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Ozsky 2020: Eye Candy, Observing Lists and Other Observing Resources While this list is by no means exhaustive, it will hopefully act as a starting point to help you get your own personal observing list started, or perhaps provide some inspiration to get yours refined if you've already started one. • Ruby Crucis (Carbon Star) (DY Crucis / EsB 365) • Fornax Barred Spiral (NGC 1365) • Jewel Box (NGC 4755) • Antlia Spiral (NGC 2997) • Coal Sack - Dark Nebula • Ara Globular (NGC 6397) • Eta Carinae Nebula (NGC 3372) • Southern Pinwheel (NGC 5236 / M83) • Homunculus (in NGC 3372) • Meathook Galaxy (NGC 2442) • Keyhole Nebula (in NGC 3372) • Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242) • Football Cluster (NGC 3532) • Thor's Helmet (NGC 2359) • Trumpler 14 & 16 Open Clusters (Tr 14 & Tr 16) • Norma Planetary (Shapley 1) • Southern Pleiades (IC 2602) • The Antennae (NGC 4038/4039) • Carina Wolf-Rayet (NGC 3199) • Sombrero (NGC 4594 / M104) - At the zenith!! • Son of Omega (NGC 2808) • Starfish / Pavo Cluster (NGC 6752) • The Pencil (NGC 2736) - Part of the Vela SNR • The Dark Doodad (near NGC 4372) • Eight Burst Nebula (NGC 3132) • Silver Dollar Galaxy (NGC 253) • Spiral Planetary (NGC 5189) • Sculptor Cigar (NGC 55) • Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) – BIGGEST Globular • The Hand of God (CG 4) • Centaurus A (NGC 5128) • Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) • Blue Planetary (NGC 3918) • Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009) • Centaurus Cluster (Abell 3526) • Wild Duck Cluster (NGC 6705 / M 11) • Centaurus Cigar (NGC 4945) • Orion Nebula & Trapezium (M42 & NGC 1976) - A familiar classic, but it's technically it is actually a Southern object! • Scorpius – at the zenith! • Sagittarius – at the zenith! • Bug Nebula (NGC 6302) • Murrell 1 - Planetary Nebula discovered by OzSky’s • Zeta Scorpii - One of the most luminous stars in the very own Andrew Murrell Milky Way • Horsehead Nebula (IC 434) - A classic, but it's • Trifid Nebula (NGC 6514 / M 20) technically a Southern Object! • Lagoon Nebula (NGC 6523 / M 8) • The Emu (Dark Nebula) - You won't believe it until you • Swan / Omega Nebula (NGC 6618 / M 17) see it! • Proxima Centauri - The closest star to Earth (other than the Sun, of course!) • The “Field of Nothing” - You guessed it: a field of view • 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) – The BEST globular containing absolutely nothing (well, almost...) • NGC 362 – Our "spare" globular near 47 Tuc • Aurora Australis - Yes, The Southern Lights. Not likely • Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC / NGC 292) to see this, but we have seen it from similar latitudes • Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) in the past! • Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) • Dorado Seyfert Galaxy (NGC 1566) The OzSky Star Safari | [email protected] The OzSky Star Safari website contains numerous useful observing resources which you might like to review prior to your trip, including: • The Bambury 600 List • The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) • The Local Group of Galaxies • Treasures of the SMC Further information and additional observing lists can also be found on the OzSky Star Safari website at http://www.OzSky.org under the Resources link, however in the interim, hopefully this email will serve to whet your appetite for what else there might be to discover in the Southern Night Skies at the OzSky Star Safari. As mentioned previously, this list is just a very small sample of some of the Southern Skies Eye Candy objects and will hopefully inspire you to get some ideas together for your own OzSky Star Safari southern skies observing lists. 47 Tucanae – NGC 104 The Homunculus in NGC 3372 Seyfert Galaxy – NGC 1566 Spiral Planetary – NGC 5189 The Jewel Box – NGC 4755 The Tarantula Nebula – NGC 2070 The OzSky Star Safari | [email protected] .
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