This page will show deep sky objects under magnitude 10, suitable for amateur astronomers for Autumn from latitude 30deg South.
|
Object |
Constellation |
Type |
Magnitude |
Comments |
|
47 Tucanae (NGC 104) |
Tucana |
Globular Cluster |
4.00 |
One of the most spectacular globulars |
|
Tarantula Nebula (NGC2070) |
Dorado |
Nebula |
8.19 |
Larger than M42 but about 1000 x further |
|
Keyhole Nebula (NGC3372) |
Carina |
Nebula |
3.00 |
Nebula bright with dust. |
|
Blue Planetary |
Centaurus |
Planetary Nebula |
8.00 |
Stellar remnant |
|
Running Chicken (IC2944) |
Centaurus |
Cluster and Nebula |
4.5 |
3.4th magnitude star in extremely large nebula. |
|
Jewel Box (NGC4755) |
Crux |
Open Cluster |
4.2 |
One of the prettiest open clusters |
|
Omega Centaurus (NGC5139) |
Centaurus |
Globular Cluster |
3.7 |
Globular cluster highly resolved. |
|
Centaurus "A" (NGC5128) |
Centaurus |
Galaxy |
7.0 |
Radio galaxy with central band |
|
Eight-Burst Planetary (NGC3132) |
Vela |
Planetary Nebula |
8.0 |
Stellar remnant |
|
Ghost of Jupiter |
Hydra |
Planetary Nebula |
9.0 |
Stellar remnant |
|
Sombrero Galaxy |
Virgo |
Galaxy |
8.3 |
A bright galaxy with a central bulge.50 000 000ly |
|
M83 (NGC5236) |
Hydra |
Galaxy |
7.6 |
Barred spiral producer of 4 supernova in the last 50 years 10 000 000ly |
|
M86 |
Virgo |
Galaxy |
9.19 |
Round galaxy with bright core. 60 000 000ly |
|
M105 |
Leo |
Galaxy |
9.3 |
Round galaxy with bright core. 38 000 000ly |
|
M66 (NGC3627) |
Leo |
Galaxy |
9.0 |
Round galaxy with bright core. 35 000 000ly |
|
M49 (NGC 4472) |
Virgo |
Galaxy |
8.4 |
Round galaxy with bright core. 60 000 000ly |
|
M67 |
Cancer |
Open Cluster |
7.5 |
Dense open cluster 2 200 ly |
|
M44 |
Cancer |
Open Cluster |
3.1 |
Beehive Cluster 500ly |
|
M47 |
Puppis |
Open Cluster |
4.5 |
Open cluster dense.1 600ly |
|
M42 |
Orion |
Nebula |
4.0 |
M42 is the great Orion Nebula. It can be seen as small fuzzy patch naked eye. 1 600ly |
|
M78 |
Orion |
Diffuse Nebula |
8.0 |
Reflection nebula bright.1 600ly |
|
M79 |
Lepus |
Globular Cluster |
8.0 |
Globular cluster highly resolved.40 000ly |
|
M93 |
Puppis |
Open Cluster |
6.5 |
Open cluster dense.4 500ly |
|
M41 |
Canis Major |
Open Cluster |
4.5 |
Open cluster dense.2 400ly |
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