Deep Sky With Binoculars - Recommendations

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	687
Sketches	21
Observers	5
	Uwe Brinker, Christopher Hay, René Merting, Uwe Pilz, Robert Zebahl

			Type	Magnitude	Size		Coordinates (J2000.0)
★	DSS I - 60'×60'	Allys Plait	Ast		42.0'×10.0'	Tau	03h47m30.00s / +23°41'30.00"
★★★	DSS I - 60'×60'	ASCC101, Theia 445	OC		40.0'×40.0'	Lyr	19h13m37.00s / +36°19'48.00"
★	DSS II (blue) - 30'×30'	Backward 5	Ast		20.0'×10.0'	Her	16h35m57.00s / +30°46'33.00"
★	DSS I - 40'×40'	Barnard 34, B34	DN		25.0'×25.0'	Aur	05h43m17.70s / +32°37'06.00"
★★	DSS I - 120'×120'	Barnard 142, B142	DN		80.0'×50.0'	Aql	19h39m42.00s / +10°31'00.00"
★★★	DSS II (blue) - 100'×100'	Barnard 168, B168, Dunkelzigarre, Caterpillar Nebula	DN		100.0'×20.0'	Cyg	21h48m48.00s / +47°30'00.00"
★★	DSS I - 60'×60'	Barnard 361, B361, LDN970	DN		20.0'×20.0'	Cyg	21h12m30.00s / +47°24'00.00"
★	DSS I - 120'×120'	Cheshire Cat, Carol's Smiley	Ast		80.0'×40.0'	Aur	05h26m50.00s / +34°55'00.00"
★★★	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) - 100'×100'	Collinder 399, Cr399, Coathanger	Ast	3m.6	100.0'×40.0'	Vul	19h26m20.00s / +20°07'40.00"
★★	DSS I - 120'×120'	Fish Hook	Ast		120.0'×60.0'	Sct	18h45m00.00s / -06°50'00.00"
★	DSS I - 90'×90'	Flying Minnow	Ast		60.0'×45.0'	Aur	05h19m00.00s / +33°40'00.00"
★	DSS II (blue) - 20'×20'	French 1, The Toadstool	Ast		13.0'×13.0'	Del	21h07m25.00s / +16°19'00.00"
★	DSS I - 30'×30'	Greg's 3	Ast		16.0'×12.0'	Leo	09h37m30.00s / +15°20'30.00"
★★	DSS II (blue) - 60'×60'	Harrington 6	Ast		35.0'×35.0'	LMi	10h13m45.00s / +31°16'00.00"
★★★	DSS I - 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 I - 120'×120'	Hay-Merting 7, HM7	Ast		110.0'×110.0'	Vul	20h07m00.00s / +28°50'00.00"
★	DSS I - 120'×120'	Hay-Merting 8, HM8	Ast		160.0'×70.0'	Sgr	18h35m00.00s / -19°00'00.00"
★	DSS II (red) - 50'×50'	IC410, LBN807	BN, EN		50.0'×50.0'	Aur	05h22m30.00s / +33°23'00.00"
★★★	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) - 80'×80'	JHZG, Jimi Hendrix' Broken Guitar	Ast		60.0'×30.0'	Peg	21h31m30.00s / +12°10'00.00"
★★	DSS II (red) - 120'×120'	Kemble 1, Kemble's Cascade	Ast	5m.0	180.0'×180.0'	Cam	03h57m30.00s / +63°04'00.00"
★★	DSS I - 120'×120'	Kemble 3, Kembles Kite	Ast		90.0'×30.0'	Cas	03h25m30.00s / +71°40'30.00"
★	DSS II (blue) - 80'×80'	LDN862	DN		55.0'×55.0'	Cyg	20h05m20.00s / +36°45'00.00"
★★★	DSS I - 120'×120'	LDN935, Golf of Mexico	DN		150.0'×40.0'	Cyg	20h56m48.00s / +43°52'00.00"
★	DSS I - 60'×60'	LeDrew 7	Ast		40.0'×40.0'	Oph	18h14m25.00s / +03°33'00.00"
★★	DSS I - 60'×60'	Leiter 9	Ast		34.0'×13.0'	Cyg	20h55m50.00s / +43°35'05.00"
★	DSS I - 35'×35'	Leiter 11	Ast		23.0'×21.0'	Gem	06h43m41.00s / +25°20'00.00"
★	DSS I - 30'×30'	Lorenzin 1, Lor1, Spermatozoon	Ast		21.0'×2.0'	Tau	05h42m38.00s / +21°23'32.00"
★	DSS I - 30'×30'	Lorenzin 4, Lor4	Ast		25.0'×2.0'	Sge	19h54m47.00s / +17°19'24.00"
★★	DSS I - 40'×40'	Lorenzin 15, Lor15	Ast		28.0'×17.0'	Mon	06h53m08.00s / -10°07'18.00"
★	DSS I - 40'×40'	Melotte 15, IC1805, Collinder 26, Cr26	OC	6m.5	21.0'×21.0'	Cas	02h32m42.00s / +61°27'00.00"
★★★	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"
★★		Melotte 25, Hyades	OC	0m.5		Tau	04h27m00.00s / +16°50'00.00"
★	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) - 23'×23'	Messier 5, M5, NGC5904	GC	6m.0	23.0'×23.0'	Ser	15h18m33.22s / +02°04'51.70"
★★★	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 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) - 100'×100'	Messier 16, M16, IC4703, Eagle Nebula	BN, EN	6m.4		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 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) - 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 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) - 9'×9'	Messier 32, M32, NGC221, UGC452, Arp168	Gx	8m.1	8.5'×6.5'	And	00h42m41.83s / +40°51'54.61"
