| Dave Mitsky |
| (Postmaster) |
| 06/22/09 10:23 PM |
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Re: What would make nice targets for tonight?
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Here are my top ten DSO lists for the summer:
Top ten deep-sky objects for June: M5, M101, M102, NGC 5566, NGC 5585, NGC 5689, NGC 5746, NGC 5813, NGC 5838, NGC 5907
Top ten deep-sky objects for July: M4, M6, M7, M10, M12, M13, M92, NGC 6210, NGC 6231, NGC 6543
Top ten deep-sky objects for August: M8, M11, M16, M17, M20, M22, M24, M27, M55, M57
Top ten deep-sky objects for September: IC 1396, M2, M15, M30, NGC 6888, NGC 6946, NGC 6960, NGC 6992, NGC 7000, NGC 7009
You may want to consult some of these DSO lists:
http://www.seds.org/Messier/messier.html
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/xtra/similar/sac110bn.html
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/Messier/xtra/similar/rasc-ngc.html
http://www.astronomyboy.com/saa/
http://skywatch.brainiac.com/saa100/saanm2.pdf
http://www.taas.org/taas/load.php?fil=taas200.html
http://x.astrogeek.org/observations/list.php?list_id=26
http://homepage.mac.com/vicmenard/telescopes/TheList.pdf
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/raycash/dm600.htm
http://delphes.net/messier/xtra/similar/m1000.txt
Binary and carbon stars are always good targets:
http://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/dblstar/dblstar2.html
http://www.nckas.org/carbonstars/
http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/peculiar2/carbon.htm
Don't forget about Jupiter towards the end of your session.
Dave Mitsky