Amateur Observers' Society of New York, Inc.
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Amateur Observers' Society of New York, Inc.
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October's Deep Sky List |
Cat.
# |
Type |
Const. |
Mag. |
Name |
Comments |
*M2 |
GC |
Aqr |
6.5 |
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*M15 |
GC |
Peg |
6.4 |
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*M27 |
PN |
Vul |
8.0 |
Dumbbell Nebula |
One of the finest P. Nebs. |
M29 |
OC |
Cyg |
6.6 |
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M30 |
GC |
Cap |
7.5 |
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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 |
Per5.2 |
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M39 |
OC |
Cyg |
4.6 |
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M45 |
OC |
Tau |
1.2 |
Pleiades |
Best in Binoculars |
M52 |
OC |
Cas |
6.9 |
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M56 |
GC |
Lyr |
8.2 |
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*M57 |
PN |
Lyr |
9.0 |
Ring
Nebula |
One
of the finest Planetary. nebs. |
M71 |
GC |
Sge |
7.0 |
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M72 |
GC |
Aqr |
9.4 |
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M73 |
OC |
Aqr |
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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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M103 |
OC |
Cas |
7.0 |
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M110 |
GAL |
And |
8.0 |
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Companion to M31 |
NGC55 |
GAL |
Scl |
8.0 |
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*NGC253 |
GAL |
Scl |
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 |
GAL |
And |
10.0 |
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Large,faint.-nice dark lanes |
NGC6826 |
PN |
Cyg |
10.0 |
Blinking Nebula |
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NGC6960 |
NEB |
Cyg |
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Veil |
Supernova |
NGC6992 |
NEB |
Cyg |
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Nebula |
Remnant |
NGC7000 |
NEB |
Cyg |
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North America Nebula |
Very large |
NGC7009 |
PN |
Aqr |
8.0 |
Saturn Nebula |
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NGC7293 |
PN |
Aqr |
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Helix Nebula |
Very large, faint |
NGC7662 |
PN |
And |
9.0 |
Blue snowball |
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*=extraordinary ; OC = open cluster ; GC = globular cluster ;
NEB = nebula ; PN = planetary
nebula ; GAL = galaxy
