Best Sky Objects from SAAO Latitude, by John Caldwell (original) (raw)

This list was contributed by Willie Koorts . He writes:

This is a copy of our own "Caldwell list" - composed by John Caldwell at SAAO. This is a list kept at our telescopes for "public viewing", open nights, etc. (SAAO is at latitude -32.38)

Also note the revised copy of this listwhich is available at the SAAO website.

There's also an ASCII Version of this file.

BEST SKY OBJECTS FROM SAAO LATITUDE, 2000 EDITION

(please communicate corrections to J.Caldwell SAAO)

                       ****GENERAL INTEREST****

47 Tuc NGC104 0 24 06 -72 05 00 (2000) glob 31' 4m, good in binocs Beta Tuc HR126/27/36 0 31 30 -62 58 00 (2000) 4.4(27")4.8(10')4.5 NGC253 Scl NGC253 0 47 36 -25 17 00 (2000) glxy 25' 7m Gamma Ari HR545/6 1 53 30 +19 18 00 (2000) 4.8(8")4.8, far north M77 Cet NGC1068 2 42 42 - 0 01 00 (2000) glxy 7' 9m Theta Eri HR897/8 2 58 18 -40 18 00 (2000) 3.4(8")4.5 NGC1535 Eri NGC1535 4 14 12 -12 44 00 (2000) plneb 20" 10m Orion Neb M42 NGC1976 5 35 24 - 5 27 00 (2000) neb 66' 5m, good in binocs Iota Ori HR1899 5 35 24 - 5 55 00 (2000) 2.8(11")6.9 30 Dor Neb NGC2070 5 38 42 -69 06 00 (2000) neb 40' 8m, "Tarantula" Beta Mon HR2356/7/8 6 28 48 - 7 02 00 (2000) 4.7(7")5.2(1.7')6.1 NGC3132 Vel NGC3132 10 07 42 -40 26 00 (2000) plneb 47" 8m, "Southern Ring" Gamma Leo HR4057/8 10 20 00 +19 51 00 (2000) 2.2(4.3")3.5, 619yr, far north NGC3242 Hya NGC3242 10 24 48 -18 38 00 (2000) plneb 40" 9m, "Ghost of Jupiter" Eta Car Neb NGC3372 10 45 04 -59 41 03 (2000) neb 120' 5m, good in binocs M66 Leo NGC3627 11 20 12 +12 59 00 (2000) glxy 9' 9m, far north Acrux (AlphaCru)HR4730/31 12 26 36 -63 06 00 (2000) 1.4(4.4")1.9(1.5')4.9, good in binocs M49 Vir NGC4472 12 29 48 + 8 00 00 (2000) glxy 9' 8m M87 Vir NGC4486 12 30 48 +12 24 00 (2000) glxy 7' 9m, far north Sombrero M104 NGC4594 Vir 12 40 40 -11 37 00 (2000) glxy 9' 8m M60 Vir NGC4649 12 43 42 +11 33 00 (2000) glxy 7' 9m, far north NGC4725 Com NGC4725 12 50 24 +25 30 00 (2000) glxy 11' 9m, far north Jewel Box Clus NGC4755 Cru 12 53 36 -60 20 00 (2000) clus 10' 4m Blackeye M64 NGC4826 Com 12 56 42 +21 41 00 (2000) glxy 9' 8.5m, far north Centaurus A NGC5128 13 25 30 -43 01 00 (2000) glxy 18' 7m Omega Cen NGC5139 13 26 48 -47 29 00 (2000) glob 36' 4m, good in binocs M83 Hya NGC5236 13 37 00 -29 52 00 (2000) glxy 11' 8m Alpha Cen HR5459/60 14 39 36 -60 50 00 (2000) 0.0(20")1.2, 80yr M5 Ser NGC5904 15 18 36 + 2 05 00 (2000) glob 17' 6m Delta Ser HR5788/9 15 34 48 +10 32 00 (2000) 4.1(4.4")5.2 Beta Sco HR5984/5 16 05 24 -19 48 00 (2000) 2.6(14")4.9 Alpha Her HR6406/7 17 14 36 +14 23 00 (2000) 3.5(4.7")5.5, far north Trifid Neb M20 NGC6514 Sgr 18 02 36 -23 02 00 (2000) neb 29' 8m NGC6572 Oph NGC6572 18 12 06 + 6 51 00 (2000) plneb 15" 9m Theta Ser HR7141/2 18 56 12 + 4 12 00 (2000) 4.5(22")4.5 NGC6744 Pav NGC6744 19 09 48 -63 51 00 (2000) glxy 15' 9m NGC6752 Pav NGC6752 19 10 54 -59 59 00 (2000) glob 20' 5m Dumbbell Neb NGC6853 Vul 19 59 36 +22 43 00 (2000) plneb 6' 8m, far north Gamma Del HR7947/8 20 46 42 +16 07 00 (2000) 4.5(10")5.5, far north Saturn Neb Aqr NGC7009 21 04 12 -11 22 00 (2000) plneb 30" 8m M15 Peg NGC7078 21 30 00 +12 10 00 (2000) glob 12' 6m, far north M2 Aqr NGC7089 21 33 30 - 0 49 00 (2000) glob 13' 6.5m NGC7793 Scl NGC7793 23 57 48 -32 35 00 (2000) glxy 9' 9m