★★	DSS I - 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) - 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 (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 (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 I - 30'×30'	Messier 52, M52, NGC7654	OC	6m.9	13.0'×13.0'	Cas	23h24m48.00s / +61°35'36.00"
★★	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) - 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) - 15'×15'	Messier 78, M78, NGC2068	BN, RN	8m.3	8.0'×6.0'	Ori	05h46m45.96s / +00°03'37.80"
★★★	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) - 14'×14'	Messier 92, M92, NGC6341	GC	6m.5	14.0'×14.0'	Her	17h17m07.39s / +43°08'09.40"
★★	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 (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) - 20'×20'	Messier 110, M110, NGC205, UGC426, H5.18	Gx	8m.1	19.5'×11.5'	And	00h40m22.07s / +41°41'07.08"
★	DSS II (blue) - 20'×20'	NGC225, H8.78, Sailboat Cluster	OC	7m.0	12.0'×12.0'	Cas	00h43m39.00s / +61°46'30.00"
★	DSS II (blue) - 35'×35'	NGC281, IC11, Pacman Nebula	BN, EN	b7m.3	35.0'×35.0'	Cas	00h52m25.10s / +56°33'54.00"
★★	DSS II (blue) - 30'×30'	NGC457, H7.42, Owl Cluster	OC	6m.4	13.0'×13.0'	Cas	01h19m35.00s / +58°17'12.00"
★★	DSS II (blue) - 25'×25'	NGC663, H6.31	OC	7m.1	16.0'×16.0'	Cas	01h46m09.00s / +61°14'06.00"
★	DSS II (blue) - 80'×80'	NGC752, H7.32	OC	5m.7	50.0'×50.0'	And	01h57m41.00s / +37°47'06.00"
★★★	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 (blue) - 15'×15'	NGC1502, H7.47	OC	6m.9	8.0'×8.0'	Cam	04h07m50.00s / +62°19'54.00"
★★	DSS II (red) - 30'×30'	NGC2024, H5.28, Flame Nebula	BN, EN		30.0'×30.0'	Ori	05h41m43.00s / -01°50'30.00"
★	DSS II (blue) - 10'×10'	NGC2169, H8.24	OC	5m.9	7.0'×7.0'	Ori	06h08m24.00s / +13°58'00.00"
★★★	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 (blue) - 60'×60'	NGC2264, H5.27, H8.5, Christmas Tree Cluster	OC	3m.9	20.0'×20.0'	Mon	06h40m58.00s / +09°53'42.00"
★	DSS II (blue) - 5'×5'	NGC2392, PK197+17.1, H4.45, Eskimo Nebula, Clownface Nebula	PN	9m.9	0.9'×0.9'	Gem	07h29m10.77s / +20°54'42.48"
★★	DSS II (blue) - 15'×15'	NGC4565, UGC7772, H5.24	Gx	9m.5	14.9'×2.0'	Com	12h36m20.80s / +25°59'14.61"
★	DSS II (blue) - 16'×16'	NGC4631, UGC7865, H5.42, Whale Galaxy, Herring Galaxy	Gx	9m.2	15.5'×2.7'	CVn	12h42m08.01s / +32°32'29.44"
★	DSS II (blue) - 10'×10'	NGC5195, UGC8494, H1.186	Gx	9m.6	5.9'×4.6'	CVn	13h29m59.59s / +47°15'58.06"
★	DSS II (red) - 27'×27'	NGC6633, H8.72	OC	4m.6	27.0'×27.0'	Oph	18h27m18.00s / +06°31'00.00"
★★	DSS I - 16'×16'	NGC6716, Collinder 393, Cr393	OC	7m.5	10.0'×10.0'	Sgr	18h54m34.00s / -19°54'06.00"
★★	DSS II (blue) - 15'×15'	NGC6885, H8.20	OC	8m.1	7.0'×7.0'	Vul	20h12m01.00s / +26°28'42.00"
★	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 (blue) - 50'×50'	NGC6940, H7.8	OC	6m.3	31.0'×31.0'	Vul	20h34m26.00s / +28°17'00.00"
★★★	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"
★	DSS II (blue) - 15'×15'	NGC7062, H7.51	OC	8m.3	7.0'×7.0'	Cyg	21h23m26.90s / +46°23'24.00"
★	DSS II (red) - 30'×30'	NGC7293, PK36-57.1, Helix Nebula, Eye of God	PN	7m.3	25.0'×25.0'	Aqr	22h29m38.54s / -20°50'13.64"
★★	DSS I - 40'×40'	NGC7789, H6.30, The White Rose, Caroline's Rose	OC	6m.7	16.0'×16.0'	Cas	23h57m24.00s / +56°42'30.00"
★	DSS I - 100'×100'	Patchick 100, Pat100	Ast		70.0'×30.0'	Peg	23h02m10.00s / +22°54'00.00"
★	DSS I - 100'×100'	Persson 1	Ast		70.0'×15.0'	Ori	06h10m20.00s / +13°48'30.00"
★★	DSS I - 80'×80'	Stock 2, St2, The Muscleman Cluster	OC	4m.4	60.0'×60.0'	Cas	02h14m43.00s / +59°29'06.00"
★	DSS II (blue) - 25'×25'	Trumpler 2, Tr2, Collinder 29, Cr29	OC	5m.9	20.0'×20.0'	Per	02h36m53.00s / +55°54'54.00"
★		Wieger's Dragon	Ast		120.0'×20.0'	CVn	12h51m50.00s / +42°30'00.00"