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September's
Deep Sky List
| Cat.
# |
Type |
Const |
Mag |
Name |
Comments |
| *M2 |
GC |
Aqr |
6.5 |
|
|
| *M11 |
OC |
Sct |
5.8 |
Wild Duck
Cluster |
Rich, Spectacular!! |
|
M15 |
GC |
Peg |
6.4 |
|
|
| *M27 |
NEB |
Vul |
8.0 |
Dumbbell
Nebula |
Spectacular!! |
|
M29 |
OC |
Cyg |
6.6 |
|
|
| *M31 |
GAL |
And |
3.4 |
Andromeda
Galaxy |
Naked eye
from dark skies!! |
|
M32 |
GAL |
And |
8.2 |
|
Companion
to M31 |
| *M33 |
Gal |
Tri |
5.7 |
Pinwheel
Galaxy |
Very large
spiral |
|
M34 |
OC |
Per |
5.2 |
|
|
|
M39 |
OC |
Cyg |
4.6 |
|
|
|
M56 |
GC |
Lyr |
8.2 |
|
|
| *M57 |
PN |
Lyr |
9.0 |
Ring Nebula |
One of the finest Planetary. nebs. |
|
M71 |
GC |
Sge |
8.3 |
|
|
|
M72 |
GC |
Aqr |
9.4 |
|
|
|
M73 |
Ast |
Aqr |
|
|
|
|
M75 |
GC |
Sgr |
8.6 |
|
|
|
M110 |
GAL |
And |
8.0 |
|
Companion
to M31 |
| *NGC457 |
OC |
Cass |
6.4 |
Owl Cluster |
|
| *NGC869 |
OC |
Per |
4.0 |
Double |
|
| *NGC884 |
OC |
Per |
4.0 |
Cluster |
|
|
NGC891 |
GAL |
And |
10.0 |
|
Edge-on,
Large,low surface brightness |
| *NGC6826 |
PN |
Cyg |
10.0 |
Blinking
Nebula |
|
| *NGC6960 |
NEB |
Cyg |
|
Veil |
Supernova-Very
Large |
| *NGC6992 |
Neb |
Cyg |
|
Nebula |
Remnant-Very
Large |
|
NGC7000 |
NEB |
Cyg |
|
North
American Nebula |
Very Large |
|
NGC7009 |
PN |
Aqr |
8.0 |
Saturn
Nebula |
|
|
NGC7293 |
PN |
Aqr |
|
Helix
Nebula |
Large-Low
surface brightness |
|
NGC7662 |
PN |
And |
9.0 |
Blue Snowball |
|
*=
extraordinary ; OC = open cluster ; GC = globular cluster ;
NEB = nebula ; PN = planetary
nebula ; GAL = galaxy
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