Deep Sky With Binoculars - Messier Objects

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	110
Visual Observations	800
Sketches	20
Observers	5
	Uwe Brinker, Christopher Hay, René Merting, Uwe Pilz, Robert Zebahl

			Type	Magnitude	Size		Coordinates (J2000.0)
★	DSS II (blue) - 8'×8'	Messier 1, M1, NGC1952, Crab Nebula	BN, EN	8m.4	8.0'×4.0'	Tau	05h34m31.94s / +22°00'52.20"
★	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) - 18'×18'	Messier 3, M3, NGC5272	GC	6m.4	18.0'×18.0'	CVn	13h42m11.62s / +28°22'38.20"
	DSS II (red) - 26'×26'	Messier 4, M4, NGC6121	GC	5m.4	26.0'×26.0'	Sco	16h23m35.22s / -26°31'32.70"
★★	DSS II (red) - 23'×23'	Messier 5, M5, NGC5904	GC	6m.0	23.0'×23.0'	Ser	15h18m33.22s / +02°04'51.70"
	DSS II (red) - 35'×35'	Messier 6, M6, NGC6405, Butterfly Cluster	OC	4m.2	20.0'×20.0'	Sco	17h40m20.00s / -32°15'12.00"
	DSS II (red) - 100'×100'	Messier 7, M7, NGC6475, Ptolemy Cluster	OC	3m.3	80.0'×80.0'	Sco	17h53m51.00s / -34°47'36.00"
★★★	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 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 (blue) - 24'×24'	Messier 13, M13, NGC6205	GC	5m.8	23.2'×23.2'	Her	16h41m41.63s / +36°27'40.75"
	DSS II (red) - 11'×11'	Messier 14, M14, NGC6402	GC	8m.3	11.0'×11.0'	Oph	17h37m36.15s / -03°14'45.30"
	DSS II (blue) - 18'×18'	Messier 15, M15, NGC7078	GC	6m.2	18.0'×18.0'	Peg	21h29m58.33s / +12°10'01.20"
★	DSS II (red) - 100'×100'	Messier 16, M16, IC4703, Eagle Nebula	BN, EN	6m.4		Ser	18h18m48.00s / -13°48'24.00"
	DSS II (red) - 7'×7'	Messier 16, M16, NGC6611	OC	6m.0	7.0'×7.0'	Ser	18h18m48.00s / -13°48'24.00"
★★	DSS II (red) - 60'×60'	Messier 17, M17, NGC6618, Omega Nebula, Swan Nebula	BN, EN	6m.0		Sgr	18h20m47.00s / -16°10'18.00"
★	DSS II (red) - 15'×15'	Messier 18, M18, NGC6613	OC	6m.9	9.0'×9.0'	Sgr	18h19m58.00s / -17°06'06.00"
	DSS II (red) - 17'×17'	Messier 19, M19, NGC6273	GC	7m.5	17.0'×17.0'	Oph	17h02m37.69s / -26°16'04.60"
★	DSS II (red) - 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) - 20'×20'	Messier 21, M21, NGC6531	OC	5m.9	14.0'×14.0'	Sgr	18h04m13.00s / -22°29'24.00"
★	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) - 40'×40'	Messier 23, M23, NGC6494	OC	5m.5	27.0'×27.0'	Sgr	17h57m04.00s / -18°59'06.00"
★★★	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 (red) - 35'×35'	Messier 25, M25, IC4725	OC	4m.6	29.0'×29.0'	Sgr	18h31m47.00s / -19°07'00.00"
	DSS I - 15'×15'	Messier 26, M26, NGC6694	OC	8m.9	15.0'×15.0'	Sct	18h45m18.00s / -09°23'00.00"
★★★	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) - 12'×12'	Messier 28, M28, NGC6626	GC	7m.7	11.2'×11.2'	Sgr	18h24m32.89s / -24°52'11.40"
	DSS II (blue) - 10'×10'	Messier 29, M29, NGC6913	OC	6m.6	7.0'×7.0'	Cyg	20h23m56.00s / +38°31'24.00"
