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1 Appendix Supplementary 110 Deep-Sky Objects A variety of objects, some challenging, by the Deep Sky Group Saguaro Astronomy Club Version 1.0, dated Friday, 2 May 1991 This list is used by members of the Saguaro Astronomy Club as a supplement for deep-sky observing. Object Con Type RA (2000) Dec Mv Size Notes NGC 404 And E Near Beta And. Abell 262 And GG galaxies in 13 PK Aql PN Extremely faint in 13 B142-3 Aql DN Best in RFT. NGC 7492 Aqr GC Tough in 13 inch scope. IC 405 Aur EN Flaming Star Nebula. IC 342 Cam SBc Low surface King 14 Cas OC * in 13 IC 59 Cas EN Paired with IC 63. NGC 609 Cas OC Use high- to resolve. Stock 2 Cas OC Easy in binoculars. IC 1795 Cas EN Use nebula filter. Mel 15 Cas OC * in 13 Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 S.R. Coe, Deep Sky Observing, The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, DOI /
2 332 Appendix: Supplementary 110 Deep-Sky Objects Object Con Type RA (2000) Dec Mv Size Notes Maffei 1 Cas E Much reddened, tough. IC 289 Cas PN mag central*. NGC 7822 Cep EN Large, faint, UHC. Tr 37 Cep OC * involved in IC IC 1396 Cep EN Very large, use UHC. IC 1470 Cep RN Small comet shape NGC 247 Cet S Low surface IC 1613 Cet Irr Member of Local Group. IC 2165 CMa PN Nearly stellar. Sh 301 CMa EN UHC filter helps. Cr 140 CMa OC Naked eye. Mel 111 Com OC Coma star cluster. NGC 4676 Com GG The Mice, use high-. Abell 1656 Com GG Rich Galaxy Group. NGC 5053 Com GC Faint, very loose. Abell 2065 CrB GG Most difficult. NGC 4038 CRV Sp Use high- for detail. PK Cyg PN Campbell Hydrogen * Ml-92 Cyg RN Footprint Neb. Hi-. IC 1318 Cyg EN Neby near Gamma Cyg. PK Cyg PN Egg Nebula. IC 5146 Cyg EN Cocoon Nebula. NGC 6891 Del PN Lovely aqua color. NGC 6934 Del GC * resolved in 13 NGC 7006 Del GC * resolved in 13 NGC 4236 Dra SBb Dim barred spiral. Mrk 205 Dra GL QSO, southwest edge NGC NGC 1300 Eri SBb Bar spiral in 13 Fornax Dwarf For Ep Low surface NGC 1365 For SBb For galaxy cluster. IC 443 Gem SNR Nr Eta Gem, use UHC. J 900 Gem PN PK , use Hi-X.
3 Appendix: Supplementary 110 Deep-Sky Objects 333 Object Con Type RA (2000) Dec Mv Size Notes NGC 2371/2 Gem PN Box shape at Hi-. PK Gem PN Crescent shape, UHC. NGC 7590 Gru Sb Many galaxies near. Abell 2151 Her GC galaxies in 13 IC 4593 Her PN Small, green in 13 NGC 2610 Hya PN Small, comet-shaped. PK Hya PN Low surface NGC 3145 Hya Sb Near Lambda Hya. NGC 3309 Hya GAL Abell IC 764 Hya S Low surface NGC 5101 Hya SBa Seeing the barred structure is difficult in 13 Leo 1 Leo E Low surface Abell 1367 Leo GG >30 galaxies in 1. IC 418 Lep PN mag central*. NGC 5897 Lib GC Large, faint, loose. NGC 2419 Lyn GC No * resolved in 13 PK Lyn PN Faint, N2474 nearby. NGC 2474 /5 Lyn EO Small, difficult to see in 13 NGC 2832 Lyn E Many galaxies near. NGC 6703 Lyr SO Two faint companions. PK Lyr PN Needs Hi-, annular. NGC 6791 Lyr OC *, large, faint. NGC 2264 Mon CL Cluster in Rosette. NGC 2301 Mon OC Blue/gold dbl* invl. IC 2177 Mon EN Eagle Nebula, difficult to see. Mel 72 Mon OC *, many faint. IC 4634 Oph PN Small, light green. B 72 Oph DN The Snake, S-Nebula. B 78 Oph DN Bowl of the Pipe Nebula. IC 4665 Oph OC * mags 7
4 334 Appendix: Supplementary 110 Deep-Sky Objects Object Con Type RA (2000) Dec Mv Size Notes J 320 Ori PN mag central*. Cr 70 Ori OC Incl. Orion s Belt *s. IC 434/B33 Ori EN/ B33 = Horsehead, small. Sh2-276 Ori EN Barnard s Loop. Abell 12 Ori PN PK , use Olll. NGC 7317 Peg GG Stephan s Quint, Hi-X. NGC 7479 Peg SBb Bar spiral, easy 13 Jones 1 Peg PN PK , tough. NGC 1275 Per Pec Perseus A, small. Mel 20 Per OC Alpha Per Cluster. NGC 1499 Per EN California Nebula. NGC 2818 Pyx PN Edge of * cluster. Scl Dwarf Scl E Very low surface IC 4628 Sco EN N edge Tr24, UHC. Tr 24 Sco OC * rich, =H 12. IC 4637 Sco PN Nearly stellar. NGC 6337 Sco PN High- for detail. H 16 Sco OC Involved in Stinger. NGC 6380 Sco GC Faint, difficult to see in 13 NGC 6027 Ser GG Seyfet's Sextet. IC 4756 Ser OC * mags 8 Sh2-84 Sge EN Small Calif Neb, UHC. IC 4997 Sge PN Look for disk with UHC. B 86 Sgr DN Ink Spot, small. NGC 6624 Sgr GC Resolved in 13 NGC 6822 Sgr Irr Barnard s Galaxy. NGC 1432/35 Tau RN Pleiades Nebulosity. NGC 1554/5 Tau RN var 30 Hind s Variable Neb. Mel 25 Tau OC Hyades, binocs. NGC 3172 UMi GAL Polarissima, faint. NGC 3132 Vel PN Eightburst Nebula. 3C 273 Vir QSR stellar Brightest Quasar. Cr 399 Vul OC The Coathanger. Stock 1 Vul OC Easy in binoculars. Sh 88 Vul EN Elongated streamer.
