Deep Sky With Binoculars - Sketches
This project includes a collection of visual observations of deep sky objects made exclusively with the naked eye or binoculars. It is remarkable how many objects are visible with such small instruments and shows that a telescope is not necessarily required. Of course everyone can contribute with own observations. A detailed description of the project and the submission format of your own observations can be found in the introduction.
Deep Sky Object Lists:
| Objects | 27 |
| Visual Observations | 155 |
| Sketches | 27 |
| Observers | 5 |
| Uwe Brinker, Christopher Hay, René Merting, Uwe Pilz, Robert Zebahl |
| Type | Magnitude | Size | Coordinates (J2000.0) | ||||
 DSS II (blue) - 50'×50' |
Al J2108 8+0731 | Ast | 30.0'×30.0' | Equ | 21h08m35.00s / +07°29'00.00" | ||
| ★★ |
 DSS I - 120'×120' |
Collinder 65, Cr65 | OC | 3m.0 | 220.0'×220.0' | Tau | 05h26m06.00s / +16°42'00.00" |
| ★ |
 DSS I - 90'×90' |
Collinder 69, Cr69, Lambda Orionis Cluster | OC | 2m.8 | 65.0'×65.0' | Ori | 05h35m06.00s / +09°56'00.00" |
| ★ |
 DSS I - 120'×120' |
Collinder 70, Cr70 | OC | 0m.4 | 150.0'×150.0' | Ori | 05h35m30.00s / -01°06'00.00" |
 DSS II (red) - 60'×60' |
Collinder 350, Cr350 | OC | 6m.1 | 45.0'×45.0' | Oph | 17h48m06.00s / +01°18'00.00" | |
 DSS II (blue) - 20'×20' |
Collinder 408, Cr408, Harvard 20 | OC | 7m.7 | 7.0'×7.0' | Sge | 19h53m06.00s / +18°20'00.00" | |
| ★★★ |
 DSS II (red) - 41'×41' |
IC4665 | OC | 4m.2 | 41.0'×41.0' | Oph | 17h46m18.00s / +05°43'00.00" |
| ★★★ |
 DSS II (blue) - 120'×120' |
Melotte 20, Collinder 39, Cr39, alpha Persei Group | OC | 1m.2 | 185.0'×185.0' | Per | 03h27m00.00s / +49°07'00.00" |
| ★ |
 DSS II (red) - 16'×16' |
Messier 2, M2, NGC7089 | GC | 6m.2 | 16.0'×16.0' | Aqr | 21h33m27.02s / -00°49'23.70" |
| ★★★ |
 DSS II (red) - 80'×80' |
Messier 8, M8, NGC6523, Lagoon Nebula | BN, EN, RN | 6m.0 | 60.0'×40.0' | Sgr | 18h03m37.00s / -24°23'12.00" |
 DSS II (red) - 12'×12' |
Messier 9, M9, NGC6333 | GC | 8m.4 | 12.0'×12.0' | Oph | 17h19m11.78s / -18°30'58.50" | |
 DSS II (red) - 20'×20' |
Messier 10, M10, NGC6254 | GC | 6m.6 | 20.0'×20.0' | Oph | 16h57m09.05s / -04°06'01.10" | |
| ★★★ |
 DSS I - 20'×20' |
Messier 11, M11, NGC6705, Wild Duck Cluster | OC | 5m.8 | 14.0'×14.0' | Sct | 18h51m05.00s / -06°16'12.00" |
 DSS II (red) - 16'×16' |
Messier 12, M12, NGC6218 | GC | 6m.1 | 16.0'×16.0' | Oph | 16h47m14.18s / -01°56'54.70" | |
 DSS II (red) - 11'×11' |
Messier 14, M14, NGC6402 | GC | 8m.3 | 11.0'×11.0' | Oph | 17h37m36.15s / -03°14'45.30" | |
| ★ |
 DSS I - 28'×28' |
Messier 20, M20, NGC6514, H4.41, H5.10, H5.11, H5.12, Trifid Nebula | BN, EN, RN | 6m.3 | 28.0'×28.0' | Sgr | 18h02m42.00s / -22°58'18.00" |
| ★ |
 DSS II (red) - 32'×32' |
Messier 22, M22, NGC6656 | GC | 6m.2 | 32.0'×32.0' | Sgr | 18h36m23.94s / -23°54'17.10" |
| ★★ |
 DSS II (red) - 35'×35' |
Messier 25, M25, IC4725 | OC | 4m.6 | 29.0'×29.0' | Sgr | 18h31m47.00s / -19°07'00.00" |
 DSS II (blue) - 15'×15' |
Messier 71, M71, NGC6838 | GC | 6m.1 | 7.2'×7.2' | Sge | 19h53m46.49s / +18°46'45.10" | |
 DSS II (red) - 13'×13' |
Messier 107, M107, NGC6171, H6.40 | GC | 8m.8 | 13.0'×13.0' | Oph | 16h32m31.86s / -13°03'13.60" | |
 DSS II (blue) - 20'×20' |
NGC1662, H1.7 | OC | 6m.4 | 20.0'×20.0' | Ori | 04h48m27.00s / +10°56'12.00" | |
 DSS I - 13'×13' |
NGC6366 | GC | 9m.5 | 13.0'×13.0' | Oph | 17h27m44.24s / -05°04'47.50" | |
| ★ |
 DSS II (red) - 25'×25' |
NGC6888, LBN203, H4.72, Crescent Nebula | BN, EN | 10m.0 | 20.0'×10.0' | Cyg | 20h12m07.00s / +38°21'18.00" |
 DSS II (red) - 7'×7' |
NGC6934, H1.103 | GC | 8m.8 | 7.0'×7.0' | Del | 20h34m11.37s / +07°24'16.10" | |
 DSS II (blue) - 20'×20' |
NGC6950, H8.23 | OC | Del | 20h41m04.00s / +16°37'06.00" | |||
 DSS II (blue) - 12'×12' |
NGC7160, H8.67 | OC | 6m.1 | 7.0'×7.0' | Cep | 21h53m40.00s / +62°36'12.00" | |
 DSS II (blue) - 8'×8' |
Roslund 3, Ro3 | OC | 5.0'×5.0' | Sge | 19h58m45.00s / +20°31'00.00" | ||