------------------------------------------------------------------------- NGC# Con. Type RA Decl. Vmag Size' Dist. M# Rem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- JANUARY 2158 Gem OC 06 07.5 +24°06 8.6 5.0 16k? 500, w/M35, Glob? 2168 Gem OC 06:08.9 +24°20 5.3 28.0 2.8k M035, 200*,!! 2194 Ori OC 06:13.8 +12°48 8.5 10.0 rich with faint stars 2244 Mon OC 06:32.4 +04°52 4.8 24.0 5.5k Rosette, OC + neby 2261 Mon EN 06:39.2 +08°44 -- 2x1 Hubble's Neb,cometlike 2264 Mon Nb 06:41.1 +09^53 3.9 20' 2.4K ConeNeb/XmasTree-OC 2287 CMa OC 06:47.0 -20°44 4.6 38.0 2.3k M041, 80* 2323 Mon OC 07:03.2 -08°20 6.3 16.0 3.0k M050, 80* 2359 CMa En 07:17.8 -13°13 -- 8.0 Duck, UHC filter helps 2392 Gem PN 07:29.2 +20°55 8.6 47"x43" 2k "Eskimo" 2403 Cam GX 07:36.8 +65°37 8.5 18x11 12M Sc,Visible in binocs? 2422 Pup OC 07:36.6 -14°30 5.2 30' 1.6k M047, 30* 2437 Pup OC 07:41.8 -14°49 6.0 27' 5.4k M046, 100* N2438 in field 2438 PUP PN 07:41.8 -14°44 11 65" 2.9k on N edge of M46 2447 Pup OC 07:44.6 -23°52 6.0 22' 3.6k M093, 80* FEBRUARY 2539 PUP OC 08:10.7 -12°50 6.5 22' 100* near M46+M47 2548 Hya OC 08:13.8 -05°48 5.5 54' 1.5k M048, 80* 2632 Cnc OC 08:40.1 +19°59 3.7 95' 600 M044, Praesepe(The Beehive) 2655 Cam GX 08:55.6 +78°13 11.5 7x6 S stellar nucleus 2682 Cnc OC 08:50.4 +11°49 6.1 30' 2.7k M067, 200* - !OC 2683 Lyn GX 08:52.7 +33°25 11 9x3 Sb bright edge-on 2841 UMa GX 09:22.0 +50°59 10.5 7x4 Sb bright edge-on 2903 Leo GX 09:32.2 +21°29 9.0 13x7 20M Sb,bright, elongated 3031 UMa GX 09:55.6 +69°04 6.9 21x10 12M M081, Sb spiral 3034 UMa GX 09:55.8 +69°41 8.4 9x4 12M M082 Peculiar 3077 UMa GX 10:03.3 +68°44 10.7 6x5 E2p bright core 3079 UMa GX 10:02.0 +55°41 11.2 9x2 Sb elongated in PA 165 deg MARCH 3115 Sex GX 10:05.2 -07°43 9.2 8x3 30M E6,Spindle, lens-shaped 3184 UMa GX 10:18.3 +41°25 10.4 9x8 Sc diffuse face-on 3242 Hya Pn 10:24.8 -18°38 8.6 40"x35" Ghost of Jupiter 3344 LMi GX 10:43.5 +24°55 11.1 8x7 Sc diffuse face-on 3351 Leo GX 10:44.0 +11°42 9.7 4x3 38M M095 SBb Theta-like 3368 Leo GX 10:46.8 +11°49 9.2 6x4 38M M096 Sbp 3379 Leo GX 10:47.8 +12°35 9.3 2.0 38M M105 E1, with 3384+3389 3384 Leo GX 10:48.3 +12°38 10.0 5x3 E7, w/M105 3521 Leo GX 11:05.8 -00°02 10.1 13x7 Sc, large, bright 3556 UMa