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January's Deep Sky List |
| Cat. # | Type | Const | Mag | Name | Comments |
| M1 | NEB | Tau | 8.0 | Crab Nebula | |
| *M31 | GAL | And | 3.4 | Andromeda Galaxy | Naked eye from dark sky |
| M32 | GAL | And | 8.2 | Companion to M31 | |
| *M33 | GAL | Tri | 5.7 | Pinwheel Galaxy | Very large spiral |
| M34 | OC | Per | 5.2 | ||
| *M35 | OC | Gem | 5.1 | ||
| M36 | OC | Aur | 6.0 | ||
| *M37 | OC | Aur | 5.6 | ||
| M38 | OC | Aur | 6.4 | ||
| *M41 | OC | Cma | 4.5 | ||
| *M42 | NEB | Ori | 4.0 | Orion Nebula | Spectacular!! |
| M43 | NEB | Ori | 9.0 | Part of Orion Nebula | |
| *M44 | OC | Cnc | 3.1 | Beehive Cluster | Big, good in binoculars |
| *M45 | OC | Tau | 1.2 | Pleiades | Best in binoculars |
| M46 | OC | Pup | 6.1 | ||
| M47 | OC | Pup | 4.4 | ||
| M48 | OC | Hya | 5.8 | ||
| M50 | OC | Mon | 5.9 | ||
| M52 | OC | Cas | 6.9 | ||
| M65 | GAL | Leo | 9.3 | ||
| M66 | GAL | Leo | 9.0 | ||
| M67 | OC | Cnc | 6.9 | ||
| M74 | GAL | Pisc | 9.2 | ||
| M76 | PN | Per | 11 | Little Dumbbell | |
| M77 | GAL | Cet | 8.8 | ||
| M78 | NEB | Ori | 8.0 | ||
| M79 | GC | Lep | 8.0 | ||
| M81 | GAL | Uma | 6.8 | ||
| M82 | GAL | Uma | 8.4 | ||
| M93 | OC | Pup | 6.0 | ||
| M95 | GAL | Leo | 9.7 | ||
| M96 | GAL | Leo | 9.2 | ||
| M103 | OC | Cas | 7.0 | ||
| M105 | GAL | Leo | 9.3 | ||
| M110 | GAL | And | 8.0 | Companion to M31 | |
| *NGC869 | OC | Per | 4.0 | Double | |
| *NGC884 | OC | Per | 4.0 | Cluster | |
| NGC891 | SG | And | 10.0 | ||
| NGC2244 | OC | Mon | 4.8 | ||
| NGC2261 | NEB | Mon | Hubble'sVariable Nebula | ||
| NGC2392 | PN | Gem | 10.0 | Eskimo Nebula | |
| NGC7662 | PN | And | 9.0 | Blue Snowball | |
| NGC7789 | OC | Cass | 6.7 |
*= extraordinary ; OC = open cluster ;
GC = globular cluster ; NEB = nebula ; PN = planetary nebula ; GAL = galaxy |
