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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.