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Deep Sky - 101
WINTER:
Taurus: The Pleiades - M45 (****)
Crab Nebula - M1 (**)
Orion: The Orion Nebula - M42/M43 (****)
Gemini: Open Cluster - M35 (***)
Canis Major: Open Cluster - M41 (***)
Pupis: Open Clusters: M46 / M47 (**)
Open Cluster: M93 (***)
Auriga: Open Clusters - M36/M37/M38 (**)
SPRING:
Cancer: Beehive - Open Cluster - M44 (***)
Open Cluster - M67 (***)
Ursa Major: Galaxies - M81/M82 (***)
Canes Venatici: Whirlpool Galaxy - M51 (**)
Globular Cluster - M3 (***)
Leo: Galaxies - M65 / M66 (*)
SUMMER:
Sagittarius: Globular Clusters - M22 (***) & M28 (**)
Lagoon Nebula - M8/NGC 6530 (****)
Trifid Nebula- M20 & Open Cluster M21 (**)
Swan Nebula - M17 (***)
Open Clusters - M23/M25 (**)
Globular Clusters - M54/M55 (*)
Scorpius: Globular Clusters- M4/M80 (*)
Open Clusters - M6-Butterfly /M7 (***)
Hercules: The Great Cluster - M13 (****) &
Globular Cluster - M92 (**)
Lyra- Ring Nebula - M57 (***) &
Globular Cluster - M56 (**)
Vulpecula: Dumbbell Nebula - M27 (****)
Scutum: Wild Ducks - Open Cluster - M11 (***)
Sagitta: Globular Cluster - M71 (**)
Serpens: Globular Cluster - M5 (***)
Ophiuchus: Globular Clusters - M19/M62 (*)
Globular Clusters - M10/M12 (*)
FALL:
Andromeda: The Great Galaxy - M31 (****)
Pegasus: Globular Cluster - M15 (***)
Cassiopeia: Open Clusters - NGC 457 / NGC 453 (***)
M52 / NGC 7789 (**)
Aquarius: Globular Cluster - M2 (**)
Perseus: Open Cluster - M34 (**)
Double Cluster - NGC 869 / NGC 884 (****)
Traingulum: Triangulum Galaxy - M33 (*)
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