GX 11:11.5 +55°40 10.0 8x1 45M M108 Edge on near M97 3587 UMa Pn 11:14.8 +55°01 9.9 3x3 2.6k M097 The OWL 3623 Leo GX 11:18.9 +13°05 9.3 8x2 35M M065 N3628 also in field 3627 Leo GX 11:20.2 +12°59 8.9 8x3 35M M066 " " " " " 3628 Leo GX 11:20.3 +13°36 11.5 15x4 35M Sb,edge-on, near M65-66 3992 UMa GX 11:57.6 +53°23 9.8 7x4 55M M109 SBb APRIL 4192 Com GX 12:13.8 +14°54 10.1 9x3 35M M098 Sb Knotty 4214 CVn GX 12:15.7 +36°20 10.3 11x9 Ir, Large irregular 4216 Vir GX 12:15.9 +13°09 11.2 8.5x1.7 Sb, Near NGC4206+4222 4244 CVn GX 12:17.5 +37°49 10.8 18x2 Huge edge-on 4254 Com GX 12:18.8 +14°25 9.9 5.4x4.8 50M M099 Sc Pinwheel 4258 CVn GX 12:19.0 +47°18 8.4 19x8 25M M106 Sbp 4303 Vir GX 12:21.9 +04°28 9.7 6x5.5 60M M061 Sc Large face-on. 4321 Com GX 12:22.9 +15°49 9.3 7x6 50M M100 Sc "Fine spiral" 4374 Vir GX 12:25.1 +12°53 9.1 5.0 60M M084 E1, in Virgo cluster 4382 Com GX 12:25.4 +18°11 9.1 7.1x5.2 44M M085 Ep (S0?) 4406 Vir GX 12:26.2 +12°57 8.9 7.5x5.5 60M M086 E3 4472 Vir GX 12:29.8 +08°00 8.4 9x7.5 60M M049 E4 4486 Vir GX 12:30.8 +12°24 8.6 7.0 60M M087 X-ray + radio source 4501 Com GX 12:32.0 +14°25 9.6 7x4 41M M088 Sb Multi-arm spiral! 4548 Com GX 12:35.4 +14°30 10.2 5.4x4.4 60M M091 SBb (Barred Sg) 4552 Vir GX 12:35.7 +12°33 9.8 4.0 60M M089 E0, "Bright, round" 4565 Com SG 12:36.3 +26°00 10.3 15.5x1.9 31M Sb,!edge-on,dust lane 4569 Vir GX 12:36.8 +13°10 9.5 9.5x4.5 60M M090 Sb,oval 4579 Vir GX 12:37.7 +11°49 9.7 5.5x4.5 60M M058 Sb,tight spiral 4590 Hya Gc 12:39.5 -26°45 7.8 12.0 32.3k M068 X (South) 4594 Vir GX 12:40.0 -11°37 8.0 9x4 50M M104 The "Sombrero" Galaxy 4621 Vir GX 12:42.0 +11°39 9.6 5x3.5 60M M059 E3 4631 CVn Sc 12:42.1 +32:33 9.8 17x3.5 30M huge edge-on,"Whale" 4649 Vir GX 12:43.7 +11°33 8.8 7x6 60M M060 E1, N4647 in field 4656 CVn Sc 12:43.9 +32°11 10.6 22x3 Hockey-stick 4725 Com GX 12:50.4 +25°33 10.2 12x9 Sb,bright,large spiral 4736 CVn GX 12:50.9 +41°07 8.2 7x3 14.5M M094 Sbp 4762 Vir GX 12:53.0 +11°14 11.1 9.0x2.0 S0,flattest galaxy known 4826 Com GX 12:56.7 +21°41 8.5 9.3x5.4 30M M064 Sb "Black-Eye" 5005 CVn GX 13:11.0 +37°03 10.6 6.3x3.0 Sb,near Alpha CVn 5033 CVn GX 13:13.5 +36°36 10.9 11.5x5.5 Sb,near NGC 5005 5024 Com Gc 13:12.9 +18°10 7.6 12.6 56.4k M053 V 5055 