Catalogue
Objects
One page per target: what it is, where it is, when it is worth pointing at, and every capture of it here.
- 157Objects catalogued
- 0Photographed
- 0Captures
The Messier catalogue
0 of 110 photographedAll 110 objects Charles Messier catalogued so he could stop mistaking them for comets. Still the best target list a beginner can work through.
- M1Crab Nebula
- M2
- M3
- M4
- M5
- M6Butterfly Cluster
- M7Ptolemy's Cluster
- M8Lagoon Nebula
- M9
- M10
- M11Wild Duck Cluster
- M12
- M13Hercules Globular Cluster
- M14
- M15
- M16Eagle Nebula
- M17Swan Nebula
- M18
- M19
- M20Trifid Nebula
- M21
- M22
- M23
- M24Sagittarius Star Cloud
- M25
- M26
- M27Dumbbell Nebula
- M28
- M29
- M30
- M31Andromeda Galaxy
- M32
- M33Triangulum Galaxy
- M34
- M35
- M36
- M37
- M38
- M39
- M40
- M41
- M42Orion Nebula
- M43Mairan's Nebula
- M44Beehive Cluster
- M45Pleiades
- M46
- M47
- M48
- M49
- M50
- M51Whirlpool Galaxy
- M52
- M53
- M54
- M55
- M56
- M57Ring Nebula
- M58
- M59
- M60
- M61
- M62
- M63Sunflower Galaxy
- M64Black Eye Galaxy
- M65
- M66
- M67
- M68
- M69
- M70
- M71
- M72
- M73
- M74Phantom Galaxy
- M75
- M76Little Dumbbell Nebula
- M77Cetus A
- M78
- M79
- M80
- M81Bode's Galaxy
- M82Cigar Galaxy
- M83Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
- M84
- M85
- M86
- M87Virgo A
- M88
- M89
- M90
- M91
- M92
- M93
- M94
- M95
- M96
- M97Owl Nebula
- M98
- M99Coma Pinwheel Galaxy
- M100
- M101Pinwheel Galaxy
- M102Spindle Galaxy
- M103
- M104Sombrero Galaxy
- M105
- M106
- M107
- M108Surfboard Galaxy
- M109
- M110
Curated NGC targets
0 of 37 photographedWell-known New General Catalogue targets worth pointing a small scope at.
- NGC 10447 Tucanae
- NGC 253Sculptor Galaxy
- NGC 281Pacman Nebula
- NGC 457Owl Cluster
- NGC 869h Persei
- NGC 884chi Persei
- NGC 891
- NGC 1333
- NGC 1365Great Barred Spiral Galaxy
- NGC 1499California Nebula
- NGC 1893
- NGC 2024Flame Nebula
- NGC 2070Tarantula Nebula
- NGC 2174Monkey Head Nebula
- NGC 2237Rosette Nebula
- NGC 2244Rosette Cluster
- NGC 2264Christmas Tree Cluster
- NGC 2359Thor's Helmet
- NGC 2903
- NGC 3372Carina Nebula
- NGC 3628Hamburger Galaxy
- NGC 4038Antennae Galaxies
- NGC 4565Needle Galaxy
- NGC 5128Centaurus A
- NGC 5139Omega Centauri
- NGC 6888Crescent Nebula
- NGC 6946Fireworks Galaxy
- NGC 6960Western Veil Nebula
- NGC 6992Eastern Veil Nebula
- NGC 7000North America Nebula
- NGC 7023Iris Nebula
- NGC 7293Helix Nebula
- NGC 7331
- NGC 7380Wizard Nebula
- NGC 7635Bubble Nebula
- NGC 7789Caroline's Rose
- NGC 7822
Curated IC targets
0 of 10 photographedIndex Catalogue objects, mostly large emission nebulae that reward narrowband.