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Printing the List COELIX --- Best deep sky objects for telescope viewing at Aveiro ( page 1) Duration: night of January 13th, 2021 to January 14th, 2021 Observation station: Aveiro, PT Main instrument: SkyWatcher 130mm Sunset: 17h 30m Sunrise: 7h 57m Mode of list building: automatically by the program Sun at -6°: 17h 59m Sun at -6°: 7h 27m Included objects: the best deep sky objects for telescope viewing Sun at -12°: 18h 34m Sun at -12°: 6h 53m List in order of: best time to observe Sun at -18°: 19h 06m Sun at -18°: 6h 20m Caution: times are in standard time Done Phenomenon or Meridian Best time Begin Description R. A. (2000) object to view transit Observability End Decl. (2000) M 45 2021/01/13 19h 04m 18h 48m Messier 45 : Cr 42 : Open cluster in Taurus 3h 47m 0,0s ***** 20h 49m 99 2h 12m Pleiades Cluster Magn. = 1,5; Size = 109 arcmin +24° 7' 0" M 27 2021/01/13 19h 11m 18h 56m Messier 27 : NGC 6853 : Planetary nebula in Vulpecula 19h 59m 36,3s **** 13h 03m 40 19h 36m Dumbbell Nebula Magn. = 8,0; Size = 6,7 arcmin +22° 43' 16" NGC 7293 2021/01/13 19h 11m 18h 56m NGC 7293 : Caldwell 63 : Planetary nebula in Aquarius 22h 29m 38,6s ** 15h 32m 25 19h 28m Helix Nebula Magn. = 6,5; Size = 16,3 arcmin -20° 50' 14" M 2 2021/01/13 19h 12m 18h 56m Messier 2 : NGC 7089 : Globular cluster in Aquarius 21h 33m 29,3s **** 14h 36m 44 19h 36m Magn. = 6,5; Size = 12,6 X 1,9 arcmin -0° 49' 23" NGC 7793 2021/01/13 19h 14m 18h 56m NGC 7793 : : Galaxy in Sculptor 23h 57m 49,5s *** 17h 00m 32 19h 44m Magn. = 9,6; Size = 9,3 X 6,3 arcmin -32° 35' 24" M 15 2021/01/13 19h 14m 18h 56m Messier 15 : NGC 7078 : Globular cluster in Pegasus 21h 29m 58,3s **** 14h 33m 54 19h 52m Magn. = 6,2; Size = 13,6 X 2,1 arcmin +12° 10' 1" NGC 6960 2021/01/13 19h 14m 18h 56m NGC 6960 : Caldwell 34 : Supernova remnant in Cygnus 20h 45m 42,0s * 13h 48m 29 19h 48m Veil Nebula (west) Magn. = 7,0; Size = 70,0 X 6,0 arcmin +30° 43' 0" M 29 2021/01/13 19h 14m 18h 56m Messier 29 : NGC 6913 : Open cluster in Cygnus 20h 23m 54,0s **** 13h 27m 58 20h 08m Magn. = 7,5; Size = 6 arcmin +38° 31' 0" NGC 6992 2021/01/13 19h 14m 18h 56m NGC 6992 : Caldwell 33 : Supernova remnant in Cygnus 20h 56m 24,0s * 13h 59m 30 19h 52m Veil Nebula (east) Magn. = 7,0; Size = 60,0 X 8,0 arcmin +31° 43' 0" NGC 6826 2021/01/13 19h 15m 18h 56m NGC 6826 : Caldwell 15 : Planetary nebula in Cygnus 19h 44m 47,4s ** 12h 47m 41 20h 12m (blinking nebula) Magn. = 9,6; Size = 0,4 arcmin +50° 31' 9" NGC 300 2021/01/13 19h 15m 18h 56m NGC 300 : Caldwell 70 : Galaxy in Sculptor 0h 54m 53,8s ** 17h 57m 25 19h 52m Magn. = 8,8; Size = 21,9 X 15,5 arcmin -37° 40' 57" NGC 7000 2021/01/13 19h 15m 18h 56m NGC 7000 : Caldwell 20 : Emission diffuse nebula in Cygnus 21h 1m 0,0s ** 14h 04m 47 20h 20m North America Nebula Magn. = 4,0; Size = 120 X 30 arcmin +44° 5' 0" NGC 247 2021/01/13 19h 15m 18h 56m NGC 247 : Caldwell 62 : Galaxy in Cetus 0h 47m 8,7s ** 17h 49m 41 20h 24m Magn. = 9,7; Size = 21,4 X 6,9 arcmin -20° 45' 38" NGC 7331 2021/01/13 19h 15m 18h 56m NGC 7331 : Caldwell 30 : Galaxy in Pegasus 22h 37m 5,2s ** 15h 40m 54 20h 44m Magn. = 10,3; Size = 10,5 X 3,7 arcmin +34° 25' 10" M 39 2021/01/13 19h 15m 18h 52m Messier 39 : NGC 7092 : Open cluster in Cygnus 21h 32m 12,0s **** 14h 35m 72 21h 00m Magn. = 5,3; Size = 31 arcmin +48° 27' 0" COELIX --- Best deep sky objects for telescope viewing at Aveiro ( page 2) Duration: night of January 13th, 2021 to January 14th, 2021 Done Phenomenon or Meridian Best time Begin Description R. A. (2000) object to view transit Observability End Decl. (2000) NGC 253 2021/01/13 19h 15m 18h 56m NGC 253 : Caldwell 65 : Galaxy in Sculptor 0h 47m 33,1s **** 17h 50m 53 20h 28m Sculptor Galaxy Magn. = 8,3; Size = 27,6 X 6,8 arcmin -25° 17' 18" NGC 6946 2021/01/13 19h 15m 18h 56m NGC 6946 : Caldwell 12 : Galaxy in Cepheus 20h 34m 52,0s ** 13h 37m 49 20h 56m Magn. = 9,6; Size = 11,5 X 9,8 arcmin +60° 9' 15" NGC 7023 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 56m NGC 7023 : Caldwell 4 : Reflection diffuse nebula in Cepheus 21h 1m 0,0s *** 14h 03m 63 22h 16m Magn. = 