NGC 7662 (H.IV.18). Starlike appearance; central star of 14th magnitude. NGC 7662 (H.IV.18). Starlike appearance; central star of 14th magnitude. NGC 7686 Magnitude 8.0. NGC 205 Companion to M.31. Type E6 and mag.9. NGC 224 (M.31) The Great Spiral/and visible to naked eye. The largest galaxy of the Local Group/type Sbat a distance of 2/200/000 light-years. NGC 221 (M.32) Companion to M.31. Magnitude 8.7 and of type E2. NGC 752 Magnitude 7.0 and containing about 70 stars. NGC 3132 One of the brighter members of its class. Mag 8.2 with an 11th mag central star. Dimensions 84 x 53''. NGC 6981 (M.72) Magnitude 8.6 object at 59/000 light years. Diameter 5'. NGC 7009 (H.IV.1) The Saturn Nebula. Dimensions 44 x 26'' and 8.4 magnitude. NGC 7089 (M.2) Magnitude 6.3 and apparent diameter of 12'. Distance 52/000 l.y. NGC 7293 The Helical Nebula. Visually the brightest and largest of all planetaries. Magnitude 6.5 and 15' x 12' in size. NGC 6709 Magnitude 8.1 and rather loose. NGC 6755 Magnitude 8.3 and rather loose. NGC 6167 Magnitude 6.4 with 110 stars. NGC 6193 Magnitude 5 with 30 stars. I.4651 Magnitude 8 and rich. NGC 6352 Magnitude 8 with 5' diameter at a distance of 19/000 l.y. NGC 6362 Magnitude 7 object at 19,000 l.y. and a 7' apparent diameter. NGC 6397 Large and bright/ magnitude 5 and 19' in diameter. Distance 8/000 l.y. NGC 1664 Magnitude 7.5 and fairly rich. NGC 1912 (M.38) Fine cruciform cluster of 7th magnitude/with 100 stars. Distance 4/200 light-years. NGC 1960 (M.36) Magnitude 6.3 with about 60 stars. Distance 4/200 l.y. NGC 2099 (M.37) Magnitude 6.2 with about 100 stars/in a rich region. Distance 4/200 l.y. NGC 2281 About 30 stars. Magnitude 6.7. I.2149 Magnitude 9.9 with a 14th mag. central star. NGC 5466 Mag 8.5 and over 55,000 light years distant. NGC 2403 Type Sc (loose). Magnitude 9. NGC 2632 (M.44) The Præsepe or Beehive cluster. One of the finest in the sky/ of 4th mag. and with 90 stars. Distance 510 l.y. NGC 2682 (M.67) Mag. 6.1 ; 70 stars. Famous 'old' cluster with many late-type stars at a distance of 2/700 light years. NGC 4258 Spiral ; mag 8.6 NGC 4449 Irregular type ; mag. 9.2. NGC 4490 Spiral ; type Sc. Magnitude 9.7. NGC 5055 (M.63) Spiral (type Sb). Magnitude 9.5 and 13 million l.y. distant. NGC 5194/5195 (M.51) The Whirlpool Galaxy. Type Sc/ and the first spiral to be identifiedas such. Magnitude 8/ size 12 x 6'/ distance 7 million light years. NGC 5272 (M.3) Magnitude 6.4. Distance 45/000 l.y. Diam. 18'. NGC 2204 Mag.9 and fairly rich. NGC 2287 (M.41) Fine naked-eye object of 4.6 mag. There is a reddish star near its centre. About 50 stars in all at a distance of 2/200 light-years. NGC 2354 Mag.9 and fairly rich. NGC 7099 (M.30) Magnitude 8.4 and 9' in apparent diameter at a distance of 43/000 light years. NGC 2516 Fine mag.3 naked-eye object with about 80 stars. NGC 2808 Rich 6th-magnitude cluster at 23/000 light-years. NGC 2867 Oval in shape/and of 10th magnitude. NGC 3114 Rich 4.5 mag. cluster of 100 stars. I.2581 Fairly rich 5th-mag. cluster of 35 stars. NGC 3372 Nebulosity around the remarkable star Eta Carinæ/now invisible with the naked-eye/but which rivalled Sirius in 1843. 