DEEP SKY OBSERVING
November 2009
by Mark Wagner

Targets rated 1 to 4, 1 very easy, 4 most difficult. Targets in a one hour window of R.A., arranged north to south, for easy star hopping. Available as a Megastar .obs file or Excel spreadsheet. The Excel has notes embedded as comments.
Rating
 Object Con Type
Size
Mag
RA
Dec
 Other
2
 N559 Cas OC
4.4'
9.5
01 29 30
+63 18 00
  
2
 N381 Cas OC
6.0'
9.3
01 08 18
+61 35 00
  
1
 N129 Cas OC
21'
6.5
00 29 54
+60 14 00
  
1
 N436 Cas OC
5.0'
8.8
01 15 30
+58 49 00
  
1
 N457 Cas OC
13.0'
6.4
01 19 06
+58 20 00
  
4
 Abell 2 Cas PN
33"x29"
14.5
00 45 36
+57 57 24
 PK 122-4.1 = PN G122.1-04.9
4
 Sh 2-184 Cas BN
28.0'x21.0'
00 52 50
+56 36 37
 N0281
2
 N185 Cas GX
11.9'x10.1'
10.1B
00 39 00
+48 20 00
  
2
 N278 Cas GX
2.2'x2.2'
11.5B
00 52 06
+47 33 00
  
2
 M32 And GX
8.8'x6.5'
9.0B
00 42 41
+41 51 00
  
1
 M110 And GX
21.9'x10.9'
8.9B
00 40 24
+41 41 00
  
2
 NGC206 And C+N
4.2x1.5
00 40 31
+40 44 22
  
2
 N404 And GX
3.4'x3.4'
11.2B
01 09 24
+35 43 00
  
3
 HGC10 And Hickson
3.6'x1.3'
12.3V
01 26 21
+34 42 14
 NGC 0536
4
 N407/10/14 Psc GX Trio
2.3'x0.6'
14.3P
01 11 00
+33 12 00
  
3
 N392/94/97 Psc GX Trio
1.2'x1.0'
13.7B
01 08 24
+33 06 00
  
4
 N447/49/51 Psc GX Trio
2.8'x2.1'
14.0V
01 16 12
+33 06 00
  
2
 Arp331 Psc GX
1.4'x0.9'
12.8V
01 07 24
+32 24 00
 NGC 0383
1
 M33 Tri GX
65.6'x38.0'
6.3B
01 33 54
+30 39 00
  
2
 NGC315 Psc GX
3.2'x2.2'
12.2B
00 57 48
+30 21 09
  
3
 N311/15/18 Psc GX Trio
1.8'x0.8'
14.0B
00 57 48
+30 18 00
  
3
 N252/58/60 And GX Trio
1.5'x1.0'
13.4P
00 48 00
+27 36 00
  
3
 Arp282 And GX
2.6'x0.8'
13.2
00 36 52
+23 59 00
 NGC 0169
4
 HCG8 And Hickson
0.5'x0.3'
15.2B
00 49 34
+23 34 42
 MCG +04-03-008
2
 NGC514 Psc GX
4.2'x2.7'
12.2B
01 24 03
+12 55 03
  
2
 N524 Psc GX
2.7'
11.3B
01 24 48
+09 32 00
  
4
 HCG5 Psc Hickson
0.9'x0.7'
14.9B
00 38 54
+07 03 46
 NGC 190
4
 AGC 0076 Psc GX
28.0'
15.0
00 39 48
+06 46 00
 IC 1565
4
 N486/90/92 Psc GX Trio
0.4'
15.5
01 22 06
+05 24 00
  
2
 N488 Psc GX
6.5'x5.3'
10.2V
01 21 48
+05 15 00
  
2
 Arp157 Psc GX
4.5'x1.8'
12.2B
01 24 35
+03 47 00
 NGC 0520
2
 Arp227 Psc GX
7.0'x6.2'
12.4B
01 20 06
+03 25 00
 NGC 0474
3
 NGC428 Cet GX
4.1'x3.1'
11.9B
01 12 55
+00 58 54
  
3
 HGC7 Cet GX
2.2'x0.8'
13.4B
00 39 13
+00 51 49
 NGC 0192
3
 N426/29/30 Cet GX Trio
1.3'x0.9'
13.8B
01 13 06
-00 18 00
  
4
 AGC 0119 Cet GXCL
39.2'
15.0
00 56 24
-01 16 00
  
4
 AGC 0194 Cet GXCL
56.0'
13.9
01 25 36
-01 30 00
  
4
 HGC12 Cet Hickson
0.8'x0.6'
15.1B
01 27 33
-04 40 58
 MCG -01-04-052
3
 NGC357 Cet GX
2.4x1.7
12.0V
01 03 21
-06 20 22
  
2
 N584 Cet GX
4.1'x2.2'
11.4B
01 31 18
-06 52 00
  
2
 N596 Cet GX
3.2'x2.0'
11.8B
01 32 54
-07 02 00
  
4
 HGC3 Cet Hickson
0.8'x0.3'
15.5B
00 34 13
-07 33 54
  
2
 NGC337 Cet GX
2.9'x1.8'
12.1B
00 59 50
-07 34 43
  
4
 HGC13 Cet Hickson
1.1'x0.5'
15.6B
01 32 20
-07 51 34
 MCG -01-05-002
4
 HGC6 Cet Hickson
0.5'x0.3'
15.7B
00 39 13
-08 23 39
 NPM1G -08.0024
2
 N157 Cet GX
4.2'x2.7'
11.0B
00 34 48
-08 24 00
  
2
 Arp127 Cet GX
1.4'x1.1'
14.1
00 38 59
-09 00 00
 NGC 0191
2
 NGC151 Cet GX
3.7'x1.6'
12.3B
00 34 02
-09 42 20
  
3
 NGC217 Cet GX
2.6'x0.6'
13.5
00 41 33
-10 01 20
  
1
 N246 Cet PN
4.1'
8.0P
00 47 00
-11 53 00
  
2
 N247 Cet GX
21.4'x6.0'
9.1V
00 47 06
-20 46 00
  
3
 HCG4 Cet GX
1.4'x1.0'
13.7B
00 34 13
-21 26 20
 ESO 540-001
3
 N168/172/177 Cet GX Trio
1.1'x0.2'
14.8P
00 37 30
-22 36 00
  
3
 N554/55/56 Cet GX Trio
1.5'x1.1'
14.0
01 27 12
-22 42 00
  
3
 HGC11 Cet Hickson
1.7'x1.5'
13.4B
01 26 33
-23 13 33
 ESO 476-008
4
 HGC9 Cet Hickson
0.7'x0.4'
15.3B
00 54 20
-23 33 09
 MCG -04-03-028
1
 N253 Scl GX
27.7'x6.7'
8.0B
00 47 48
-25 17 00
  
1
 N288 Scl GC
13.0'
12.6
00 52 48
-26 35 00
  
2
 N613 Scl GX
5.5'x4.1'
10.7B
01 34 18
-29 25 00
  
Source catalogs

Herschel 400 are identified as NGCXXXX, Herschel 400-II are indentified as NXXXX.

Prior lists available in the Astronomical Catalogs and Observing List section of Adventures In Deep Space.

All descriptions are by Steve Gottlieb, including his NGC Notes, except where otherwise attributed.

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