Revised: 03.14.2007                              
Item Object Description Con RA Dec VMag Published Remarks
M 110 G-E And 00 h 40 m 24 s   41 ° 41 ' 8.1 more distant companion to M31
M 31 G-S   Andromeda Galaxy And 00 h 42 m 42 s   41 ° 16 ' 3.4 !! Look for dust lanes
M 32 G-E And 00 h 42 m 42 s   40 ° 52 ' 8.1 Closest companion to M31
SAO 55107 DS      56 Andromedae And 01 h 53 m 06 s   37 ° 15 ' 5.7/5.9 orange and red giants; optical double
S 266/SAO 37734 DS   g And A/B;(Gamma And A/B); Alamak And 02 h 03 m 54 s   42 ° 20 ' 2.1/4.8 Yellow-Orange and Blue-green; 10" sep
NGC 891 G-S And 02 h 22 m 54 s   42 ° 21 ' 9.9 !! Faint, classic edge on with dust lane
NGC 7640 G-SB   And 23 h 22 m 36 s   40 ° 50 ' 11.8 small and faint, irregular from unknown interaction
NGC 7662 PN       Blue Snowball Nebula And 23 h 25 m 54 s   42 ° 33 ' 8.3 !! Annular at high power
NGC 6781 PN Aql 19 h 18 m 24 s   06 ° 33 ' 11.4 Pale version of Owl Nebula
SAO 125159 VS     h Aquila (Eta Aql) Aql 19 h 52 m 30 s   01 ° 00 ' 3.5/4.5 Cepheid  w/ 7.18 day period
M 72 GC Aqr 20 h 53 m 30 s   -12 ° 32 ' 9.3 near the Saturn nebula
M 73 OC Aqr 20 h 59 m 00 s   -12 ° 38 ' 8.9 group of only 4 stars, an asterism
NGC 7009 PN     Saturn Nebula Aqr 21 h 04 m 12 s   -11 ° 22 ' 8.3 !! Small bright blue-green oval
M 2 GC Aqr 21 h 33 m 30 s   00 ° -49 ' 6.4 200 mm needed to resolve
S 347        SAO 146107 DS       z Aqr (Zeta Aquarius) Aqr 22 h 28 m 48 s   15 ° 00 ' 4.3/4.5 pale yellow and pale blue; 1.7" sep at PA 207
NGC 7293 PN       Helix Nebula Aqr 22 h 29 m 30 s   -20 ° 48 ' 7.3 !! Large diffuse, use filter
SAO 165625 DS     94 Aquarius Aqr 23 h 19 m 06 s   -13 ° 28 ' 5.3/7.0 light emerald and pale rose; sep 12"; 70 lya
SAO 74966 DS     1 Arietis (1 Ari) Ari 01 h 50 m 24 s   22 ° 17 ' 6.3/7.4 gold and blue; sep 3"
S 262/SAO 92680 DS     g Arietis; (Gamma Ari); Ari 01 h 53 m 30 s   19 ° 18 ' 4.8/4.8 blue-white pair, sep 7.8"
S 264/SAO 75051 DS     l Arietis (Lambda Ari) Ari 01 h 57 m 54 s   23 ° 36 ' 4.9/7.7 yellow and blue, sep 37"
NGC 772 G-S Ari 01 h 59 m 18 s   19 ° 01 ' 10.3 diffuse spiral galaxy
IC 405 DN     Flaming Star Nebula Aur 05 h 16 m 12 s   34 ° 16 ' 9.5  
M 38 OC Aur 05 h 28 m 42 s   35 ° 50 ' 6.4  
NGC 1931 EN/RN Aur 05 h 31 m 24 s   34 ° 15 '   haze surrounding 4 close stars
M 36 OC  Aur 05 h 36 m 06 s   34 ° 08 ' 6 bright but scattered group, use low power
M 37 OC Aur 05 h 52 m 24 s   32 ° 33 ' 5.6 !! Finest of 3 Aur clusters, very rich
NGC 5466 GC Boo 14 h 05 m 30 s   28 ° 32 ' 9  like rich open cluster
S 311/SAO 83500 DS     e Boo (Epsilon Bootes); Izar Boo 14 h 45 m 00 s   27 ° 04 ' 2.5/5.0 yellow-orange and blue-green; sep 2.8"
S 312/SAO 101250 DS     x Bootis; (Xi Boo) Boo 14 h 51 m 24 s   19 ° 06 ' 4.7/7 orange and blue, sep 6.9
S 316/SAO 64686 MS     m Boo (Mu Boo); Alkalurops Boo 15 h 24 m 30 s   37 ° 23 ' 4.3/7 white and orange triple stars, sep 2 + 108"
NGC 1501 PN Cam 04 h 07 m 00 s   60 ° 55 ' 11.5 faint, dark center
NGC 1502 OC     Kemble's Cascade Cam 04 h 07 m 24 s   62 ° 19 ' 5.7 stars appear like waterfall
NGC 2403 G-S Cam 07 h 36 m 54 s   65 ° 36 ' 8.5 !! Very large and bright, visible in binoculars; 8000K LYA