8/000 l.y. distant. NGC 3532 Rich 3.3 mag. cluster of 130 stars. NGC 7654 (M.52) Not very distinctive. Magnitude 7.3 with 50 stars/at 6/700 l.y. NGC 40 A mag 10.2 oval ring with an 11.4 mag central star. NGC 133 Fairly rich ; mag.9. About 50 stars. NGC 225 (H.VIII.78) Fine rich 9th. mag cluster of 100 stars. NGC 381 Fairly rich ; mag.9. NGC 475 (H.VII.42) Rich 6th-mag cluster of 80 stars. NGC 457 Rich 7.5 mag cluster of 100 stars. NGC 559 Fairly rich cluster of 60 stars. Mag 7.3. NGC 581 (M.103) A loose cluster of 60 stars at 8/200 light-years. Magnitude 7.5. NGC 663 A 7th-mag cluster of 80 stars. NGC 3766 Fine 5.1 mag. cluster of 60 stars. NGC 3918 Magnitude 8.4 with apparent size of 32 x 13''. NGC 5139 Omega Centauri - the grandest globular of all. Diameter 30' and of magnitude 3.5/ and partly resolved in a small telescope. Distance 15/000 l.y. NGC 5286 Magnitude 8.5. NGC 5460 Rather loose cluster of 25 stars. Mag 6.1. NGC 7380 Fairly rich 8th mag. cluster of 50 stars. I.1470 One of the brighter planetaries/mag 8/ with a 12th mag. central star. Size 45 x 70''. NGC 7510 Fairly rich ; mag.9. NGC 246 Oval/size 4 x 3.5'. Mag 8.5 with a 12th mag. central star. NGC 247 Spiral/mag 9.5. NGC 1068 (M.77) Giant Seyfert galaxy and a radio source. Mag. 8.9 and over 50 million light-years distant. NGC 5823 Magnitude 9 ; 80 stars and quite rich. NGC 5925 Magnitude 8.3 and moderately rich. NGC 1851 Mag 8.1. Diam.5'. Distance 44/000 l.y. NGC 4192 (M.98) Type Sb / mag 10.7. Distance 35 million light years. NGC 4251 Type Sa / mag 10.2. NGC 4254 (M.99) Mag. 10. Type Sc. 35 million light years distant. NGC 4278 Type E1. Magnitude 10. NGC 4321 (M.100) Type Sc. Mag 10.6. 35,000/000 l.y. distant. NGC 4382 (M.85) Magnitude 9. Type elliptical peculiar. Distance about 35 million l.y. NGC 4414 Type Sc. Magnitude 10. NGC 4494 Type E1. Magnitude 10. NGC 4501 (M.88) Magnitude 10. Type Sb. Distance 35 million light-years. NGC 4565 (H.V.24) Mag.10 and type Sb. NGC 4826 (M.64) Mag 8. Type Sb. Distance 20 million light-years. Dubbed the 'Black-eye' galaxy because it has a dark area of obscuring dust near its centre. NGC 5024 (M.53) Mag 7.3 and 6'' diam. 65,000 l.y. distant. NGC 5053 Magnitude 10.5. NGC 6541 Magnitude 6 and 7'' diam. 18/000 light-years distant. NGC 4361 Oval/magnitude 11 ; Central star is of 12.8 mag. NGC 4349 Rich 8th mag. cluster of over 100 stars. NGC 4463 Mag.8.5 and 20 stars. NGC 4755 Kappa Crucis - the 'Jewel Box' cluster. Superb 5th-mag group of about 50 stars of different colours as seen in a telescope. NGC 6826 Magnitude 9. Central star is of mag. 10.8. NGC 6871 A mag 5.6 