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December's Deep Sky List |
Cat.# |
Type |
Const. |
Mag |
Name |
Comments |
M1 |
NEB |
Tau. |
8.0 |
Crab Nebula |
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*M15 |
GC |
Peg |
6.4 |
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M29 |
OC |
Cyg |
6.6 |
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*M31 |
GAL |
And |
3.4 |
Andromeda Galaxy |
Naked eye from dark sky |
M32 |
GAL |
And |
8.2 |
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Companion to M31 |
*M33 |
GAL |
Tri |
5.7 |
Pinwheel Galaxy |
Very large spiral |
M34 |
OC |
Per |
5.2 |
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*M35 |
OC |
Gem |
5.1 |
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M36 |
OC |
Aur |
6.0. |
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M37 |
OC |
Au5 |
.6. |
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M38 |
OC |
Aur |
6.4. |
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M39 |
OC |
Cyg |
4.6 |
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*M41 |
OC |
Cma |
4.5 |
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*M42 |
NEB |
Ori |
4.0 |
Orion Nebula |
Spectacular!! |
M43 |
NEB |
Ori |
9.0 |
Part of Orion Nebula |
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*M44 |
OC |
Cnc |
3. |
Beehive Cluster |
Big good in binoculars |
*M45 |
OC |
Tau |
1.2 |
Pleiades |
Best in binoculars |
M46 |
OC |
Pup |
6.1 |
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M47 |
OC |
Pup |
4.4 |
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M48 |
OC |
Hya |
5.8 |
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M50 |
OC |
Mon |
5.9 |
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M52 |
OC |
Cas |
6.9 |
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M67 |
OC |
Cnc |
6.9 |
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M74 |
GAL |
Pisc |
9.2 |
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M76 |
PN |
Per |
11 |
Little Dumbbell |
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M77 |
GAL |
Cet |
8.8 |
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M78 |
NEB |
Ori |
8.0 |
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M79 |
GC |
Lep |
8.0 |
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M8 |
GAL |
Uma |
6.8 |
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M82 |
GAL |
Uma |
8.4 |
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M103 |
OC |
Cas |
7.0 |
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M110 |
GAL |
And |
8.0 |
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Companion to M31 |
*NGC253 |
GAL |
Sc |
7.1 |
Sculptor Galaxy |
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*NGC869 |
OC |
Per |
4.0 |
Double |
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*NGC884 |
OC |
Per |
4.0 |
Cluster |
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NGC891 |
SG |
And |
10.0 |
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NGC2244 |
OC |
Mon |
4.8 |
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NGC2392 |
PN |
Gem |
10.0 |
Eskimo Nebula |
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NGC6960 |
NEB |
Cyg |
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Veil |
Supernova |
NGC6992 |
NEB |
Cyg |
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Nebula |
remnant |
*NGC7331 |
GAL |
Peg |
9.5 |
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NGC7662 |
PN |
And |
9.0 |
Blue Snowball |
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*NGC7789 |
OC |
Cass |
6.7 |
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*=extraordinary ; OC = open cluster ; GC = globular cluster ;
NEB = nebula ; PN = planetary
nebula ; GAL = galaxy