NGC 2655 G-S Cam 08 h 55 m 30 s   78 ° 13 ' 10.1 bright ellipse with starlike nucleus
SAO 163422 MS      Prima Giedi; a Cap           (Alpha Cap)     Cap 20 h 17 m 18 s   -12 ° 30 ' 4/9/3.5 yellow supergiant & giants; optical triple double sys; 45 +7" sep main sep = 377"
S 341/SAO 163481 DS     b Cap (Beta Capricornus) Dabih Cap 20 h 21 m 00 s   -14 ° 46 ' 3.1/6.2 yellow and blue stars; sep 205"
M 30 GC Cap 21 h 40 m 24 s   -23 ° 11 ' 7.3 toughest in one night M marathon
SAO 10937 DS     Sigma/Struve 3053 Cas 00 h 02 m 24 s   66 ° 06 ' 5.9/7.3 miniature Albireo; orange and blue; sep 15"
NGC 185 G-E Cas 00 h 39 m 00 s   48 ° 20 ' 9.2 companion to M31, small and faint
SAO 21732 DS    h Cas; Achird; (Eta Cas) Cas 00 h 49 m 06 s   59 ° 49 ' 3.4/7.5 gold and purple stars, sep 12"
NGC 281 EN Cas 00 h 52 m 48 s   56 ° 37 '   !! Large faint nebulosity near h Cas (Eta Cas)
NGC 457 OC     Owl Cluster Cas 01 h 19 m 06 s   58 ° 20 ' 6.4 80 stars, rich,  ET Cluster; Dragonfly Cluster
M 103 OC Cas 01 h 33 m 12 s   60 ° 42 ' 7.4 3 NGC OC's nearby
NGC 663 OC Cas 01 h 46 m 00 s   61 ° 15 ' 7.1 80 stars 
SAO 12298 DS    I Cas; (Iota Cas) AB/AC Cas 02 h 29 m 06 s   67 ° 24 ' 4.6/6.9 4.6/9.1 sep 2.8/ 7.4;160 lya;Tight triple;  yellow, lilac, and blue
IC 289 PN Cas 00 h 01 m 18 s   61 ° 19 ' 13.3 dim oval smudge, use nebula filter
NGC 7635 EN       Bubble Nebula Cas 23 h 20 m 42 s   61 ° 13 '   very faint, 1/2 degree SW of M52
M 52 OC Cas 23 h 24 m 12 s   61 ° 35 ' 6.9 Young, rich cluster, faint Bubble Nebula nearby
NGC 7789 OC Cas 23 h 57 m 00 s   56 ° 44 ' 6.7 !! 300 stars, faint but rich
NGC 40 PN Cep 00 h 13 m 00 s   77 ° 32 ' 12.4 Unusual red planetary, 11.6 mag central star
NGC 6939 OC Cep 20 h 31 m 24 s   60 ° 38 ' 7.8 80 stars, very rich, NGC 6946 in same field
NGC 6946 G-S Cep 20 h 34 m 48 s   60 ° 09 ' 8.8 faint diffuse face on spiral
SAO 10057 DS   b Cep (Beta Cepheus) Cep 21 h 28 m 42 s   70 ° 34 ' 3.2/7.9 Neat contrast in brightness, both bluish white; sep 13"
SAO 33626 DS    Sigma/Struve 2816       AB and AC Cep 21 h 39 m 00 s   57 ° 29 ' 5.6/7.7 5.6/7.8 stunning triple; sep 17" and 20"; 1000 lya 
NGC 7129 RN Cep 21 h 42 m 48 s   66 ° 06 '   faint RN around sparse cluster
SAO 33693 m Cep (Mu Cep); Garnet Star Cep 21 h 50 m 00 s   58 ° 00 ' 3.5 Reddish star visible to naked eye
SAO 33819 DS   Sigma/Struve 2840 Cep 21 h 52 m 00 s   55 ° 48 ' 5.5/6.6 splendid greenish white and bluish white pair; sep 18" 600 ly
SAO 19827 DS  x Cep (Xi Cepheus) Cep 22 h 03 m 48 s   64 ° 38 ' 4.4/6.5 subtle color contrast; sep 7.8; 100 lya
S 348/GCVS 200137 VS/DS  Kruger 60  Cep 22 h 28 m 12 s   57 ° 70 ' 9.8/12 two red dwarfs; 3 degrees separation at PA 132
SAO 34508 VS       d Cephei (Delta Cep) Cep 22 h 29 m 12 s   58 ° 25 ' 3.5/4.4 Cepheid w/ 5.37d period; orange and white stars; sep 41"
NGC 246 PN Cet 00 h 47 m 04 s   -11 ° 53 ' 10.9 large and faint with mottled structure
NGC 936 G-S Cet 02 h 27 m 54 s   -01 ° 09 ' 10.2 near M77
M 77 G-S Cet 02 h 42 m 42 s   00 ° -01 ' 8.9 a Seyfert galaxy with starlike nucleus