CVn GX 13:15.8 +42°02 8.6 10x6 37M M063 Sb "Sunflower" 5194 CVn GX 13:29.9 +47°12 8.4 11x7 37M M051 Sc "Whirlpool" 5236 Hya GX 13:37.0 -29°52 7.6 11x10 15M M083 Sc 5272 CVn Gc 13:42.2 +28°23 6.2 16.2 30.6k M003 VI !! MAY 5457 UMa GX 14:03.2 +54°21 7.9 22.0 27M M101 Sc(Large face-on.) 5866 Dra LG 15:06.5 +55°46 9.9 5.2x2.3 40M M102? lenticular 5907 Dra Sb 15:15.9 +56°19 10.4 12x2 40M edge-on,'Splinter' 5904 Ser Gc 15:18.6 +02°05 5.6 17.4 22.8k M005 V !! JUNE 6093 Sco Gc 16:17.0 -22°59 7.3 8.9 27.4k M080 II 6121 Sco Gc 16:23.6 -26°32 5.6 26.3 6.8k M004 IX 6171 Oph Gc 16:32.5 -13°03 7.9 10.0 19.6k M107 X 6205 Her Gc 16:41.7 +36°28 5.8 16.6 22.8k M013 V, Hercules! 6207 Her GX 16:43.1 +36°50 12.5 3.3x1.2 Sc?,no definite nucleus 6210 Her PN 16:44.5 +23°49 9.7 20"x13" small, bluish 6218 Oph Gc 16:47.2 -01°57 6.7 14.5 17.6k M012 IX 6254 Oph Gc 16:57.1 -04°06 6.6 15.1 13.4k M010 VII 6266 Oph Gc 17:01.2 -30°07 6.5 14.1 21.5k M062 IV 6273 Oph Gc 17:02.6 -26°16 6.8 13.5 27.1k M019 VIII 6341 Her Gc 17:17.1 +43°08 6.4 11.2 26.4k M092 IV 6333 Oph Gc 17:19.2 -18°31 7.7 9.3 26.4k M009 VIII 6402 Oph Gc 17:37.6 -03°15 7.6 11.7 27.4k M014 VIII Stars mag15 6405 Sco OC 17:40.1 -32°13 5.3 25.0 2.0k M006 80*,Butterfly OC 6475 Sco OC 17:53.9 -34°49 4.1 80.0 800 M007 80*, naked eye OC 6494 Sgr OC 17:56.8 -19°01 6.9 27.0 2.2k M023 150* 6445 Sgr PN 17:49.2 -20°01 13 35"x30" round,near M23 JULY 6503 Dra GX 17:49.4 +70°09 11.5 8x2.6 Sb,bright, elongated 6514 Sgr Nb 18:02.6 -23°02 9.0 28.0 5.2k M020 The Trifid Nebula 6520 Sgr OC 18:03.4 -27°54 7.6 6.0 60*,Near B86 6523 Sgr Nb 18:03.8 -24°23 6.0 90x40 5.2k M008 The Lagoon Nebula 6531 Sgr OC 18:04.6 -22°30 6.5 13.0 4.3k M021 70* 6543 Dra PN 17:58.6 +66°38 8.3 22"x16" 3.6k "Cats Eye" 11mag* 6603 Sgr MW 18:16.9 -18°29 4.6 90 10.0k M024 50*,In star cloud. 6611 Ser OC 18:18.8 -13°47 6.4 7.0 7.0k M016 Neb+Oc The Eagle! 6613 Sgr OC 18:19.9 -17°08 7.5 9.0 4.9k M018 20* 6618 Sgr Nb 18:20.8 -16°11 7.5 46x37 5.0k M017 !!The Swan or Omega. 6626 Sgr Gc 18:24.5 -24°52 6.8 11.2 17.9k M028 IV 6637 Sgr Gc 18:31.4 -32°21 7.6 7.1 26.7k M069 V I4725 Sgr OC 18:31.6 -19°15 6.5 40.0 2.0k M025 30* 6656 Sgr Gc 18:36.4 -23°54 5.1 24.0 10.1k M022 VII,!! 