The 800 Objects have been selected for eVscope Northern Observers.
Many of the objects are in the UNISTELLAR Database. You can also click on the Object to launch the UNISTELLAR App and go to the object's location (loads RA/DEC in the Science Tab). Click on the Type to go to a custom view at spiders.seds.org (which includes a 30'x30' DSS view centered on the object from archive.stsci.edu). Score / 100 is my own scoring system: 1=Worst 100=Best. Map# refers to custom Sky Maps available as dark background (click on link) or as printable white background charts in the pdf below. The + symbol after the map# indicates the objects is off the map (due to low declination). The Table is Sortable. Click on headers e.g. Constellation. The table is primarily designed for eVscope users and general astrophotography. It will also be useful to owners of classical telescopes although many of the nebula listed may not be visually observable.
The table and sky maps can be downloaded here:
Credits
The objects are the 'best of the best' from various data sources and published lists:
- The Messier Catalogue.
- The Caldwell Objects (Patrick Moore).
- The Astronomical League's Herschel 400-I and 400-II Lists.
- Don Pensack 500.
- Stephen James O'Meara's Books ("Hidden Treasures" and "The Secret Deep").
- RASC 110 "Alan Dyer's Finest".
- Tom Hoffelder's "The Magnificent 1000".
- Boyd Edwards 884 including Burnham's
Celestial Handbook and Sky & Telescope articles.
- Orion Deep Map 600.
- Guy Consolmagno & Dan M Davies "Turn Left at Orion".
- Alan M MacRobert's "Star-Hopping for Backyard Astronomers".
- Paul Hickson Compact Group.
- Steve Gottlieb & Mark Wagner "Galaxy Trios".
- Michael Vlasov's 650 Best Objects.
- Hartmut Frommert https://spider.seds.org/
- Dr Wolfgang Steinicke, Revised NGC/IC, https://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/index_e.htm
- The Digitized Sky Survey archive.stsci.edu
- Maps
created using Cartes du Ciel, Patrick Chevalley.
- My own contributions and edits (Alan Simpson).
Key
- SD# = The Secret Deep (object number), O'Meara
- HT# = Hidden Treasures (object number), O'Meara
- MC# = Star Hopping (page number), MacRoberts
- TL# = Turn Left at Orion (page number), Consolmagno & Davies
- GRTX# = Galaxy Trio Number, Gottlieb & Wagner
- HCG# = Hickson Compact Group Number
- L/P, M/P, H/P = Low / Medium / High Power Magnification in Classical Telescopes
- A/V = Averted Vision in Classical Telescopes