This collection is a successor for my discontinued DSO calendar. I want give especially beginners a short overview of rewarding DSO targets using the Star Adventurer or similar photo mounts.

This collection is not intended to be complete and I’ll show only targets which I’ve already photographed to give an example how objects looks at different focal lengths up to 400mm.
All listed objects are acquired by myself.

Default sorting by current visibility by months. The table is searchable and can be sorted individually by clicking on a header column (twice for descending order).

Data last updated on: Mar. 25, 2022

 

Default order

IDNamemmTypeVisibilityMag.Dir.RADEC
NGC 281Pacman Nebula400NebulaAugust, September, October, November7.3NorthEast00:53h56°
NGC 225Sailboat Cluster400Star ClusterAugust, September, October, November7NorthEast00:45h61°
NGC7635Bubble Nebula400NebulaAugust, September, October, November10NorthEast23:21h61°
IC59 & IC63Ghost Nebula400NebulaAugust, September, October, November2.57NorthEast01:00h60°
NGC659 / NGC663 / M103 /...Star Cluster Group400Star ClusterAugust, September, October, November7.1NorthEast01:47h61°
NGC7293Helix Nebula400NebulaSeptember, October, November7.6South22:30h-20°
IC1805 / IC1848Heart / Soul Nebula / Persei Cluster50Nebula / Star ClusterSeptember, October, November, December6.5North02:45h60°
IC1848Soul Nebula400NebulaSeptember, October, November, December6.5North02:52h60°
IC1805Heart Nebula400NebulaSeptember, October, November, December6.5North02:34h61°
NGC884/869Persei Cluster400Star ClusterSeptember, October, November, DecemberNorth20:16h43°
M31Andromeda Galaxy400GalaxySeptember, October, November, December3.44NorthEast00:43h41°
M33Triangulum Galaxy400GalaxySeptember, October, November, December5.72NorthEast01:34h30°
M45Pleiades200NebulaOctober, November, December, January1.2East03:48h24°
M45Pleiades400NebulaOctober, November, December, January1.2East03:48h24°
B22Taurus Dark Cloud400NebulaOctober, November, December, JanuaryEast04:39h25°
NGC1499California Nebula400NebulaOctober, November, December, January6East04:04h36°
IC405 / IC410Flaming Star / Tadpole Nebula400NebulaOctober, November, December, January6East05:18h34°
IC405Flaming Star Nebula400NebulaOctober, November, December, January6East05:18h34°
IC342Galaxy400GalaxyOctober, November, December, January9.1NorthEast03:48h68°
IC443Jellyfish Nebula400NebulaNovember, December, January, February12East06:19h22°
M42 / M43Orion / Running Man Nebula400NebulaNovember, December, January, February4South05:36h-5°
IC434Horsehead Nebula400NebulaNovember, December, January, February7.3South05:41h-2°
NGC2238Rosette Nebula400NebulaNovember, December, January, February9South06:31h
NGC2174Monkey Head Nebula400NebulaDecember, January, February, March6.9East06:10h20°
M78Reflection Nebula400NebulaDecember, January, February, March8.3South05:47h
M81 / M82Bode's / Cigar Galaxy400GalaxyJanuary, February, March, April6.94North09:56h69°
M97 / M108Owl Nebula / Surfboard Galaxy400Galaxy / NebulaFebruary, March, April, May10.7NorthEast11:12h55°
M65 / M66 / NGC3628Leo Triplet400GalaxyFebruary, March, April, May8.92East11:19h13°
M84 / M86 / M87 / M88Markarian's Chain400GalaxyFebruary, March, April, May9East12:27h12°
M3Cluster400Star ClusterMarch, April, May, June6.2East13:42h28°
M51Whirlpool Galaxy400GalaxyMarch, April, May, June8.1NorthEast13:30h47°
M101Pinwheel Galaxy400GalaxyMarch, April, May, June7.86NorthEast14:03h54°
M63Sunflower Galaxy400GalaxyMarch, April, May, June8.59East13:16h42°
M13Hercules Cluster400Star ClusterApril, May, June, July5.8East16:42h36°
M92Cluster400Star ClusterMay, June, July, August6.4NorthEast17:17h43°
M57Ring Nebula400NebulaJune, July, August, September8.8NorthEast18:54h33°
M27Dumbbell Nebula400NebulaJune, July, August, September7.4East20:00h 22°
NGC7380Wizard Nebula400NebulaJune, July, August, September7.2NorthEast22:48h58°
Sh2-132Lion Nebula400NebulaJune, July, August, SeptemberNorthEast22:19h56°
IC1396Elephant's Trunk Nebula400NebulaJune, July, August, SeptemberNorthEast21:39h57°
SadrCygnus Region400NebulaJune, July, August, September8NorthEast20:22h40°
NGC6888Crescent Nebula400NebulaJune, July, August, September7.4NorthEast20:12h38°
NGC7000 / IC5070North America / Pelican Nebula200NebulaJune, July, August, September4NorthEast20:59h44°
NGC7000 / IC5070North America / Pelican Nebula400NebeulaJune, July, August, September4NorthEast20:59h44°
NGC7789Caroline's Rose Cluster400Star ClusterJune, July, August, September6.7NorthEast23:58h56°
Sh2-119Diffuse Nebula400NebulaJuly, August, September, OctoberNorthEast21:15h43°
NGC6992 / NGC6960Veil / Filamentary Nebula280NebulaJuly, August, September, October7East20:50h30°
NGC6992 / NGC6960Veil / Filamentary Nebula400NebulaJuly, August, September, October7East20:50h30°
Sh22-114Flying Dragon Nebula400NebulaJuly, August, September, OctoberNorthEast21:21h38°
Sh2-101Tulip Nebula400NebulaJuly, August, September, OctoberNorthEast20:00h35°
NGC7023Iris Nebula400NebulaJuly, August, September, October6.8North21:01h68°
NGC7822Diffuse Nebula400NebulaJuly, August, September, OctoberNorthEast00:02h67°
Simeis 57Propeller Nebula400NebulaJuly, August, SeptemberNorthEast20:16h43°
Caldwell 9Diffuse Nebula400NebulaJuly, August, September, October7.7NorthEast22:58h62°
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4 comments

  1. Lou

    Grosse Klasse… Danke​ 😉

  2. Peter Komatovic

    Sehr hlifreich Karol. Danke! CS Peter

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