cluster of some 60 stars close to star 27 Cygni. NGC 6913 (M.29) A sparse mag.7 group of 20 stars 4/000 light-years away. NGC 7027 Magnitude 10. Central star is extremely faint - mag 17. NGC 7092 (M.39) Triangular mag. 5.2 group of some 25 stars. Distance 840 light-years. NGC 7000 + I.5067 The 'North America' and 'Pelican' nebulæ/ so named after their appearance on photos. May be glimpsed with binoculars on a very clear/dark night. NGC 6992/6995 The 'Cirrus' nebula/ resembling two parts of a wispy cloud on photographs. May be glimpsed on a very clear night with a small telescope. NGC 1566 Spiral/ mag 10.5. NGC 2070 Naked-eye 'Tarantula' nebula on the north- east side of the Large Magellanic Cloud/ an irregular companion galaxy to ours/ which is 160/000 l.y. away. NGC 4125 Mag 10. Type E5. NGC 6503 Type Sb and mag 9.6. NGC 6543 (H.IV.37) Dimensions 22 x 16''. Magnitude 9. Central star of 9.6 mag. NGC 1232 Type Sc. Mag 10.5. NGC 1291 Elliptical/mag 10.2. NGC 1398 Barred spiral SBb. Magnitude 10.4. NGC 2129 Magnitude 7.2. NGC 2168 (M.35) A grand and rich cluster of 120 stars at a distance of 2/900 light-years. Magnitude 5.3 and just visible with the naked eye. NGC 2392 The 'Eskimo' nebula. Magnitude 8.3 and 45'' diameter/ with a weird resemblance to an Eskimo's face! NGC 6205 (M.13) The brightest object of its class in the northern hemisphere. Magnitude 5.7 with apparent diam. 23'' at a distance of 24/000 light-years. NGC 6341 (M.92) Magnitude 6.1 at a distance of 37/000 light-years. Diam. 12''. NGC 1261 Mag 8.5 and diam. 2''. Very distant/at 78/000 light-years. NGC 2548 (M.48) Bright 80-star group of 5.5 mag at 1600 light-years distance. Messier's published position for it was 5 degrees in error. NGC 3242 (H.IV.27) Mag 9. Centre star is of 11.4 mag. NGC 4590 (M.68) Magnitude 8.2. Diam. 3''. Distance 45/000 l.y. NGC 5236 (M.83) Magnitude 10. Type Sc. Distance 14 million light-years. NGC 7209 Magnitude 7.6. About 50 stars. NGC 7243 (H.VIII.75) Magnitude 7.4. About 30 stars. NGC 2903 Magnitude 9/ type Sb galaxy at 30 million light years distance. NGC 3351 (M.95) Magnitude 10.4. Type SBb. 30 million light years distant. NGC 3368 (M.96) Magnitude 9. Type Sa/ close to M.95. Distance 30 million l.y. NGC 3412 Mag 10.4. Type E5. NGC 3489 Mag 10.5. Type E6. NGC 3521 Mag 9.5. Type Sc. NGC 3607 Mag 9.6. Type E1. NGC 3623 (M.65) Magnitude 9.5 type Sa spiral/ 30 million light-years distant. NGC 3627 (M.66) Close to M.65. Magnitude 8.8 type Sb spiral/ 30 million light-years distant. NGC 1904 (M.79) A mag 7.9 object with 8' diameter at 44/000 light-years. NGC 5897 Magnitude 7.3 cluster 39,000 light-years distant. NGC 5749 Magnitude 9. NGC 5822 Magnitude 6.4. About 120 stars. NGC 5882 Magnitude 10.5. NGC 5927 Magnitude 8.8. Diam. 3'. Distance 12/000 l.y. NGC 5986 Magnitude 7.5. Diam. 5'. Distance 47/000 l.y. NGC 2683 Magnitude 9.6. Type Sb. NGC 6720 (M.57) The