6681 Sgr Gc 18:43.2 -32°18 7.9 7.8 28.0k M070 V 6694 Sct OC 18:45.2 -09°24 8.0 15.0 5.0k M026 30* 6705 Sct OC 18:51.1 -06°16 6.3 14.0 6.0k M011 200* Wild Duck 6720 Lyr Pn 18:53.6 +33°02 8.8 1.4x1.0 4.1k M057 "The Ring Nebula" 6715 Sgr Gc 18:55.1 -30°29 7.6 9.1 82.8k M054 III (See SAGDEG) 6779 Lyr Gc 19:16.6 +30°11 8.3 7.1 31.6k M056 X 6781 Aql PN 19:18.5 +06°32 11.8 111"x109" large, pale 6809 Sgr Gc 19:40.0 -30°58 6.3 19.0 16.6k M055 XI 6818 Sgr PN 19:44.0 -14°09 10 22"x15" annular,near NGC 6822 6819 Cyg OC 19:41.3 +40°11 7.3 5.0 150* 6822 Sgr IG 19 44.9 -14 46 9.3 16' 1.7k Barnards Galaxy 6826 Cyg PN 19:44.8 +50°31 8.8 27"x24" Blinking PN, 10mag* 6838 Sge Gc 19:53.8 +18°47 8.2 7.2 11.7k M071 VI? 6853 Vul Pn 19:59.6 +22°43 7.4 8.0x5.6 1.3k M027 Dumbell Nebula AUGUST 6864 Sgr Gc 20:06.1 -21°55 8.5 6.0 57.7k M075 I 6913 Cyg OC 20:23.9 +38°32 7.1 7.0 4.0k M029 50* 6940 Vul OC 20:34.6 +28°18 6.3 31.0 60* rich 6939 Cep OC 20:31.4 +60°38 7.8 8.0 80*,rich, w/6946 6946 Cep GX 20:34.8 +60°09 10.5 14 20M Sc, face-on w/6939 6960 Cyg EN 20:45.6 +30°43 -- 70x6 1.4k Veil, west half 6992 Cyg EN 20:56.3 +31°42 -- 60x8 1.4k Veil, east 6981 Aqr Gc 20:53.5 -12°32 9.3 5.9 52.8k M072 IX 7000 Cyg EN 20:58.8 +44°20 -- 120x100 1.6k North America/Pelican 7009 Aqr PN 21:04.2 -11°22 8.3 28"x123" .16k "Saturn" Nebula 7027 Cyg PN 21:07.1 +42°14 9.6 18"x11" (Hubble pics) 7078 Peg Gc 21:30.0 +12°10 6.2 12.3 32.6k M015 IV !! 7092 Cyg OC 21:32.2 +48°26 5.2 32.0 800 M039 30* 7089 Aqr Gc 21:33.5 -00°49 6.5 12.9 36.2k M002 II !! 7099 Cap Gc 21:40.4 -23°11 7.2 11.0 24.8k M030 V ! Unusual SEPTEMBER 7209 LAC OC 22:05.2 +46 30 6.7 25 50* 7243 LAC OC 22:15.3 +49 53 6.4 21 40* 7293 Aqr PN 22:29.6 -20°48 7.3 15' 0.45k The Helix Nebula 7331 Peg GX 22:37.1 +34°25 10.4 11x4 46M Sb,elongated in PA 171 deg 7479 Peg GX 23:04.9 +12^19 11.0 4x3 10.5M SBb! 7654 Cas OC 23:24.2 +61°35 7.3 9.0 5.0k M052 200* Young. 7662 And PN 23:25.9 +42°33 8.6 17"x14" use high power for detail 7789 Cas OC 23:57.0 +56°44 6.7 16.0 very rich, many dim* OCTOBER 0040 Cep Pn 00:13.0 +72°32 10.7 60"x40" 11.6mag. Central* 0185 Cas GX 00:39.0 +48°20 9.7 12x10 dE0, Companion to M31 0188 Cep OC 00:44.5 +85°20 8.1 14 5k 120*, Oldest OC? 0205 And GX 00:40.4 +41°41 8.5 17x10 2.5M M110 (with M31) 0224 And GX 00:42.7 +41°16 3.4 178x63 2.5M M031 The Andromeda Galaxy 0221 And GX 00:42.7 +40°52 8.1 8x6 2.5M M032 (with M31) 0246 Cet Pn 00:47.1 -11°53 8.5 3.5 Low surface brightness 0253 Scl GX 00:47.5 -25°18 7.1 25x7 10M Scp,Large+Bright! 