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There were 108 items found in the database of astronomical objects. Click the name of the object (in the first column), to see details about that object.

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•	Name	Other	Type	Const	Mag	Size		Comments
	47 Tucanae	NGC 104	gc	Dor	4.03	31		The second best globular.
	Eta Car	NGC3372	gn	Car	1	120		Big and bright nebula.
	M1	NGC1952	gn	Tau	8.4	4		Easy oval hazy patch in 4".
	M2	NGC7089	gn	Aqr	7.5	12		Easy in 30 cm scope, quite detailed.
	M3	NGC5272	gc	CVn	7	2		Easy in binoculars.
	M4	NGC6121	gc	Sco	7.5	2		Bright and easy in binoculars.
	M5	NGC5904	gc	Ser	7	2		Visible in binocs using averted vision.
	M6	NGC6405	oc	Sco	4.5			Very nice but needs wide field.
	M7	NGC6475	oc	Sco	3.5			Probably better than M6.
	M8	NGC6523	gn	Sgr	5	2		Easy with some detail in 12".
	M9	NGC6333	gc	Oph	7.3	2		Bright and easy in binoculars.
	M10	NGC6254	gc	Oph	7.2	2		Quite easy in binoculars.
	M11	NGC6705	oc	Sct	7			Easy naked eye object. "Wild duck".
	M12	NGC6218	gc	Oph	8	2		Close to M10, easy.
	M13	NGC6205	gc	Her	6	2		Bright and easy in binoculars.
	M14	NGC6402	gc	Oph	9.5	4		Found in 4".
	M15	NGC7078	gc	Peg	7.5	12		Very easy and bright in 12".
	M16	NGC6611	gn	Ser	6.5	2		Nice in binoculars. A cluster & nebula.
	M17	NGC6618	gn	Sgr	7	2		Easy but no detail in 12", "Omega".
	M18	NGC6613	oc	Sgr	8	2		Easy in binoculars if sky is good.
	M19	NGC6273	gc	Oph	8.5	2		Difficult in binoculars.
	M20	NGC6514	gn	Sgr	9	12		Difficult if sky is bright.
	M21	NGC6531	oc	Sgr	7	2		Easy, near 6514 and 6523.
	M22	NGC6656	gc	Sgr	6.5	12		Nice globular in 12" Newtonian.
	M23	NGC6494	gc	Sgr	6.9	2		Large open cluster in binoculars.
	M24	NGC6603	oc	Sgr	7	2		Easy in binoculars.
	M25		oc	Sgr	6	2		Easy in binoculars.
	M26	NGC6694	oc	Sct		3		Small & quite bright. Location easy.
	M27	NGC6853	pn	Vul	7.5	12		Easy and bright in 12" Newtonian.
	M28	NGC6626	oc	Sgr	6.8	12		Small but reasonably bright.
	M29		oc	Cyg
	M30	NGC7099	gc	Cap	8.5	2		Difficult in 7x50 binoculars.
	M31	NGC224	eg	And	4	4		Bright but near horizon.
	M32	NGC221	eg	And	8.7
	M33	NGC598	eg	Tri	5.3	2		Not too bright but easy at culmination.
	M34	NGC1039	oc	Per	5.9
	M35	NGC2168	oc	Gem	5.3	2		Low in sky so difficult in 7x50
	M36	NGC1960	oc	Aur	6.5	2		Easy in 7x50 at culmination
	M37	NGC2099	oc	Aur	6.2	2		Easy. forms line with M36 M38
	M38	NGC1912	oc	Aur	7	2		Needs averted vision in 7x50, low.
	M41	NGC2287	oc	Cma	5			Excellent in 12", very fine.
	M42	NGC1976	gn	Ori	4			Superb in 12" Newtonian.
	M43	NGC1977	gn	Ori	4	4		Near M42, quite easy.
	M44	NGC2632	oc	Cnc	4.5			Easy large naked eye object
	M45		oc	Tau	1.4			Easy, needs large field, "Pleiades".
	M46	NGC2437	oc	Pup	6.5	2		Large & easy but not impressive.
	M47	NGC2422	oc	Pup	4.5	2		Scattered and unspectacular.
	M48	NGC2548	oc	Hya	5.5	2		Large but sparse cluster.
