| Name | Type | RA | Dec | Size | VMag | Con | Description |
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| E+R | 00 56.7 | +61 04 | 10x5 | Cas | faint reflection nebula 20’ N of Gamma Cassiopeia with IC 63 20’ SE. | ||
| PN | 01 07.2 | +73 33 | 300"x180" | Cas | challenging planetary involved with a group of faint stars. Use an OIII filter. |
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| PN | 01 30.7 | +58 23 | 10x3 | Cas | large, low surface brightness glow in a rich milky way field. Confirm with an OIII filter. |
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| PN | 03 03.8 | +64 54 | 523" | 12 | Cas | extremely low surface brightness, huge ancient planetary. | |
| QSR | 10 01.3 | +55 54 | 16.5 | UMa | gravitationally lensed twin quasars (components 16.5-16.7 magnitude separated by 6") just 15’ NNW from NGC 3079. | ||
| GX-SBc | 10 08.2 | +53 05 | 4.8x0.7 | 12.6 | UMa | this extremely narrow edge-on has a very striking appearance as it hangs from a mag 8.5 star. | |
| GX-Chain | 11 32.6 | +52 57 | 1.1x0.3 | UMa | challenging interconnected galaxy chain located 7’ south of NGC 3718. | ||
| GX-SA0 | 11 47.3 | +89 06 | 0.7x0.7 | 13.6 | UMi | this is the closest NGC galaxy to North Celestial Pole and is known as "Polarissima Borealis" | |
| GX-Sd | 12 17.6 | +22 32 | 5.5x0.4 | 13.4 | Com | this is one of the thinnest known galaxies (major/minor axis ratio) | |
| GX-Sy | 12 21.7 | +75 19 | Stellar | 14.5 | Dra | this Seyfert galaxy appears as a mag 14.5-15 "star" less than 1’ south of N4319. Redshift controversy due to possible bridge and discordant redshift. |
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| PN | 14 04.4 | -17 14 | 43"x40" | 13.6 | Vir | relatively easy but little-known planetary in Virgo | |
| GX-Sd | 14 25.3 | +39 32 | 5.0x0.3 | 13.5 | Boo | super-thin ghostly streak may require high power. | |
| GC | 15 16.1 | -00 07 | 6.9 | 11.8 | Ser | extremely low surface brightness globular located 30’ south of mag 5.6 4 Serpentis. | |
| GXCL | 15 22.7 | +27 43 | 30 | 15.6 | CrB | distant and challenging Corona Borealis galaxy cluster; 6 brightest members nearly 16th magnitude. | |
| GXCL | 15 21.9 | +08 25 | 1.6x1.6 | 12.8 | Ser | brightest member of rich cluster Abell 2063 although it is 15’ SW of the main clump of galaxies. Up to two dozen small, faint galaxies are visible in the region. |
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| GX-S | 15 35.0 | +23 30 | 1.5x1.2 | 13.2 | Ser | considered the prototype of a megamaser with 98% of its emission in the infrared. This is an interacting double system with an extremely faint "knot" at the south end | |
| PN | 16 09.8 | -30 55 | 71" | 15.5 | Sco | large, very low surface brightness glow | |
| GX- | 16 52.8 | +81 38 | 14.9 | UMi | brightest in the UGC 10638 chain (Shakhbazian 166) located 30’ SE of mag 4.2 Epsilon UMi. | ||
| PPN | 17 05.6 | -10 09 | 39"x15" | 14.6 | Oph | Minkowski’s Butterfly nebula is a bi-polar proto-planetary, best viewed at high power. Look for two thin "jets" N-S. |
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| GC | 18 01.8 | -27 50 | 3.5 | 9.9 | Sgr | recently discovered globular just 21’ WNW of open cluster NGC 6520 and dark nebula B86! | |
| DN | 18 04.3 | -32 30 | 12 | Sgr | Parrot Head" dark nebula contains a single mag 9.5 star. Look for a short thin extension (beak of the Parrot). |
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| EN | 18 17.9 | -11 44 | 6 | Ser | obscure but relatively easy HII nebula located 30’ north of NGC 6604 and Sh 2-54 (large, faint HII region encasing the cluster). | ||