7,1; Size = 10 X 8 arcmin +68° 10' 0" M 52 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 52m Messier 52 : NGC 7654 : Open cluster in Cassiopeia 23h 24m 18,0s *** 16h 27m 71 22h 40m Magn. = 8,2; Size = 12 arcmin +61° 35' 0" NGC 7662 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 52m NGC 7662 : Caldwell 22 : Planetary nebula in Andromeda 23h 25m 52,4s *** 16h 28m 72 21h 40m Blue Snowball Nebula Magn. = 9,2; Size = 0,3 arcmin +42° 32' 3" NGC 281 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 56m NGC 281 : : Emission diffuse nebula in Cassiopeia 0h 52m 48,0s * 17h 55m 44 22h 32m PacMan Nebula Size = 35 X 30 arcmin +56° 37' 0" NGC 7789 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 56m NGC 7789 : : Open cluster in Cassiopeia 23h 57m 0,0s ** 16h 59m 60 22h 20m Magn. = 7,5; Size = 15 arcmin +56° 43' 0" M 31 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 52m Messier 31 : NGC 224 : Galaxy in Andromeda 0h 42m 44,4s ***** 17h 45m 99 22h 56m Andromeda Galaxy Magn. = 4,2; Size = 190,6 X 61,7 arcmin +41° 16' 8" M 74 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 56m Messier 74 : NGC 628 : Galaxy in Pisces 1h 36m 41,7s ** 18h 39m 61 22h 12m Magn. = 10,0; Size = 10,5 X 9,6 arcmin +15° 47' 0" M 76 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 56m Messier 76 : NGC 650 : Planetary nebula in Perseus 1h 42m 19,6s ** 18h 45m 63 23h 28m Small Dumbbell (western part) Magn. = 9,4; Size = 1,1 arcmin +51° 34' 17" M 34 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 52m Messier 34 : NGC 1039 : Open cluster in Perseus 2h 42m 0,0s **** 19h 44m 90 0h 40m Magn. = 5,8; Size = 35 arcmin +42° 47' 0" NGC 869 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 52m NGC 869 : Caldwell 14 : Open cluster in Perseus 2h 19m 6,0s ***** 19h 22m 99 1h 20m Double Cluster: h Per Magn. = 4,3; Size = 29 arcmin +57° 9' 0" NGC 884 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 52m NGC 884 : Caldwell 14 : Open cluster in Perseus 2h 22m 30,0s ***** 19h 25m 99 1h 24m Double Cluster: chi Per Magn. = 4,4; Size = 29 arcmin +57° 7' 0" M 77 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 56m Messier 77 : NGC 1068 : Galaxy in Cetus 2h 42m 40,2s ** 19h 45m 55 22h 48m Magn. = 9,7; Size = 7,1 X 6,0 arcmin -0° 0' 48" NGC 891 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 56m NGC 891 : Caldwell 23 : Galaxy in Andromeda 2h 22m 33,1s ** 19h 25m 64 23h 44m Magn. = 10,6; Size = 13,5 X 2,5 arcmin +42° 20' 48" NGC 457 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 52m NGC 457 : Caldwell 13 : Open cluster in Cassiopeia 1h 19m 6,0s *** 18h 22m 76 23h 52m Magn. = 5,1; Size = 13 arcmin +58° 20' 0" NGC 663 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 52m NGC 663 : Caldwell 10 : Open cluster in Cassiopeia 1h 46m 6,0s *** 18h 49m 76 0h 32m Magn. = 6,4; Size = 16 arcmin +61° 15' 0" M 103 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 52m Messier 103 : NGC 581 : Open cluster in Cassiopeia 1h 33m 24,0s **** 18h 36m 87 0h 36m Magn. = 6,9; Size = 6 arcmin +60° 39' 0" COELIX --- Best deep sky objects for telescope viewing at Aveiro ( page 3) Duration: night of January 13th, 2021 to January 14th, 2021 Done Phenomenon or Meridian Best time Begin Description R. A. (2000) object to view transit Observability End Decl. (2000) M 33 2021/01/13 19h 16m 18h 56m Messier 33 : NGC 598 : Galaxy in Triangulum 1h 33m 50,9s ** 18h 36m 63 22h 36m Triangle Galaxy Magn. = 6,3; Size = 70,8 X 41,7 arcmin +30° 39' 37" NGC 1097 2021/01/13 19h 16m 19h 00m NGC 1097 : Caldwell 67 : Galaxy in Fornax 2h 46m 18,9s ** 19h 48m 35 21h 44m Magn. = 10,0; Size = 9,3 X 6,3 arcmin -30° 16' 21" NGC 1316 2021/01/13 20h 24m 19h 04m NGC 1316 : : Galaxy in Fornax 3h 22m 41,6s *** 20h 24m 34 22h 04m Fornax A Magn. = 9,4; Size = 12,0 X 8,5 arcmin -37° 12' 28" NGC 1365 2021/01/13 20h 35m 19h 04m NGC 1365 : : Galaxy in Fornax 3h 33m 36,6s ** 20h 35m 29 22h 16m Magn. = 10,2; Size = 11,2 X 6,2 arcmin -36° 8' 17" NGC 1851 2021/01/13 22h 15m 20h 48m NGC 1851 : Caldwell 73 : Globular cluster in Columba 5h 14m 6,3s *** 22h 15m 30 23h 44m Magn.
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