DEEP SKY OBSERVING
January 2010
by Mark Wagner

Targets rated 1 to 4, 1 very easy, 4 most difficult. Targets in a one hour window of R.A., arranged north to south, for easy star hopping. Available as a Megastar .obs file or Excel spreadsheet. The Excel has notes embedded as comments.
Rating
Object Con Type
Size
Mag
RA
Dec
Other
2
N 2146 Cam Paul's Picks
5.3'x3.3'
11.4B
06 18 41
+78 21 27
 
2
Arp 184 Cam GX
4.6'x3.0'
11
05 42 04
+69 22 00
NGC 1961
2
NGC 2126 Aur OC
6.5
10
06 02 30
+49 54 00
 
4
AGC 0553 Aur GXCL
1.060
15.3
06 12 36
+48 36 00
 
2
IC 2149 Aur Paul's Picks
34.0"x29.0"
11.2P
05 56 24
+46 06 15
 
3
N 2192 Aur OC
6
06 15 18
+39 51 18
 
4
Sh 2-232 Aur BN
40
2
05 42 26
+36 12 03
 
4
Sh 2-231 Aur BN
12
2
05 39 18
+35 55 30
 
4
Sh 2-235 Aur BN
10
3
05 41 00
+35 51 15
 
4
Sh 2-233 Aur BN
2
2
05 38 42
+35 47 35
 
1
M037 Aur OC
24
6
05 52 24
+32 33 00
NGC 2099
4
Sh 2-241 Aur BN
10
3
06 04 06
+30 14 52
 
4
Sh 2-240 Aur BN
180
2
05 41 00
+28 06 14
 
4
Sh 2-242 Aur BN
7
2
05 51 50
+27 00 38
 
1
M035 Gem OC
28
5.5
06 08 54
+24 20 00
NGC 2168
3
NGC 2158 Gem OC
4
11
06 07 24
+24 06 00
 
1
NGC 2129 Gem OC
5
7.2
06 00 42
+23 18 00
 
2
Sh 2-248 Gem BN
50
3
06 16 38
+22 30 01
IC 443:
4
Sh 2-247 Gem BN
9
2
06 08 30
+21 37 12
 
3
Sh 2-252 Ori BN
40
3
06 09 38
+20 30 01
N2174/N2175/IC 2159 - Monkey Head Nebula
4
Sh 2-254 Ori BN
11
2
06 12 20
+18 02 37
 
3
Sh 2-257 Ori BN
3
3
06 12 50
+17 58 33
IC 2162
4
Sh 2-255 Ori BN
3
3
06 13 08
+17 58 31
 
4
Sh 2-256 Ori BN
1
2
06 12 38
+17 56 35
 
4
Sh 2-258 Ori BN
1
2
06 13 32
+17 55 27
 
4
Sh 2-261 Ori BN
45
2
06 08 56
+15 48 07
 
4
Sh 2-266 Ori BN
1
3
06 18 48
+15 16 40
 
4
Sh 2-267 Ori BN
4
2
06 15 52
+14 16 06
LBN 875 = PK 196-01.1
1
NGC 2169 Ori OC
5
6.4
06 08 24
+13 57 00
 
4
Sh 2-269 Ori BN
4
3
06 14 34
+13 49 18
 
4
Sh 2-270 Ori BN
1
3
06 10 12
+12 48 55
 
2
NGC 2194 Ori OC
8
9.2
06 13 48
+12 48 00
 
4
Sh 2-271 Ori BN
2
3
06 14 54
+12 21 14
PK 197-02.1
4
Sh 2-272 Ori BN
1
2
06 15 00
+12 20 14
 
4
Abell 14 Ori PN
40"x27"
06 11 08
+11 46 43
PK 197-3.1 = PN G197.8-03.3
3
N 2245 Mon RN
5x3
06 32 41
+10 09 24
 
3
Abell 12 Ori PN
37"
12.4
06 02 20
+09 39 14
PK 198-6.1 = PN G198.6-06.3
3
NGC 2022 Ori PN
28x27
11.5
05 42 60
+09 05 00
 
1
NGC 2251 Mon OC
10
8.5
06 34 36
+08 22 00
 
2
N 2254 Mon OC
4
9.7
06 35 50
+07 40 24
 
2
N 2236 Mon OC
7
8.5
06 29 40
+06 49 48
 
2
NGC 2186 Ori OC
5
9.5
06 12 60
+05 27 00
 
1
N 2252 Mon OC
18
7.7
06 34 19
+05 19 22
 
4
Sh 2-275 Mon BN
100
3
06 31 42
+04 55 47
N2246 = Rosette Nebula
1
NGC 2244 Mon OC
24
6.2
06 31 54
+04 52 00
 
4
Abell 13 Ori PN
174"x134"
15.3
06 04 47
+03 56 36
PK 204-8.1 = PN G204.0-08.5 = YM 28
4
Sh 2-280 Mon BN
40
2
06 34 18
+02 32 23
 
2
N 2112 Ori OC
11
8.4
05 53 46
+00 24 36
 
3
N 2071 Ori RN
4x3
05 47 07
+00 17 39
 
1
M078 ORI BN
8.0x6.0
8
05 46 48
+00 04 00
NGC 2068
2
NGC 2024 Ori DN
30x30
10.7
05 41 42
-01 51 00
 
3
N 2023 Ori E+R
10x10
05 41 38
-02 15 33
 
4
Sh 2-277 Ori BN
120
3
05 40 42
-02 26 49
IC 434 or N2024?
1
NGC 2232 Mon OC
20
4
06 28 00
-04 45 00
 
2
NGC 2185 Ori DN
2x2
11
06 11 00
-06 13 00
 
3
N 2182 Mon RN
3x3
06 09 30
-06 19 35
 
3
N 2170 Mon RN
2x2
06 07 31
-06 23 57
 
1
NGC 2215 Mon OC
8
8.6
06 20 48
-07 17 00
 
2
NGC 2204 CMj OC
13
9.1
06 15 30
-18 39 00
 
2
N 2196 Lep GX
2.8x2.2
11
06 12 09
-21 48 27
 
2
N 2139 Lep GX
2.6x1.9
11.6
06 01 07
-23 40 25
 
4
Abell 15 CMa PN
34"
15.8
06 27 02
-25 22 50
PK 233-16.1 = PN G233.5-16.3
4
AGC 0548 Lep GXCL
4.500
13.7
05 47 6
-25 38 00
 
Source catalogs


Herschel 400 are identified as NGCXXXX, Herschel 400-II are indentified as NXXXX.

Prior lists available in the Astronomical Catalogs and Observing List section of Adventures In Deep Space.


All descriptions are by Steve Gottlieb, including his NGC Notes, except where otherwise attributed.

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