| PN | 18 25.0 | +00 52 | 475"x330" | 11.2 | Ser | huge low surface brightness glow, perhaps 5’-6’ in diameter with an OIII filter. | |
| GC | 18 41.5 | -19 50 | 4.7 | 11.2 | Sgr | one of the easier Palomar globulars, roughly 2’ in diameter. A large scope may partially resolve. |
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| GC | 18 55.1 | -22 42 | 3.9 | 9.2 | Sgr | very unusual small, faint glow just 2’ south of mag 5 Nu 2 Sagitarii! | |
| GC | 19 17.7 | -34 40 | 2.6 | 12 | Sgr | low surface brightness glow with little, if any, central concentration (this globular may have captured from the Sagittarius dwarf Spheroidal galaxy) | |
| GC | 19 28.7 | -30 21 | 2.5 | 12.3 | Sgr | extremely low surface brightness 2’ glow with a very small brighter core. Situated in a rich star field and difficult to pick out. |
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| GX-IBm | 19 45.0 | -14 48 | 15.5x13.5 | 8.8 | Sgr | use an OIII filter on Barnard’s galaxy and search for small HII regions on the north side of the galaxy. | |
| GC | 19 45.2 | -08 00 | 8 | 9.8 | Aql | this Palomar globular appears as a diffuse, irregular glow 4’ SSE of a mag 9 star. Try to resolve at high power. |
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| PN | 19 46.6 | -23 09 | 134"x34" | 13.8 | Sgr | this relatively bright Abell planetary is noticeably elongated NW-SE and appears similar to a low surface brightness galaxy. | |
| EN | 19 49.0 | +18 23 | 15x3 | Sge | the "Little California Nebula" appears a faint, 4’ shallow arc of nebulosity bracketed by two mag 8.5 stars. Located 25’ ESE of mag 3.7 Delta Sagittae. |
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| GX-S0 | 19 52.1 | -30 49 | 1.2x0.7 | 13.3 | Sgr | brightest of four galaxies in HCG 86. | |
| PN | 20 31.6 | -07 05 | 45"x40" | 14.7 | Aql | once you’ve tracked down this planetary, look for a slight brightening on the north side – that’s an uncatalogued galaxy shining through the disc! | |
| GX-S0 pec | 20 48.2 | -19 51 | 1.6x0.3 | 14.3 | Cap | brightest of 3 or more galaxies in HCG 87 (Hickson compact group). | |
| PPN | 21 02.3 | +36 42 | 24"x6" | Cyg | the bi-polar Egg Nebula appears as a small, faint double object at high power. | ||
| RN/DN | 21 36.7 | +57 30 | 15 | Cep | the "Elephant’s Trunk" is an unusual cometary globule (associated with star formation) on the west side of the huge but faint HII complex, IC 1396. Look for a 15’x5’ lane using a UHC filter. | ||
| GX-Sd | 22 36.1 | +33 57 | 2.2x1.1 | 12.6 | Peg | brightest in Stephan’s Quintet. If the Quintet is easy, look for NGC 7320A 12’ SE, NGC 7320B 20’ E and NGC 7320C just 4’ E of NGC 7319! |
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| EN | 22 56.8 | +62 37 | 50x30 | Cep | Sh 2-155 is the (Caldwell) "Cave Nebula" included by Patrick Moore in his "Caldwell Catalogue". Look for just a large, diffuse glow mostly surrounding a mag 8.5 star and a small knot 3’ ENE. |
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| GC | 23 08.4 | -15 37 | 4.2 | 11.5 | Aqr | low surface brightness NGC globular. | |
| EN | 23 16.0 | +60 28 | 60x50 | Cas | this huge HII region appears as a faint, curving graceful arc, ~35’x8’, very elongated N-S and bowed out on the following side with an OIII filter. Extends north and south of open cluster Markarian 50 off the west side. |
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| PN | 23 47.8 | +51 24 | 147"x114" | 13 | Cas | look for a 2’ disc with an OIII filter with a star embedded on the east side. |