0281 Cas Nb 00:52.8 +56°36 7.8 25x30 ?k The Pacman Nebula 0457 Cas OC 01:19.1 +58°20 6.4 13.0 80*,rich 0581 Cas OC 01:33.2 +60°42 7.4 6.5 8.0k M103 40* Arrowhead,Fan? 0598 Tri GX 01:33.9 +30°39 5.7 73x45 3M M033 The "Pinwheel" Gxy 0628 Psc GX 01:36.7 +15°47 9.4 10.2x9.5 35M M074 Face-on Spiral 0650 Per Pn 01:42.4 +51°34 10.1 2.7x1.8 3.4k M076 "Little Dumbell" 0663 Cas OC 01:46.0 +61°15 7.1 16.0 NGC's 654 + 659 nearby O752 And OC 01:57.7 +37 39 7.0 45 70* 0772 Ari GX 01:59.4 +19°00 11.5 8x5 Sb diffuse spiral 0869 Per OC 02:19.0 +57°09 4.3 30 7.1k The Double Cluster w/NGC 884 0884 Per OC 02:22.4 +57°07 4.4 30 7.4k 350* 0891 And GX 02:22.6 +42°21 11.5 14x3 20M Sb, Edge-on w/dust lane NOVEMBER 0936 Cet GX 02:27.7 -01°09 11 6x5 SBa near M77 (w/941) 1023 Per GX 02:40.5 +39°03 11 9x4 E7p lens shaped 1039 Per OC 02:42.0 +42°47 5.5 35 1.4k M034 60* 1068 Cet GX 02:42.7 -00°01 8.9 7x6 6M M077 Seyfert gxy (3c 71) xxxx Tau OC 03:47.0 +24°07 1.6 110.0 400 M045 The Pleiades DECEMBER 1232 Eri GX 03:09.7 -20°34 10.5 8x7 Sc face-on spiral 1491 Per En 04:03.3 +51°18 -- 3x3 small, fairly bright 1501 Cam Pn 04:07.0 +60°55 12 56"x48" faint, dark center 1535 Eri Pn 04:14.2 -12°44 10.4 20"x17" bright bluish disk 1788 Ori En 05:06.9 -03°20 -- 8x5 comet shaped 1904 Lep Gc 05:24.5 -24°33 7.7 8.7 41.1k M079 V 1907 Aur OC 05:28.0 +35°19 8.2 7.0 30* mags 9... 1912 Aur OC 05:28.4 +35°50 7.4 21.0 4.2k M038 100* 1952 Tau Nv 05:34.5 +22°01 8.4 6x4 6.3k M001 SNR(1054) The Crab 1973 Ori En 05:35.1 -04°44 -- 5x5 near M42 1976 Ori Nb 05:35.4 -05°27 4.0 85x60 1.6k M042 Orion Nebula! 1982 Ori Nb 05:35.6 -05°16 9.0 20x15 1.6k M043 W/ M42 1960 Aur OC 05:36.1 +34°08 6.3 12.0 4.1k M036 60* 2022 Ori Pn 05:42.1 +09°05 12.8 28"x27" small, annular 2024 Ori En 05:42.0 -01°50 -- 30x30 put Zeta out of field 2068 Ori Nb 05:46.7 +00°03 8.3 8x6 1.6k M078 comet shaped? 2099 Aur OC 05:52.4 +32°33 6.2 24.0 4.6k M037 150* Old,RedCental* JANUARY ------------------------------------------------------------------------