Binosky: Deep Sky Objects for Binoculars

Ben Crowell has created Binosky, an observing list of Deep Sky Objects for Binoculars. Here we give a list of these 31 objects, ordered by Right Ascension (2000.0). For descriptions, data and finder charts see Ben's original Binosky pages.
Cat.Name  Con T.  RA      Dec     mag  dim       dist     Name/Notes

NGC 104 Tuc GC 00:24.1 -72:05 4.03 30.9 13.4 47 Tucanae M 31 And GS 00:42.7 +41:16 3.4 178x63 2900 Andromeda Galaxy NGC 292 Tuc GI 00:52.7 -72:50 2.3 280x160 210 Small Magellanic Cloud NGC 869 Per OC 02:19.0 +57:09 4.3 30 7.1 Double Cluster with NGC 884 NGC 884 Per OC 02:22.4 +57:07 4.4 30 7.4 Double Cluster with NGC 869 Mel 20 Per OC 03:22 +49: 1.2 185 0.601 Alpha Persei association M 45 Tau OC 03:47.0 +24:07 1.6 110.0 0.38 Pleiades Mel 25 Tau OC 04:27 +16: 0.5 330 0.150 Hyades M 42 Ori DN 05:35.4 -05:27 4.0 85x60 1.6 Orion Nebula NGC 1981 Ori OC 05:35.1 -04:26 4.6 25 M 43 Ori DN 05:35.6 -05:16 9.0 20x15 1.6 Northern extension of Orion Nebula M 35 Gem OC 06:08.9 +24:20 5.3 28.0 2.8 NGC 2232 Mon OC 06:26.6 -04:45 3.9 30 M 41 CMa OC 06:46.0 -20:44 4.6 38.0 2.3 M 47 Pup OC 07:36.6 -14:30 5.2 30.0 1.6 NGC 2451 Pup OC 07:45.4 -37:58 2.8 45 0.8 NGC 2516 Car OC 07:58.3 -60:52 3.8 30 1.3 M 44 Cnc OC 08:40.1 +19:59 3.7 95.0 0.577 Beehive Cluster IC 2391 Vel OC 08:40.2 -53:04 2.5 50 0.58 NGC 3114 Car OC 10:02.7 -60:07 4.2 35 IC 2602 Car OC 10:43.2 -64:24 1.9 50 0.479 NGC 3532 Car OC 11:06.4 -58:40 3.0 55 1.3 Mel 111 Com OC 12:25 +26: 1.8 275 0.288 Coma star cluster NGC 4755 Cru OC 12:53.6 -60:20 4.2 10 7.6 NGC 5139 Cen GC 13:26.8 -47:29 3.6 36.3 16.0 Omega Centauri NGC 6231 Sco OC 16:54.0 -41:48 2.6 15 5.9 M 6 Sco OC 17:40.1 -32:13 5.3 25.0 2 Butterfly Cluster M 7 Sco OC 17:53.9 -34:49 4.1 80.0 0.8 Ptolemy's Cluster M 8 Sgr DN 18:03.8 -24:23 6.0 90x40 5.2 Lagoon Nebula NGC 6530 Sgr OC 18:04.8 -24:20 4.6 14 5.2 associated with M8 M 39 Cyg OC 21:32.2 +48:26 5.2 32.0 0.825
Key:
Cat.Name
Catalog number or Name of the object
Con
Constellation (international abbrevation)
T.
Object type: DN: Diffuse Nebula, OC: Open Cluster, GC: Globular Cluster, GS: Spiral Galaxy, GI: Irregular Galaxy
RA, Dec
Position (Right Ascension and Declination) for epoch 2000.0
mag
Visual magnitude
dim
Apparent dimensions in arc minutes
dist
Distance in kly (1000 light years)
Name/Notes
Common name or remarks

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