Urban Observing List for Small Telescopes
Number Name Type Visual Magnitude Size or RA and Dec Comments Separation 1 Eta Cassiopeiae / Achird Double Star 3.4, 7.5 12.9" 00h 49m 57°
2 M31 / Andromeda Galaxy Galaxy 3.4 (Surface 185' x 75' 00h 42m 41° Brightness 13.6)
3 M32 Galaxy 8.1 (Surface 11' x 7.3' 00h 42m 40° Brightness 12.7)
4 NGC 457 / Owl Cluster Open Star Cluster 6.4 13' 01h 19m 58°
5 Gamma Arietis / Mesartim Double Star 4.8, 4.8 7.8" 01h 53m 19°
6 Alpha Ursae Minoris / Polaris Double Star 2.0, 8.2 18.4" 02h 31m 89°
7 NGC 869 and 884 / Double Open Star Cluster 5.3 (NGC 869), 6.1 29', 29' 02h 20m 57° Cluster (NGC 884)
8 Gamma Andromedae / Double Star 2.3, 5.5 9.8" 02h 03m 42° Almach
9 M34 Open Star Cluster 5.2 35' 02h 42m 42°
10 Melotte 20 / Alpha Persei Open Star Cluster 1.2 185' 03h 22m 49° Association
11 M45 / Pleiades Open Star Cluster 1.2 110' 03h 47m 24°
12 Kemble 1 / Kemble's Cascade Asterism 150' 04h 07m 62°
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Number Name Type Visual Magnitude Size or RA and Dec Comments Separation 13 Melotte 25 / Hyades Open Star Cluster 0.5 330' 04h 27m 16°
14 M38 Open Star Cluster 6.4 21' 05h 28m 35°
15 M36 Open Star Cluster 6 12' 05h 36m 34°
16 M37 Open Star Cluster 5.6 20' 05h 52m 32°
17 Lambda Orionis / Meissa Double Star 3.5, 5.6 4.4" 05h 35m 9°
18 Collinder 70 / Orion's Belt Asterism 05h 35m -1°
19 Sigma Orionis Quadruple Star 4.0, 10.3 11.4" 05h 38m -2°
20 M42 / Orion Nebula Diffuse Nebula 4 90' 05h 35m -5°
21 M43 / De Mairan's Nebula Emission Nebula 9 20' 05h 35m -5°
22 Theta Orionis / Trapezium Quadruple Star 5.1, 6.7, 6.7, 7.9 8.8", 13.4" 05h 35m -5°
23 Iota Orionis Triple Star 2.8, 7.3 11.3" 05h 35m -5°
24 Gamma Leporis Double Star 3.7, 6.3 96.3" 05h 44m -22°
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Number Name Type Visual Magnitude Size or RA and Dec Comments Separation 25 M35 Open Star Cluster 5.1 28' 06h 08m 24°
26 NGC 2264 / Christmas Tree Open Star Cluster 3.9 20' 06h 41m 9° Cluster
27 Beta Monocerotis Triple Star 4.7, 5.2, 6.1 2.8", 7.3" 06h 28m -7°
28 M41 Open Star Cluster 4.5 38' 06h 46m -20°
29 Alpha Geminorum / Castor Double Star 1.9, 2.9 4.0" 07h 34m 31°
30 M50 Open Star Cluster 5.9 16' 07h 03m -8°
31 M47 Open Star Cluster 4.4 29' 07h 36m -14°
32 M46 Open Star Cluster 6.1 27' 07h 41m -14°
33 Iota Cancri Double Star 4.2, 6.6 30.5" 08h 46m 28°
34 M44 / Beehive Cluster Open Star Cluster 3.1 95' 08h 40m 19°
35 M81 / Bode's Galaxy Galaxy 6.9 (Surface 24' x 13' 09h 55m 69° Brightness 13.0)
36 M82 / Exploding Galaxy Galaxy 8.4 (Surface 12' x 5.6' 09h 55m 69° Brightness 12.8)
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Number Name Type Visual Magnitude Size or RA and Dec Comments Separation 37 Gamma Leonis / Algieba Double Star 2.2, 3.5 4.4" 10h 20m 19°