	DSS II (red) - 9'×9'	Messier 30, M30, NGC7099	GC	7m.7	8.9'×8.9'	Cap	21h40m22.12s / -23°10'47.50"
★★★	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) - 9'×9'	Messier 32, M32, NGC221, UGC452, Arp168	Gx	8m.1	8.5'×6.5'	And	00h42m41.83s / +40°51'54.61"
★★	DSS II (red) - 69'×69'	Messier 33, M33, NGC598, UGC1117, H5.17, Triangulum Galaxy, Pinwheel Galaxy	Gx	5m.7	68.7'×41.6'	Tri	01h33m50.90s / +30°39'35.79"
★★★	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 II (blue) - 20'×20'	Messier 36, M36, NGC1960	OC	6m.0	12.0'×12.0'	Aur	05h36m18.00s / +34°08'24.00"
★★★	DSS I - 30'×30'	Messier 37, M37, NGC2099	OC	5m.6	24.0'×24.0'	Aur	05h52m18.00s / +32°33'12.00"
★★	DSS II (blue) - 30'×30'	Messier 38, M38, NGC1912	OC	6m.4	21.0'×21.0'	Aur	05h28m43.00s / +35°51'18.00"
	DSS II (red) - 45'×45'	Messier 39, M39, NGC7092	OC	4m.6	32.0'×32.0'	Cyg	21h31m48.00s / +48°26'00.00"
		Messier 40, M40, Winnecke 4, WNC4	**	9m.7 / 10m.2		UMa	12h22m12.53s / +58°04'58.60"
★	DSS II (red) - 40'×40'	Messier 41, M41, NGC2287	OC	4m.5	38.0'×38.0'	CMa	06h46m01.00s / -20°45'24.00"
★★★	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 (red) - 30'×30'	Messier 43, M43, NGC1982, H3.1	BN, EN	7m.0	20.0'×15.0'	Ori	05h35m31.00s / -05°16'12.00"
★★	DSS II (blue) - 95'×95'	Messier 44, M44, NGC2632, Praesepe, Beehive Cluster	OC	3m.1	95.0'×95.0'	Cnc	08h40m24.00s / +19°40'00.00"
★★★	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 (red) - 80'×80'	Messier 48, M48, NGC2548, H6.22	OC	5m.8	54.0'×54.0'	Hya	08h13m43.00s / -05°45'00.00"
	DSS II (blue) - 11'×11'	Messier 49, M49, NGC4472, UGC7629	Gx, Sy2	8m.3	10.2'×8.3'	Vir	12h29m46.80s / +08°00'01.48"
	DSS II (red) - 25'×25'	Messier 50, M50, NGC2323	OC	5m.9	16.0'×16.0'	Mon	07h02m47.50s / -08°20'16.00"
★★	DSS II (blue) - 12'×12'	Messier 51, M51, NGC5194, UGC8493, Whirlpool Galaxy	Gx, Sy2	8m.4	11.2'×6.9'	CVn	13h29m52.70s / +47°11'42.93"
★★	DSS II (red) - 30'×30'	Messier 52, M52, NGC7654	OC	6m.9	13.0'×13.0'	Cas	23h24m48.00s / +61°35'36.00"
	DSS II (blue) - 15'×15'	Messier 53, M53, NGC5024	GC	7m.8	14.4'×14.4'	Com	13h12m55.25s / +18°10'05.40"
	DSS II (red) - 10'×10'	Messier 54, M54, NGC6715	GC	8m.4	9.1'×9.1'	Sgr	18h55m03.33s / -30°28'47.50"
	DSS II (red) - 25'×25'	Messier 55, M55, NGC6809	GC	7m.4	19.0'×19.0'	Sgr	19h39m59.71s / -30°57'53.10"
★★	DSS II (blue) - 9'×9'	Messier 56, M56, NGC6779	GC	8m.3	8.8'×8.8'	Lyr	19h16m35.57s / +30°11'00.50"
★★★	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) - 6'×6'	Messier 58, M58, NGC4579, UGC7796	Gx, Sy	9m.7	6.0'×4.8'	Vir	12h37m43.60s / +11°49'05.12"
	DSS II (blue) - 6'×6'	Messier 59, M59, NGC4621, UGC7858	Gx	9m.7	5.4'×3.7'	Vir	12h42m02.32s / +11°38'48.95"
