MAUI STARGAZING OBSERVING LIST
MAY TELESCOPE OBJECTS MAY LASER POINTER OBJECTS
NEBULAE ASTERISMS M 1 Crab (Cancer) Belt (Orion) M 42 - The Great Nebula (Orion) Big Dipper (Ursa Major)
PLANETARY NEBULA Butterfly (Hercules) Owl (Ursa Major) Diamond (Virgo) Guardians of The Pole (Ursa Minor) GALAXIES Keystone (Hercules) M 51 Whirlpool (Canes Venatici) Kids (Auriga) M 81 & M 82 Bode’s (Ursa Major) Kite or Ice Cream Cone (Bootes) M 65, M66, NGC 3628 Triplet (Leo) Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) Milk Dipper (Orion) GLOBULAR STAR CLUSTERS Sickle (Leo) M 13 (Hercules) Sword (Orion) Omega Centauri (Centaurus) Winter Circle (clockwise: Capella, Aldebaran,
OPEN STAR CLUSTERS Rigel, Sirius, Procyon, Pollux) Winter Triangle (Betelguese, Procyon, Sirius) M 38 Starfish (Auriga) M 41 (Heart of the Dog) Bootes (Herdsman) M 44 Beehive (Cancer) Canis Major (Big Dog) Caldwell 41 Hyades (Taurus) (Bare Eye) Canis Minor (Little Dog) NGC 1976 Trapezium (Orion) Canes Vanetici (Hunting Dogs)
BARE EYE OBJECTS CONSTELLATONS Satellites and Meteor Showers Centaurus (Centaur) Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair) FIRST MAGNITUDE STARS Corona Borealis (Northern Crown) Aldebaran (Taurus the Bull) Corvus (Crow) Antares (Scorpius) Hercules (Hero) Arcturus (Bootes the Kite) Hydra (Water Snake) Bellatrix (Orion) Leo (Lion) Betelgeuse (Orion the Hunter) Capella (Auriga the Charioteer) Libra (Scales) Pollux (Gemini) Orion (Hunter) Procyon (Canis Minor the Little Dog) Perseus (Hero) Regulus (Leo) Scorpius (Scorpion) rising Rigel (Orion) Southern Cross (Centaurus) rising Sirius (Canis Major the Big Dog) Taurus (The Bull) Spica (Virgo) Ursa Major (Big Bear) Vega (Lyra)