5 Appendix: Supplementary 110 Deep-Sky Objects 335 Abbreviations : B Barnard, Cr Collinder, H Harvard, IC Index Catalog, J Jonckheere, Mel Melotte, Sh Sharpless, Tr Trumpler. Constellation abbreviations are the IAU standard. Type abbreviations: GC globular cluster, OC open cluster, PN planetary nebula, EN emission nebula, SNR supernova remnant, RN reflection nebula, DN dark nebula, GG galaxy group; galaxies are identified by their Hubble type. Sizes are in arc minutes, unless noted otherwise. Mv visual magnitude
6 Index A Abell 274, 119 Abell 426, 119, 120 Abell 1060, Abell 1367, 122, 123 Abell 1656, 124, 125 Abell 2065, 126, 127 Abell 2151, 128, 129 Almach, 66, 299 Alpha Canes Venatici, 309 Anderson, Bill, 3, 76 Antares (Alpha SCO), 252, 312 Apparent field, 34 35, 37, 38, 40 Astronomy club, 1, 42, 53, 74 Averted vision, 2, 23, 51, 77, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 99, 101, 103, 107, 109, 111, 112, , 124, 126, 128, 131, 136, 138, 142, 143, 151, 154, 159, 164, 166, 168, 176, 180, 181, 183, 185, 189, 190, 192, 194, 196, 198, 200, 202, 207, 209, 210, 221, 223, 227, 236, 238, 240, 242, 246, , , 260, 262, 264, 266, 276, 277, 283, 285 B Barnard 33 (B33), 43, Barnard 86 (B86), 166, 167 Barnard 92 (B92), 168, 169 Barnard 133 (B133), 169, 171 Battery, 31, 59, Beta Cygni, 317 Betelgeuse, 65, 304 C Clark, Tom & Jeannie, 12, 13 Coalsack, 274, 275 Collimation, Collinder 70, 280 Collinder 399, 285, 315 Coma star cluster, 310 Comet Hale-Bopp, 4, 274, 275, 295, 327 Crayon, A.J., 3, 76 Curvature of field, 39 D Dark adaption, 23, 26, 31, 32, 75, 172, 271 Database, 62, 66, 187, 290, 292 DeVry Institute, 11 Directions in eyepiece, Distortion, 35 Double cluster, 67, 276, 277, 301 Double jump theory, 75 Drawing, 6, 33, 37, 47, 52 54, 243, 315 Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 S.R. Coe, Deep Sky Observing, The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, DOI /
7 338 Index E Electronic circles, Emission nebulae, 43, Epsilon Lyrae, 314 Epsilon Peg, 298 Eta Cas, 300 Eta Per, 302 Eyepiece box, 42 Eyepiece design, 38, 41 Eyepieces, 1, 7, 10, 24, 26, 28, 31, 32, 34 44, 48, 53, 57, 59 63, 65, 67, 71 73, 75, 81, 82, 84, 90, 122, 128, 140, 147, 154, 172, 176, 180, 181, 214, 236, 242, 245, 246, 248, 255, 258, 271, 272, 287, 290, 291, 294, 319, 322, 324, 327, 328 Eye relief, 35, 38 40, 42 Exit pupil, 29, 37, 38, 291 F Finderscopes, 57 60, 62, 63, 66, 140 Flashlight (torch), 23, 26, 31 33, 50, 52, 73, 323 Focal length, 28, 29, 34, 36 38, 40, 41, 296 Fredericksen, David, 3, 29, 274 G Galaxies, classes, 9, 19, 23, 54, 79 80, 214, 245, 246, 254, 268, 276, 288, 299, , 316, 322 Gamma Leonis, 308 Ghost images, 36, 40 H Herschel, William, 47, 48, 67, 68, 86, 179, 209, 254, 256, 290 Hyades, 279, 304, 305 I IC 443, 172, 173 Internet, 2, 21, 26, 50, 66, 81, 288, 291, 292, 319, 323, 325 