38 Alpha Canum Venaticorum / Double Star 2.9, 5.5 19.4" 12h 56m 38° Cor Caroli
39 Melotte 111 / Coma Star Open Star Cluster 1.8 275' 12h 25m 26° Cluster
40 24 Comae Berenices Double Star 5.2, 6.7 20.3" 12h 35m 18°
41 Zeta Ursae Majoris / Mizar Double Star 2.3, 4.0 14.4" 13h 23m 54° and Alcor
42 M3 Globular Star Cluster 5.9 16.2' 13h 42m 28°
43 Mu Bootis / Alkalurops Triple Star 4.3, 7.0, 7.6 108.3", 2.3" 15h 24m 37°
44 Zeta Coronae Borealis Double Star 5.1, 6.0 6.3" 15h 39m 36°
45 M5 Globular Star Cluster 5.7 17.4' 15h 18m 2°
46 M13 / Great Hercules Cluster Globular Star Cluster 5.7 16.6' 16h 41m 36°
47 Kappa Herculis / Marfak Triple Star 5.3, 6.5 28.4" 16h 08m 17°
48 Beta Scorpii / Graffias Double Star 2.6, 4.9 13.6" 16h 05m -19°
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Number Name Type Visual Magnitude Size or RA and Dec Comments Separation 49 Rho Ophiuchi Double Star 5.3, 6.0 3.1" 16h 25m -23°
50 Alpha Scorpii / Antares Double Star 1.2, 5.4 2.9" 16h 29m -26°
51 Nu Draconis Double Star 4.9, 4.9 61.9" 17h 32m 55°
52 M92 Globular Star Cluster 6.4 11.2' 17h 17m 43°
53 Alpha Herculis / Rasalgethi Double and Variable 3.5, 5.4 4.7" 17h 14m 14° Star
54 IC 4665 Open Star Cluster 4.2 40' 17h 46m 5°
55 Epsilon Lyrae / Double Double Star 5.4, 6.5; 5.1, 5.3 2.6", 2.3" 18h 44m 39° Double
56 Zeta Lyrae Double Star 4.3, 6.0 43.7" 18h 44m 37°
57 Delta (1 and 2) Lyrae Double Star 5.6, 9.3; 4.5, 11.2 174.6"; 18h 54m 36° 86.2", 2.2"
58 M57 / Ring Nebula Planetary Nebula 8.8 > 1.18' 18h 53m 33°
59 Theta Serpentis / Alya Double Star 4.6, 5.0 22.3" 18h 56m 4°
60 M11 / Wild Duck Cluster Open Star Cluster 5.8 13' 18h 51m -6°
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Number Name Type Visual Magnitude Size or RA and Dec Comments Separation 61 16 Cygni Double Star 5.9, 6.2 39.3" 19h 41m 50°
62 Delta Cygni Double Star 2.9, 6.3 2.5" 19h 45m 45°
63 Beta Cygni / Albireo Double Star 3.1, 5.1 34.0" 19h 30m 27°
64 M27 / Dumbbell Nebula Planetary Nebula 7.3 5.8' 19h 59m 22°
65 Collinder 399 / Coathanger Asterism 3.6 60' 19h 25m 20°
66 Omicron Cygni Triple Star 3.6, 4.8, 6.7 107.0", 20h 13m 46° 337.5"
67 M29 / Cooling Tower Open Star Cluster 6.6 6' 20h 23m 38°
68 NGC 6871 Open Star Cluster 5.2 20' 20h 05m 35°
69 Gamma Delphini Double Star 4.3, 5.1 9.6" 20h 46m 16°
70 Alpha Capricorni / Al Giedi Double Star 3.6, 4.2 378" 20h 18m -12° (The Goat)
71 Beta Capricorni / Dabih Triple Star 3.4, 6.2 205.3" 20h 21m -14°
72 M39 Open Star Cluster 4.6 31' 21h 32m 48°
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Number Name Type Visual Magnitude Size or RA and Dec Comments Separation 73 M15 Globular Star Cluster 6 12.3' 21h 30m 12°
74 M2 Globular Star Cluster 6.4 12.9' 21h 33m 0°
75 Delta Cephei Double and Variable 3.48 to 4.37 in 5.4 41.0" 22h 29m 58° Star days
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