	DSS II (blue) - 8'×8'	Messier 60, M60, NGC4649, UGC7898	Gx	8m.8	7.4'×6.0'	Vir	12h43m40.01s / +11°33'09.40"
	DSS II (blue) - 7'×7'	Messier 61, M61, NGC4303, UGC7420, H1.139	Gx, Sy2	9m.7	6.2'×5.9'	Vir	12h21m54.95s / +04°28'24.92"
	DSS II (red) - 15'×15'	Messier 62, M62, NGC6266	GC	6m.4	15.0'×15.0'	Oph	17h01m12.60s / -30°06'44.50"
	DSS II (blue) - 13'×13'	Messier 63, M63, NGC5055, UGC8334	Gx	8m.6	12.6'×7.5'	CVn	13h15m49.33s / +42°01'45.44"
	DSS II (blue) - 10'×10'	Messier 64, M64, NGC4826, UGC8062, Black Eye Galaxy	Gx, Sy	8m.5	10.0'×5.4'	Com	12h56m43.70s / +21°40'57.57"
	DSS II (blue) - 9'×9'	Messier 65, M65, NGC3623, UGC6328	Gx	9m.2	8.7'×2.5'	Leo	11h18m55.96s / +13°05'31.96"
★	DSS II (blue) - 10'×10'	Messier 66, M66, NGC3627, UGC6346, Arp16	Gx	8m.9	9.3'×4.2'	Leo	11h20m15.03s / +12°59'28.64"
★★	DSS II (blue) - 30'×30'	Messier 67, M67, NGC2682	OC	6m.9	30.0'×30.0'	Cnc	08h51m18.00s / +11°48'00.00"
	DSS II (red) - 11'×11'	Messier 68, M68, NGC4590	GC	7m.3	11.0'×11.0'	Hya	12h39m27.98s / -26°44'38.60"
	DSS II (red) - 8'×8'	Messier 69, M69, NGC6637	GC	8m.3	7.1'×7.1'	Sgr	18h31m23.10s / -32°20'53.10"
	DSS II (red) - 8'×8'	Messier 70, M70, NGC6681	GC	9m.1	8.0'×8.0'	Sgr	18h43m12.76s / -32°17'31.60"
	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) - 7'×7'	Messier 72, M72, NGC6981	GC	9m.0	6.6'×6.6'	Aqr	20h53m27.70s / -12°32'14.30"
	DSS II (red) - 5'×5'	Messier 73, M73, NGC6994	Ast	8m.9	2.8'×2.8'	Aqr	20h58m56.00s / -12°38'00.00"
	DSS II (blue) - 11'×11'	Messier 74, M74, NGC628, UGC1149	Gx	9m.4	10.5'×9.5'	Psc	01h36m41.77s / +15°47'00.46"
	DSS II (red) - 7'×7'	Messier 75, M75, NGC6864	GC	9m.2	6.8'×6.8'	Sgr	20h06m04.84s / -21°55'20.14"
	DSS II (blue) - 5'×5'	Messier 76, M76, NGC650, NGC651, PK130-10.1, H1.193, Little Dumbbell Nebula	PN	10m.1	2.7'×1.8'	Per	01h42m19.95s / +51°34'31.15"
	DSS II (red) - 8'×8'	Messier 77, M77, NGC1068, UGC2188, Arp37	Gx, Sy2	8m.9	7.3'×6.3'	Cet	02h42m40.77s / -00°00'47.84"
★	DSS II (red) - 15'×15'	Messier 78, M78, NGC2068	BN, RN	8m.3	8.0'×6.0'	Ori	05h46m45.96s / +00°03'37.80"
	DSS II (red) - 9'×9'	Messier 79, M79, NGC1904	GC	8m.2	8.7'×8.7'	Lep	05h24m10.59s / -24°31'27.30"
	DSS II (red) - 10'×10'	Messier 80, M80, NGC6093	GC	7m.9	10.0'×10.0'	Sco	16h17m02.41s / -22°58'33.90"
★★★	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 (red) - 14'×14'	Messier 83, M83, NGC5236, UGCA366, Southern Pinwheel Galaxy	Gx	7m.5	13.1'×12.2'	Hya	13h37m00.92s / -29°51'56.74"
	DSS II (blue) - 6'×6'	Messier 84, M84, NGC4374, UGC7494	Gx, Sy2	9m.2	6.0'×5.4'	Vir	12h25m03.74s / +12°53'13.14"
	DSS II (blue) - 8'×8'	Messier 85, M85, NGC4382, UGC7508	Gx	9m.1	7.1'×5.5'	Com	12h25m24.05s / +18°11'27.89"
	DSS II (blue) - 11'×11'	Messier 86, M86, NGC4406, UGC7532	Gx	8m.9	10.2'×6.8'	Vir	12h26m11.81s / +12°56'45.49"