Ring Nebula/ mag 9.Diam. 60''. Distance 1800 light-years. When viewed through a moderate telescope/ it resembles a ghostly smoke-ring. NGC 6779 (M.56) Diam. 5'. Distance 45,000 l.y. In a rich area. NGC 2237-9 The Rosette Nebula. Shows up clearly on long-exposure photos but may only be seen in a telescope on a very transparent night. NGC 2244 (H.VII.2) Rather coarse mag 6.4 cluster of 20 stars round 12 Monocerotis. NGC 2301 Magnitude 6. About 60 stars. NGC 2323 (M.50) Rich cluster of 100 stars at 3000 l.y. Magnitude 6.3. NGC 2506 (H.VI.37) Loose cluster best seen with low power. Mag. 6. NGC 4372 Mag 8. Diam. 7'. Distance 12/000 l.y. NGC 4833 Mag 6.8. Diam. 8'. Distance 15/000 l.y. NGC 5946 Magnitude 9. NGC 6067 Fine/rich cluster of 120 stars. Magnitude 6.5. NGC 6087 Mag 6 and rather sparse. About 35 stars. NGC 6152 Mag 8 with 60 stars. Rather sparse. NGC 6171 (M.107) Mag 9.2. Diam. 6'. 30,000 l.y. distant. NGC 6218 (M.12) Mag 6.6. Diam. 12'. 19,000 l.y. distant. NGC 6254 (M.10) Mag 6.7. Diam. 12'. 16,000 l.y. distant. NGC 6266 (M.62) Mag 8.9 Diam. 6'. 24,000 l.y. distant. NGC 6273 (M.19) Mag 6.6 Diam. 6'. 24,000 l.y. distant. NGC 6287 Magnitude 9.7. NGC 6293 Magnitude 8.4. NGC 6333 (M.9) Mag 7.3. Diam. 6'. Distance 27/000 l.y. NGC 6356 Magnitude 8.7. NGC 6369 Mag 9.9. Central star is extremely faint. NGC 6402 (M.14) Mag 7.7 Diam. 7'. Distance 23/000 l.y. I.4665 Mag 6. Rather sparse. NGC 6572 Magnitude 9.6. Central star mag 12. Size 13'' x 16''. NGC 6633 Magnitude 5. Rather loose. About 70 stars. NGC 1976/1982 (M.42/43)The 'Sword of Orion'. Finest of all gaseous nebulæ/visible as a greenish cloud in a small telescope. It is 1500 l.y. distant and a stellar birthplace. NGC 2068 (M.78) Reflection nebula of 8th magnitude and 1700 light-years distant. NGC 6752 Bright ; mag 4.6. Diam. 18'. Distance 17/000 l.y. NGC 7078 (M.15) Magnitude 6.0. Bright and condensed. Diameter 12'. 48/000 l.y. distant. NGC 7331 Mag 9.7. Type Sb NGC 869/884(H.VI.33/34)Splendid double clusterof mag 4.4 + 4.7. 869 has 350 stars and 884 has 300 stars. Bothare about 4000 l.y. distant. Also known as the Sword-handle. NGC 957 Mag 7. About 40 stars. NGC 1039 (M.34) Fine mag 5.5 group of about 80 stars/ 1400 l.y distant. NGC 1245 Loose mag 7 group of 40 stars. NGC 1342 Loose mag 7 group of about 30 stars. NGC 1528 Fairly rich cluster/ mag 6/ with about 80 stars. NGC 628 (M.74) Mag 10.2. Type Sc. 26 million light years distant. NGC 2422 (M.47) Magnitude 5.2. Fairly rich with about 50 stars. 