SAO 110707 DS      g Cetus (Gamma Cetus) Cet 02 h 43 m 18 s   03 ° 14 ' 3.6/6.2 bright pair with subtle colors; 82 lya
M 41 OC CMa 06 h 47 m 00 s   -20 ° 44 ' 4.5 bright but coarse
NGC 2359 EN CMa 07 h 18 m 30 s   -13 ° 12 '   bright  
S 80/SAO 115756 DS     Procyon A and B CMi 07 h 39 m 18 s   05 ° 14 ' 0.4/10 separation 3.2
S 293/SAO 97645 MS     z Cnc (Zeta Cnc); Tegmine Cnc 08 h 12 m 12 s   17 ° 39 ' 5.6/6.0 yellow, yellow and yellow-blue triple; sep 5.7 + 0.6"
M 44 OC     Beehive Cluster Cnc 08 h 40 m 06 s   19 ° 59 ' 3.1 !!  low power; 0.59 LYA
SAO  80415 DS     I Cancri (Iota Cnc) Cnc 08 h 46 m 42 s   28 ° 46 ' 4.2/6.6 yellow-orange and blue-green stars, sep 30"
M 67 OC Cnc 08 h 50 m 24 s   11 ° 49 ' 6.9 one of oldest clusters known; 2.7K LYA
M 98 G-S Com 12 h 13 m 48 s   14 ° 54 ' 10.1 Nearly edge on spiral
M 99 G-S     Pinwheel Galaxy Com 12 h 18 m 48 s   14 ° 25 ' 9.9 Nearly face on spiral
NGC 4274 G-S Com 12 h 19 m 48 s   29 ° 37 ' 10.4  
M 100 G-S Com 12 h 22 m 54 s   15 ° 49 ' 9.3 Face on spiral w/starlike nucleus
M 85 G-S Com 12 h 25 m 24 s   18 ° 11 ' 9.1 Bright elliptical 
NGC 4414 G-S Com 12 h 27 m 24 s   31 ° 13 ' 10.1 Bright spiral with starlike nucleus
NGC 4494 G-E Com 12 h 31 m 24 s   25 ° 47 ' 9.8 Small bright elliptical
M 88 G-S Com 12 h 32 m 00 s   15 ° 25 ' 9.6 Bright multi-armed spiral
S 302/SAO 100159 DS      24 Com Com 12 h 35 m 06 s   18 ° 23 ' 5.2/6.7 yellow and violet blue stars, sep 20.3"
M 91 G-SB Com 12 h 35 m 24 s   14 ° 30 ' 10.2 barred spiral 
NGC 4559 G-S Com 12 h 36 m 00 s   27 ° 58 ' 10 Large spiral with course structure
NGC 4565 G-S Com 12 h 36 m 18 s   25 ° 59 ' 9.6 !! Superb edge on spiral w/ dust lane
NGC 4725 G-S Com 12 h 50 m 24 s   25 ° 30 ' 9.4 Very bright large spiral
M 64 G-S     Black Eye Galaxy Com 12 h 56 m 42 s   21 ° 41 ' 8.5 !! Eye needs big scope; 19K LYA
NGC 4889 G-S Com 13 h 00 m 06 s   27 ° 59 ' 11.4 Brightest in Coma Cluster
M 53 GC Com 13 h 12 m 54 s   18 ° 10 ' 7.5 150 mm scope needed; 60K LYA
NGC 5053 GC Com 13 h 16 m 24 s   17 ° 42 ' 9.8  
GCVS 270001 VS     R CrB  CrB 15 h 48 m 30 s   28 ° 09 ' 5.8 sooty, variable, carbon star; mag 5.8/14.8, irregular period
NGC 4038/9 G-S/G-I Antennae Galaxies Crv 12 h 01 m 54 s   -18 ° 52 ' 10.4 "Antennae" interacting galaxies; source of radio waves
NGC 4631 PN Crv 12 h 24 m 30 s   -18 ° 48 ' 10.9 Small and bright with 13 mV central star
NGC 4111 G-S CVn 12 h 07 m 06 s   43 ° 04 ' 10.7 Bright lens shaped edge on spiral
NGC 4214 G-I  CVn 12 h 15 m 36 s   36 ° 20 ' 9.8 Large irregular galaxy
S 299/SAO 44097 DS     2 CVn CVn 12 h 16 m 06 s   40 ° 39 ' 5.9/9.0 gold and blue stars; sep 11.4"
NGC 4244 G-S CVn 12 h 17 m 30 s   37 ° 49 ' 10.4 !! Large distinct edge on spiral
M 106 G-S CVn 12 h 19 m 00 s   47 ° 18 ' 8.4 !! Superb large bright spiral
NGC 4449 G-I      The Rectangle CVn 12 h 28 m 12 s   44 ° 06 ' 9.6 Bright with odd rectangular shape
NGC 4490 G-S     Cocoon Galaxy CVn 12 h 30 m 36 s   41 ° 38 ' 9.8 Bright spiral
NGC 4631 G-S CVn 12 h 42 m 06 s   32 ° 32 ' 9.2 !!  Large edge on
NGC 4656/7 G-S CVn 12 h 44 m 00 s   32 ° 10 ' 10.5 !! in field with NGC 4631, north end curves up