Iota CNC, 306 Iota Ori, 304 L Light pollution filters, List of equipment, 9, 10, 29 30, 42, 81, 291, 324 M M 1, 68, M 2, 169 M 3, 224 M4, 68, 252, 312 M 6, 283, 312 M 7, 283 M8, 284, 316 M11, 283, 313 M 13, , 311 M 15, 298 M17, 316 M20, 158, 160, 316 M22, 316 M24, 168, 169, 237, 238, 316 M27, 315 M 31, 276 M 33, 86, 87, 89 M 34, 274 M35, 281, 306 M 37, 224 M39, 316 M42, 142, 280 M43, 280 M44, 281, 282, 306 M 45, 277, 278 M48, 307 M51, 309 M 52, 300 M 57, 201, 203 M66, 308 M81, 309 Mechanical circles, Mel 20, 277 MMT trip, 75, 76, 107 Monk s Hood, N Names of objects, New General Catalog (NGC), 48, 49, 67, 69 NGC 247, 82, 83 NGC 253, 84, 85 NGC 281, 136, 137 NGC 457, 215, 216, 300 NGC 474, 118 NGC 752, 217, 218 NGC 772, 90, 91 NGC 891, 92, 93, 116 NGC 1232, 94, 95 NGC 1491, 138, 139 NGC 1499, 43, 140, 141 NGC 1528, 218, 220 NGC 1535, 181, 182 NGC 1857, 221, 222 NGC 1999, 141, 142 NGC 2244, 281 NGC 2261, 143, 144
8 Index NGC 2301, 225, 226 NGC 2355, 227, 228 NGC 2359, NGC 2362, 229, 230, 240 NGC 2371, 183, 184, 333 NGC 2392, 184, 186, 306 NGC 2419, 246, 247 NGC 2438, NGC 2440, 189 NGC 2477, 231, 232 NGC 3115, 99 NGC 3242, 190, 191 NGC 4027, 54, 100, 101 NGC 4216, 101, 102 NGC 4565, 67, 103, 104, 310 NGC 4567, 105, 106 NGC 5128, 107, 108 NGC 5139, 247 NGC 5694, 249, 250 NGC 5897, 250, 251 NGC 6144, 252, 253 NGC 6210, 192, 193 NGC 6229, 256, 257 NGC 6302, 194, 195 NGC 6334, 147, 148 NGC 6366, 258, 259 NGC 6369, 196, 197 NGC 6445, 197, 199 NGC 6451, 233, 234 NGC 6469, 235, 236 NGC 6517, 259, 261 NGC 6572, 200, 201 NGC 6652, 262, 263 NGC 6712, 263, 264 NGC 6723, 265 NGC 6781, 205, 206 NGC 6804, 207 NGC 6826, 305 NGC 6888, 148, 150 NGC 6946, 108, 110 NGC 6992, NGC 7000, 151, 152 NGC 7006, 268, 269 NGC 7009, 209, 210, 285 NGC 7201, 111 NGC 7293, 273 NGC 7331, 286 NGC 7380, 154, 155 NGC 7479, 112, 113 NGC 7635, 156, 157 NGC 7662, 287 NGC 7686, 240, 241 NGC 7789, 2, 241, O Observing list, 15, 21, 23, 26, 50, 76, 86, 107, 130, 189, 200, 214, 225, 290, 291, 328 Observing site, 15, 17, 23, 33, 58, 73, 74, 271, 327 P Planetarium program, 66, Polar alignment, Position angle, 54, 62, 100 R Rating the night, Real field of view, 37 Rho Ori, 303 S Saguaro Astronomy Club, 1, 3, 6, 11, 40, 62, 75, 215, 290, 319, 327 Schur, Chris, 3, 5, 89, 137, 141, 148, 152, 182, 186, 188, 195, 203, 206, 274 Schwaar, Pierre, 5 7, 11, 32, 73, 81, 122, 123, 127, 150, 249 Size of field of view, 52, Skiff, Brian, 12, 54, 115, 248, 322 Spreadsheet, 287, 290, 291 Star chart, 1, 10, 31, 32, 55 57, 59, 61 63, 65, 66, 68, 71, 73, 102, 118, 288, Stephan s Quintet, 118, Supernova remnants, , 305, 317 T Tripod for Binoculars, 151, 273, 274 Trumpler class, Comae, 310 V Veil Nebula, , 317 V Hydrae, 307 W Warm clothes, 23, 24 Washing mirror, 27 Weather, 9, 15, 21 24, 74 76, 235 Z Zeta UMa, 309
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