Deep Sky With Binoculars - Best Of

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:

• Complete List (Index)

• Asterisms (Index)
• Open Clusters (Index)
• Globular Clusters (Index)
• Planetary Nebulae (Index)
• Bright Nebulae (Index)
• Dark Nebulae (Index)
• Galaxies (Index)

• Messier Objects (Index)

• Best Of (★★★) (Index)
• Recommendations (at least one ★) (Index)

• Sketches (Index)

• R.A. 00h - 06h (Index)
• R.A. 06h - 12h (Index)
• R.A. 12h - 18h (Index)
• R.A. 18h - 24h (Index)

Objects	30
Visual Observations	250
Sketches	9
Observers	5
	Uwe Brinker, Christopher Hay, René Merting, Uwe Pilz, Robert Zebahl

			Type	Magnitude	Size		Coordinates (J2000.0)
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 60'×60'	ASCC101, Theia 445	OC		40.0'×40.0'	Lyr	19h13m37.00s / +36°19'48.00"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 100'×100'	Barnard 168, B168, Dunkelzigarre, Caterpillar Nebula	DN		100.0'×20.0'	Cyg	21h48m48.00s / +47°30'00.00"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 120'×120'	Collinder 65, Cr65	OC	3m.0	220.0'×220.0'	Tau	05h26m06.00s / +16°42'00.00"
★★★	DSS II (red) - 120'×120'	Harrington 12	Ast		70.0'×70.0'	Cas	23h20m20.00s / +62°22'00.00"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 60'×60'	Hay-Merting 4, HM4	Ast		45.0'×45.0'	Cas	00h42m00.00s / +61°55'00.00"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 120'×120'	Hay-Merting 7, HM7	Ast		110.0'×110.0'	Vul	20h07m00.00s / +28°50'00.00"
★★★	DSS II (red) - 41'×41'	IC4665	OC	4m.2	41.0'×41.0'	Oph	17h46m18.00s / +05°43'00.00"
★★★	DSS II (red) - 39'×39'	IC4756	OC	4m.6	39.0'×39.0'	Ser	18h39m00.00s / +05°27'00.00"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 120'×120'	LDN935, Golf of Mexico	DN		150.0'×40.0'	Cyg	20h56m48.00s / +43°52'00.00"
★★★	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) - 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 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 (blue) - 24'×24'	Messier 13, M13, NGC6205	GC	5m.8	23.2'×23.2'	Her	16h41m41.63s / +36°27'40.75"
★★★	DSS II (red) - 120'×120'	Messier 24, M24, IC4715, Small Sagittarius Star Cloud	OC	3m.1	95.0'×35.0'	Sgr	18h16m48.00s / -18°33'00.00"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 15'×15'	Messier 27, M27, NGC6853, PK60-3.1, Dumbbell Nebula	PN	7m.5	8.0'×5.7'	Vul	19h59m36.38s / +22°43'15.75"
★★★	DSS II (red) - 80'×80'	Messier 31, M31, NGC224, UGC454, Andromeda Galaxy	Gx	3m.4	186.2'×61.7'	And	00h42m44.33s / +41°16'07.50"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 35'×35'	Messier 34, M34, NGC1039	OC	5m.2	35.0'×35.0'	Per	02h42m05.00s / +42°45'42.00"
★★★	DSS II (red) - 60'×60'	Messier 35, M35, NGC2168	OC	5m.1	28.0'×28.0'	Gem	06h08m54.00s / +24°20'00.00"
★★★	DSS I - 30'×30'	Messier 37, M37, NGC2099	OC	5m.6	24.0'×24.0'	Aur	05h52m18.00s / +32°33'12.00"
★★★	DSS II (red) - 90'×90'	Messier 42, M42, NGC1976, Orion Nebula	BN, EN, RN	4m.0	90.0'×60.0'	Ori	05h35m17.30s / -05°23'28.00"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 120'×120'	Messier 45, M45, Pleiades, Seven Sisters	OC	1m.6	100.0'×100.0'	Tau	03h47m00.00s / +24°07'00.00"
★★★	DSS II (red) - 35'×35'	Messier 46, M46, NGC2437	OC	6m.1	27.0'×27.0'	Pup	07h41m46.00s / -14°48'36.00"
★★★	DSS II (red) - 40'×40'	Messier 47, M47, NGC2422, H8.38	OC	4m.4	30.0'×30.0'	Pup	07h36m35.00s / -14°29'00.00"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 5'×5'	Messier 57, M57, NGC6720, PK63+13.1, Ring Nebula	PN	8m.8	1.4'×1.0'	Lyr	18h53m35.08s / +33°01'45.03"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 25'×25'	Messier 81, M81, NGC3031, UGC5318, Bode's Galaxy	Gx	6m.9	24.9'×11.5'	UMa	09h55m33.17s / +69°03'55.06"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 12'×12'	Messier 82, M82, NGC3034, UGC5322, Arp337, H4.79	Gx	8m.4	11.2'×4.3'	UMa	09h55m52.43s / +69°40'46.93"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 30'×30'	NGC869, H6.33	OC	3m.7	30.0'×30.0'	Per	02h19m00.00s / +57°07'42.00"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 30'×30'	NGC884, H6.34	OC	3m.8	30.0'×30.0'	Per	02h22m23.00s / +57°07'30.00"
★★★	DSS II (red) - 50'×50'	NGC2174, Monkey Head Nebula	BN, EN	6m.9	40.0'×30.0'	Ori	06h09m42.00s / +20°30'00.00"
★★★	DSS II (red) - 120'×120'	NGC7000, LBN373, H5.37, North America Nebula	BN, EN	4m.0	120.0'×30.0'	Cyg	20h58m47.00s / +44°19'48.00"