1750 l.y. distant. NGC 2423 Mag 7. About 60 stars. NGC 2437 (M.46) Rich mag 6 cluster of about 120 stars. Distance about 6/000 light-years. NGC 2438 Faint object which appears to be inside M.46. NGC 2440 (H.IV.64) Magnitude 11 and oval. Central star is excessively faint. NGC 2447 (M.93) Loose 6th mag group of 60 stars at a distance of 3600 light-years. NGC 2477 Rich mag 5.7 cluster of 300 stars. Suspected of being a globular. NGC 2539 A mag 8.2 group of some 120 stars. NGC 2567 Mag 8.3. About 50 stars. NGC 2571 Mag 7.5. About 25 stars. NGC 2627 Mag. 8.3. About 40 stars and loose. NGC 6838 (M.71) Magnitude 9 and very distant for an open cluster - 18/000 l.y. About 100 stars. NGC 6494 (M.23) Rich mag 6.9 cluster of about 120 stars. Distance 2/200 l.y. NGC 6514 (M.20) The Trifid Nebula. This 9th-mag object displays three segmentswhen seen in a powerfultelescope. Distance 5/200 light-years. NGC 6520 Rich 8th-mag cluster. NGC 6523 (M.8) The Lagoon Nebula. Magnitude 6 and 4/800 l.y. distant. It appears crossed by a curved dark band giving the 'lagoon' appearance. NGC 6531 (M.21) Magnitude 6.5. 4200 l.y. distant. Rich/with about 50 stars. NGC 6603 (M.24) Magnitude 4.6. Actually a star-field in the Milky Way/ and inside it is a group of 50 stars 16/000 l.y. distant. NGC 6613 (M.18) A sparse 7.3 mag. grouping of some 25 stars and about 4700 l.y. distant. NGC 6618 (M.17) Magnitude 7 - the Omega or Horseshoe Nebula/so called because of its shape on photographs. About 5900 l.y. distant. NGC 6626 (M.28) Mag 7.2 and diam. 15'. 20/000 l.y. distant. NGC 6629 Magnitude 10.6 with a 14th-mag central star. NGC 6637 (M.69) Mag 8.9. Diam. 4'. 32,000 l.y. distant. I.4725 (M.25) Fine mag 6.5 cluster of 50 stars at a distance of 1900 l.y. NGC 6656 (M.22) Mag 5.9. Diam. 17'. Distance 13/000 l.y. This fine globular was the first to be discovered. NGC 6681 (M.70) Mag 9.6. Diam. 4'. Distance 64/000 l.y. NGC 6715 (M.54) Mag 7.3. Diam 6'. Distance 49/000 l.y. NGC 6723 Mag 6. Diam 6'. Distance 34/000 l.y. NGC 6809 (M.55) Mag 7.6. Diam 15'. Distance 19/000 l.y. NGC 6818 Mag 10. Central star mag 15. Apparent size 15 x 22 ''. NGC 6822 Mag 9. Elliptical. This galaxy is visible despite being so close to the Milky Way plane. NGC 6864 (M.75) Mag 8. Diam 6'. Distance 78/000 l.y. NGC 6093 (M.80) Mag 7.7. Diam 7'. Distance 36/000 l.y. NGC 6121 (M.4) Mag 6.4. Diam 23'. Distance 7/500 l.y. NGC 6124 Magnitude 6. About 120 stars. Moderately rich. NGC 6242 Mag 8. About 40 stars. NGC 6259 Magnitude 8.6. About 100 stars. NGC 6322 Sparse mag 7. group of 20 stars. NGC 6405 (M.6) A grand mag 5.3 naked-eye cluster of 50 stars at a distance of 2/000 light-years. NGC 6451 Mag 8.2. About 50 stars. NGC 6475 (M.7) Superb naked-eye cluster of mag. 3.2. About 50 stars. About 800 light-years distant. NGC 7793 Mag 10. Spiral. NGC 288 Mag 7. Diam 10'. Distance 43/000 l.y. NGC 55 Magnitude 8. Spiral. NGC 253 Mag. 9. Spiral - type Sc. NGC 613 Mag 10.2. Spiral. Type SBc. NGC 6649 Rich 8.8 mag cluster. NGC 6694 (M.26) Magnitude 9. 5/000 l.y. distant. NGC 6705 (M.11) The 'Wild Duck' cluster. Mag 6. 200 stars in a pattern resembling a formation of birds in flight. Distance 5/500 l.y. NGC 5904 (M.5) Fine mag 6.2 object. Diam 20'. 