	M49	NGC4472	eg	Vir	8.6			Should be easy.
	M50	NGC2323	oc	Mon	6.5	2		Medium bright blur in 7x50.
	M51	NGC5194	eg	CVn	8.1
	M52	NGC7654	oc	Cas
	M53	NGC5024	gc	Com	7.6	2		Easy object in good sky.
	M54	NGC6715	gc	Sgr	7.3	2		Very small but bright.
	M55	NGC6809	gc	Sgr	7	2		Visible in 7x50.
	M56	NGC6779	gc	Lyr	8.2	4		Location easy but tricky in 4".
	M57	NGC6720	pn	Lyr	9.5	4		Location easy near horizon, "Ring".
	M58	NGC4579	eg	Vir
	M59	NGC4621	eg	Vir	9.3
	M60	NGC4649	eg	Vir	9.2
	M61	NGC4303	eg	Vir	10
	M62	NGC6266	gc	Pup	8	2		Visible in binoculars with averted vision.
	M63	NGC5055	eg	CVn	10
	M64	NGC4826	eg	Com	8.4
	M65	NGC3623	eg	Leo	9.5	12		Location easy but quite faint.
	M66	NGC3627	eg	Leo	8.8	12		Easier than 95. In same low power field.
	M67	NGC2682	oc	Cnc	7.5	2		Easy open cluster near M44.
	M68	NGC4590	gc	Hya	8.2	12		Easy but unspectacular.
	M69	NGC6637	gc	Sgr	9	4		Easy object.
	M70	NGC6681	gc	Sgr	9	4		Easy but quite small.
	M71	NGC6838	gc	Sge	8.5	2		Difficult in 7x50.
	M72	NGC6981	gc	Aqr
	M74	NGC628	eg	Psc	10
	M75	NGC6864	gc	Sgr	9.5
	M76	NGC650	pn	Per	9.6
	M77	NGC1068	eg	Cet	8.9	4		Small but easy in 4".
	M78	NGC2068	gn	Ori	7	4		Easy in 4". 2 stars & nebula.
	M79	NGC1904	gc	Lep	8.5	12		Easy in 12". Small nucleus.
	M80	NGC6093	gc	Sco	8.5	2		Visible but no detail.
	M81	NGC3031	eg	UMa	7.9
	M82	NGC3034	eg	UMa	8.8
	M83	NGC5236	eg	Hya	8	6		Easy & bright if the sky is good.
	M84	NGC4374	eg	Vir	9.3
	M85	NGC4382	eg	Vir	9.3
	M86	NGC4406	eg	Vir	9.7
	M87	NGC4486	eg	Vir	9.2
	M88	NGC4501	eg	Com
	M89	NGC4552	eg	Vir	9.5
	M90	NGC4569	eg	Vir	10
	M92	NGC6341	gc	Her	6.1
	M93	NGC2447	oc	Pup	6.5	2		Easy in binoculars.
	M94	NGC4736	eg	CVn	9.2
	M95	NGC3351	eg	Leo		4		Low and tricky in 4".
	M96	NGC3368	eg	Leo	9	4		Similar to M95.
	M97	NGC3587	pn	UMa	9.5
	M98	NGC4192	eg	Com
	M99	NGC4254	eg	Com
	M100	NGC4321	eg	Com
	M101	NGC5457	eg	Uma	9.6
	M103	NGC581	oc	Cas	7.4
	M104	NGC4594	eg	Vir	7.9	5		Location easy but quite dim.
	M106	NGC4258	eg	CVn	8.2
	M107		gc	Oph
	NGC 3918		pn	Cen	8.4	0.16		A small, blue planetary nebula.
	NGC 5128		eg	Cen	7	18		A big elliptical galaxy.
	Omega Cen	NGC5139	gc	Cen	3.68	65		Best globular in the sky.
	Sculptor Galaxy	NGC253	eg	Scl	7.1	25		Good in medium to large scopes.
	Tarantula Neb	30 Doradus	gn	Dor	8	40		Quite a lot of detail visible.

Click the object name to see more detailed information. Magnitudes are visual, apparent magnitudes; sizes are in arc minutes. Object types are: eg external galaxy, gc globular cluster, gn gaseous nebula, oc open cluster, pn planetary nebula.