	DSS II (blue) - 9'×9'	Messier 87, M87, NGC4486, UGC7654, Arp152	Gx	8m.6	8.3'×6.6'	Vir	12h30m49.42s / +12°23'28.04"
	DSS II (blue) - 7'×7'	Messier 88, M88, NGC4501, UGC7675	Gx, Sy2	9m.6	6.8'×3.7'	Com	12h31m59.22s / +14°25'13.48"
	DSS II (blue) - 6'×6'	Messier 89, M89, NGC4552, UGC7760	Gx	9m.8	5.3'×4.8'	Vir	12h35m39.88s / +12°33'21.74"
	DSS II (red) - 10'×10'	Messier 90, M90, NGC4569, UGC7786	Gx, Sy2	9m.5	9.9'×4.4'	Vir	12h36m49.82s / +13°09'46.33"
	DSS II (blue) - 6'×6'	Messier 91, M91, NGC4548, UGC7753, H2.120	Gx	10m.1	5.2'×4.2'	Com	12h35m26.43s / +14°29'46.75"
★★	DSS II (blue) - 14'×14'	Messier 92, M92, NGC6341	GC	6m.5	14.0'×14.0'	Her	17h17m07.39s / +43°08'09.40"
	DSS II (red) - 22'×22'	Messier 93, M93, NGC2447	OC	6m.2	22.0'×22.0'	Pup	07h44m30.00s / -23°51'24.00"
	DSS II (blue) - 20'×20'	Messier 94, M94, NGC4736, UGC7996	Gx, Sy	8m.2	11.2'×9.1'	CVn	12h50m53.15s / +41°07'12.55"
	DSS II (blue) - 8'×8'	Messier 95, M95, NGC3351, UGC5850	Gx	9m.7	7.3'×4.4'	Leo	10h43m57.73s / +11°42'13.00"
	DSS II (blue) - 8'×8'	Messier 96, M96, NGC3368, UGC5882	Gx	9m.2	7.8'×5.2'	Leo	10h46m45.74s / +11°49'11.78"
	DSS II (blue) - 10'×10'	Messier 97, M97, NGC3587, PK148+57.1, Owl Nebula	PN	9m.9	3.4'×3.3'	UMa	11h14m47.70s / +55°01'08.72"
	DSS II (blue) - 10'×10'	Messier 98, M98, NGC4192, UGC7231	Gx	10m.1	9.8'×2.8'	Com	12h13m48.29s / +14°54'01.69"
	DSS II (blue) - 6'×6'	Messier 99, M99, NGC4254, UGC7345	Gx	9m.9	5.4'×4.7'	Com	12h18m49.62s / +14°24'59.36"
	DSS II (blue) - 8'×8'	Messier 100, M100, NGC4321, UGC7450	Gx	9m.3	7.6'×6.2'	Com	12h22m54.90s / +15°49'20.57"
	DSS II (blue) - 29'×29'	Messier 101, M101, NGC5457, UGC8981, Arp26, Pinwheel Galaxy	Gx	7m.9	28.5'×28.3'	UMa	14h03m12.58s / +54°20'55.50"
	DSS II (blue) - 7'×7'	Messier 102, M102, NGC5866, UGC9723, H1.215	Gx, Sy	9m.9	6.5'×3.2'	Dra	15h06m29.56s / +55°45'47.91"
★★	DSS II (blue) - 15'×15'	Messier 103, M103, NGC581	OC	7m.4	6.0'×6.0'	Cas	01h33m23.00s / +60°39'00.00"
	DSS II (red) - 9'×9'	Messier 104, M104, NGC4594, H1.43, Sombrero Galaxy	Gx	8m.0	8.6'×4.2'	Vir	12h39m59.43s / -11°37'23.00"
	DSS II (blue) - 6'×6'	Messier 105, M105, NGC3379, UGC5902, H1.17	Gx	9m.8	5.1'×4.7'	Leo	10h47m49.60s / +12°34'53.87"
	DSS I - 18'×18'	Messier 106, M106, NGC4258, UGC7353, H5.43	Gx	8m.4	17.4'×6.6'	CVn	12h18m57.62s / +47°18'13.39"
	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) - 9'×9'	Messier 108, M108, NGC3556, UGC6225, H5.46	Gx	10m.0	8.7'×2.2'	UMa	11h11m30.97s / +55°40'26.84"
	DSS II (blue) - 8'×8'	Messier 109, M109, NGC3992, UGC6937, H4.61	Gx	9m.8	7.5'×4.4'	UMa	11h57m35.98s / +53°22'28.27"
★	DSS II (blue) - 20'×20'	Messier 110, M110, NGC205, UGC426, H5.18	Gx	8m.1	19.5'×11.5'	And	00h40m22.07s / +41°41'07.08"