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 42
Visual Observations 271
Sketches 43
Observers 5
Uwe Brinker, Christopher Hay, René Merting, Uwe Pilz, Robert Zebahl
Type Magnitude Size Coordinates (J2000.0)
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DSS II (blue) - 50'×50'
Alessi J2108.8+0731, Al J2108.8+0731 Ast 30.0'×30.0' Equ 21h08m53.00s / +07°31'12.00"
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DSS II (blue) - 120'×120'
Barnard 142, B142 DN 80.0'×50.0' Aql 19h39m42.00s / +10°31'00.00"
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DSS II (blue) - 120'×120'
Barnard 143, B143, LDN694 DN 30.0'×30.0' Aql 19h40m42.00s / +10°57'00.00"
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DSS II (blue) - 120'×120'
Collinder 65, Cr65 OC 3m.0 220.0'×220.0' Tau 05h26m06.00s / +16°42'00.00"
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DSS II (blue) - 90'×90'
Collinder 69, Cr69, Lambda Orionis Cluster OC 2m.8 65.0'×65.0' Ori 05h35m06.00s / +09°56'00.00"
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DSS II (red) - 120'×120'
Collinder 70, Cr70 OC 0m.4 150.0'×150.0' Ori 05h35m30.00s / -01°06'00.00"
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DSS II (red) - 60'×60'
Collinder 350, Cr350 OC 6m.1 45.0'×45.0' Oph 17h48m06.00s / +01°18'00.00"
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DSS II (blue) - 20'×20'
Collinder 408, Cr408, Harvard 20 OC 7m.7 7.0'×7.0' Sge 19h53m06.00s / +18°20'00.00"
Harrington 16 Ast 210.0'×150.0' Tau 04h23m00.00s / +21°45'00.00"
★★★ ../images/dss/dss2red_174618.00_+054300.00_41_web.jpg
DSS II (red) - 41'×41'
IC4665 OC 4m.2 41.0'×41.0' Oph 17h46m18.00s / +05°43'00.00"
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DSS II (red) - 120'×120'
Kemble 1, Kemble's Cascade Ast 5m.0 180.0'×180.0' Cam 03h57m30.00s / +63°04'00.00"
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DSS II (blue) - 90'×90'
LDN688 DN 70.0'×70.0' Aql 19h37m00.00s / +10°00'00.00"
Lorenzin 6, Lor6 Ast 240.0'×180.0' Cep 22h15m00.00s / +58°15'00.00"
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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"
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DSS II (red) - 16'×16'
Messier 2, M2, NGC7089 GC 6m.2 16.0'×16.0' Aqr 21h33m27.02s / -00°49'23.70"
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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"
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DSS II (red) - 12'×12'
Messier 9, M9, NGC6333 GC 8m.4 12.0'×12.0' Oph 17h19m11.78s / -18°30'58.50"
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DSS II (red) - 20'×20'
Messier 10, M10, NGC6254 GC 6m.6 20.0'×20.0' Oph 16h57m09.05s / -04°06'01.10"
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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"
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DSS II (red) - 16'×16'
Messier 12, M12, NGC6218 GC 6m.1 16.0'×16.0' Oph 16h47m14.18s / -01°56'54.70"
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DSS II (red) - 11'×11'
Messier 14, M14, NGC6402 GC 8m.3 11.0'×11.0' Oph 17h37m36.15s / -03°14'45.30"
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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"
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DSS II (red) - 32'×32'
Messier 22, M22, NGC6656 GC 6m.2 32.0'×32.0' Sgr 18h36m23.94s / -23°54'17.10"
★★ ../images/dss/dss2red_183147.00_-190700.00_35_web.jpg
DSS II (red) - 35'×35'
Messier 25, M25, IC4725 OC 4m.6 29.0'×29.0' Sgr 18h31m47.00s / -19°07'00.00"
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DSS II (red) - 9'×9'
Messier 30, M30, NGC7099 GC 7m.7 8.9'×8.9' Cap 21h40m22.12s / -23°10'47.50"
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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"
★★★ ../images/dss/dss2red_053517.30_-052328.00_90_web.jpg
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"
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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"
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DSS II (blue) - 15'×15'
Messier 71, M71, NGC6838 GC 6m.1 7.2'×7.2' Sge 19h53m46.49s / +18°46'45.10"
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DSS II (red) - 7'×7'
Messier 75, M75, NGC6864 GC 9m.2 6.8'×6.8' Sgr 20h06m04.84s / -21°55'20.14"
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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"
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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"
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DSS II (blue) - 20'×20'
NGC1662, H1.7 OC 6m.4 20.0'×20.0' Ori 04h48m27.00s / +10°56'12.00"
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DSS II (red) - 35'×35'
NGC1981 OC 4m.2 25.0'×25.0' Ori 05h35m09.00s / -04°25'54.00"
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DSS II (red) - 13'×13'
NGC6366 GC 9m.5 13.0'×13.0' Oph 17h27m44.24s / -05°04'47.50"
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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"
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DSS II (red) - 7'×7'
NGC6934, H1.103 GC 8m.8 7.0'×7.0' Del 20h34m11.37s / +07°24'16.10"
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DSS II (blue) - 20'×20'
NGC6950, H8.23 OC Del 20h41m04.00s / +16°37'06.00"
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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"
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DSS I - 90'×90'
Posey 1 Ast 50.0'×23.0' Psc 23h17m10.00s / -01°41'00.00"
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DSS II (blue) - 8'×8'
Roslund 3, Ro3 OC 5.0'×5.0' Sge 19h58m45.00s / +20°31'00.00"