

~2', very faint, northern edge cradled by 3 mag ~ 12 stars. 20 Kly beyond the galactic core.

Small

Ferrero 6

Asterism

13h 09.6m

+57° 33'

14 stars form 28' Eiffel Tower or teepee with lightning rod sticking out the top. Asterism 33' x 21'.

Medium

NGC 4157

Flat galaxy

12h 11.1m

+50° 29'

Thin w/ mottled core. Mag 10 star off W tip. Mag 8 yellowish star 4' NNW. (Dust lane large scope)

Large

NGC 5474

Distorted galaxy

14h 05.0m

+53° 40'

Looks like a quahog clamshell with its brightest part at the north edge. Interacting with M101.

Small

NGC 4216 (& NGC 4206)

High inclination galaxies

12h 15.9m

+13° 09'

Nice spindle gx. Try faint spindle 4206 12' SW. 12' NE, 4222 (flat gx) needs  a medium scope.

Medium

NGC 5634

Globular cluster

14h 29.6m

-05° 59'

Only Virgo globular. In pretty field. Possibly stolen from Sgr dSph Gx. 82 Kly distant. Resolution?

Large

Abell 36 (PK 318+41.1)

Planetary nebula

13h 40.7m

-19° 53'

Large (6'), faint, oddly patterned. Central star visible. Try UHC or OIII filter for nebula.

Small

NGC 6940

Open cluster

20h 34.6m

+28° 19'

Very rich group of moderately bright to very faint stars in ½°. Brightest stars may show color.

Medium

NGC 6885/Collinder 416

Superimposed clusters

20h 12.0m

+26° 29'

6885 loose group of fairly bright stars scattered around 20 Vulpeculae, ~20'. Cr 416 is 8' group of faint stars superimposed on NW quadrant. Clusters have nomenclature issues – aka NGC 6882.

Large

NGC 6802

Open cluster

19h 30.6m

+20° 16'

Off eastern tip of the Coathanger (Collinder 399). Rich in faint stars over unresolved haze. 5'.