27/000 l.y. distant. I.4593 Mag 10.2. Size 13 x 16''. NGC 6611 (M.16) Fine mag 6.4 object at 8/000 l.y. It is actually an open cluster enveloped by a nebula. I.4756 Moderate mag 5 group of some 80 stars. NGC 3115 Elliptical:type E6. NGC 1647 A rather scattered mag 6.3 group of about 30 stars. NGC 1952 (M.1) The Crab Nebula - the remnant of a supernova whose eruption was seenin 1054. It is vaguely remeniscent of a crab without claws. Mag 8.4.Distance 3/400 l.y. NGC 1807 Sparse mag 7.8 group of 15 stars. NGC 1817 Sparse mag 7.9 group of only about 10 stars. NGC 6584 Magnitude 8.3. NGC 598 (M.33) Member of the Local Group of galaxies/some 2/200/000 l.y. distant.Type Sc - mag 6.7. It is,however/elusive and ill-defined in amateur instruments. NGC 6025 Moderate mag 5.8 group of about 30 stars. NGC 362 Mag 6. Diam 6'. Distance 33/000 light-years. NGC 104 Mag 3.6. Diam 24'. Distance 17/000 l.y. 47 Tucanæ - superb object/second only to Omega Centauri. NGC 2681 Mag 10.4. Type Sa. NGC 2841 Mag 9.3. Type Sb. NGC 3031 (M.81) Mag 7.9. Type Sb. Distance 10 million light years. This galaxy is a useful test for small telescopes and shares a wide field with M.82.NGC 3034 (M.82) Mag 8.8. Irregular. Distance 10/000/000 light-years. M.82 shares a low- power field with M.81. It is also a radio source. NGC 3310 Mag 10.1. Irregular. NGC 5457 (M.101) Mag. 9.6. Type Sc. Distance 10 million light-years. NGC 3587 (M.97) The Owl Nebula. Diam. 3' but of 12th magnitude/ hence faint and elusive. 2500 l.y. distant. NGC 3941 Mag 9.8. Type Sa. NGC 4111 Mag 9.7. Type E8. NGC 2547 Moderate mag 5.1 group of some 50 stars. I.2391 Bright but scattered group of 20 stars near o Velorum. Mag 2.6. I.2488 Fairly rich : mag 7.2 NGC 4261 Mag 10.3. Type E2. NGC 4303 (M.61) Mag 10.1. Type Sc. 35 million l.y. distant. NGC 4374 (M.84) Mag 9.3. Type E1. 35 million l.y. distant. NGC 4406 (M.86) Mag 9.7. Type E3. 35 million l.y. distant. NGC 4472 (M.49) Mag 8.6. Type E4. 35 million l.y. distant. Brightest member of theVirgo Cluster and hencea useful optical test. NGC 4486 (M.87) Mag 9.2. Type E0. This giant galaxy/ 35 million l.y. away is an important radio source. NGC 4546 Mag 10. Type E6. NGC 4552 (M.89) Mag 9.5. Type E0. Distance 35 million light-years. NGC 4569 (M.90) Mag 10. Type Sc. 35 million l.y. distant. NGC 4579 (M.58) Mag 9.2. Type Sb. 35 million l.y. distant. NGC 4594 (M.104) Mag 8.7. Type Sb. 35 million l.y. distant. Because of its edge-on view and dark obscuring band/ it is nicknamed the Sombrero-Hat galaxy. NGC 4621 (M.59) Mag 9.6. Type E3. 35 million l.y. distant. NGC 4649 (M.60) Mag 8.9. type E1. 35 million l.y. distant. NGC 4697 Mag 9.6. Type E4. NGC 4699 Mag 9.3. Type Sa. NGC 4754 Mag 10.5. Type E. NGC 5566 Mag 10.4. Type Sb. NGC 5634 Mag 9.6. Distance 71/000 l.y. NGC 5746 Mag 10.1. Type Sb. NGC 6853 (M.27) The Dumb-bell Nebula. Dimensions 8 x 4'. Mag 7.6 and 750 l.y. distant. One of the largest and brightest of all planetary nebulæ.