                   ****SPECIALIZED TO BINOCULARS AND SMALL TELESCOPES****

M31 And NGC224 0 42 42 +41 16 00 (2000) glxy 3deg 3.5m, v. far north SMC NGC292 0 52 42 -72 50 00 (2000) glxy 5deg 2m M33 Tri NGC598 1 33 54 +30 39 00 (2000) glxy 62' 6m, v. far north Pleiades M45 Tau 3 47 00 +24 07 00 (2000) clus 110' 1m, far north California Neb NGC1499 Per 4 00 42 +36 37 00 (2000) neb 145', dark sky, v. far north Kappa Tau HR1387/8 4 25 24 +22 18 00 (2000) 4.2(5.6')5.3, far north Hyades Tau Mel25 4 27 00 +16 00 00 (2000) clus 5.5deg 1m, far north Theta Tau HR1411/2 4 28 42 +15 32 00 (2000) 3.4(5.6')3.8, far north LMC 5 23 36 -69 45 00 (2000) glxy 11deg 0m Delta Ori HR1851/2 5 32 00 - 0 18 00 (2000) 2.2(53")6.3 Lambda Ori Clus Cr69 5 35 06 + 9 56 00 (2000) clus 65' 3m Gamma Lep HR1983 5 44 30 -22 27 00 (2000) 3.7(1.6')6.3, colors! M35 Gem NGC2168 6 08 54 +24 20 00 (2000) clus 28' 5m, far north NGC2232 Mon NGC2232 6 26 36 - 4 45 00 (2000) clus 30' 4m Rosette Neb Mon NGC2237/9 6 32 18 + 5 03 00 (2000) neb +clus 80' 4m Cone Neb Mon NGC2264 6 40 54 + 9 54 00 (2000) neb +S Mon 60' 4m M41 CMa NGC2287 6 46 00 -20 44 00 (2000) clus 38' 4.5m Pi Pup Clus Cr135 7 17 00 -36 50 00 (2000) clus 50' 2m M47 Pup NGC2422 7 36 36 -14 30 00 (2000) clus 30' 4m NGC2451 Pup NGC2451 7 45 24 -37 58 00 (2000) clus 45' 3m NGC2516 Car NGC2516 7 58 18 -60 52 00 (2000) clus 30' 4m Gamma Vel HR3206/7 8 09 30 -47 20 00 (2000) 1.9(41")4.2 + 3 more NGC2547 Vel NGC2547 8 10 42 -49 16 00 (2000) clus 20' 5m Praesepe M44 NGC2632 Cnc 8 40 06 +19 59 00 (2000) clus 95' 3m, far north IC2391 Vel IC2391 8 40 12 -53 04 00 (2000) clus 50' 2.5m, "Omicron Vel clus" NGC3114 Car NGC3114 10 02 42 -60 07 00 (2000) clus 35' 4m IC2602 Car IC2602 10 43 12 -64 24 00 (2000) clus 50' 2m, "Theta Carinae clus" Delta Cha HR4231/4 10 45 18 -80 28 00 (2000) 4.5(6')5.5 Coma Star Clus Mel 111 12 25 00 +26 00 00 (2000) clus 5deg 2m, far north Gamma Cru HR4763/4 12 31 12 -57 07 00 (2000) 1.6(1.8')6.7 Mu Cru HR4898/9 12 54 36 -57 11 00 (2000) 4.0(35")5.2 Tau Lup HR5395/6 14 26 06 -45 13 00 (2000) 4.6(10.4')5.0 Alpha Lib HR5530/1 14 50 54 -16 02 00 (2000) 2.8(3.8')5.2 NGC6025 TrA NGC6025 16 03 42 -60 30 00 (2000) clus 12' 5m Delta Aps HR6020/1 16 20 18 -78 42 00 (2000) 4.7(1.7')5.1 M4 Sco NGC6121 16 23 36 -26 32 00 (2000) glob 26' 6m M13 Her NGC6205 16 41 42 +36 28 00 (2000) glob 17' 6m, v. far north NGC6231 Sco NGC6231 16 54 00 -41 48 00 (2000) clus 15' 3m, "Zeta Sco clus" M6 Sco NGC6405 17 40 06 -32 13 00 (2000) clus 15' 4m NGC6397 Ara NGC6397 17 40 42 -53 40 00 (2000) glob 26' 6m IC4665 Oph IC4665 17 46 18 + 5 43 00 (2000) clus 41' 4m M7 Sco NGC6475 17 53 54 -34 49 00 (2000) clus 80' 3m Lagoon Neb M8 NGC6523 Sgr 18 03 48 -24 23 00 (2000) neb 90' 6m M24 Sgr 18 16 54 -18 29 00 (2000) starcloud 90' 4.5m Eagle Neb M16 NGC6611 Ser 18 18 48 -13 47 00 (2000) neb 35' 6m Omega Neb M17 NGC6618 Sgr 18 20 48 -16 11 00 (2000) neb 46' 6m NGC6633 Oph NGC6633 18 27 42 + 6 34 00 (2000) clus 27' 5m M25 Sgr IC4725 18 31 36 -19 15 00 (2000) clus 32' 5m Delta Tel HR6934/8 18 31 48 -45 55 00 (2000) 5.0(9')5.1 M22 Sgr NGC6656 18 36 24 -23 54 00 (2000) glob 24' 5m Epsilon Lyr HR7051/2/3/4 18 44 18 +39 40 00 (2000) 4.7(3.5')5.1, v. far north Zeta Lyr HR7056/7 18 44 48 +37 36 00 (2000) 4.3(44")5.9, v. far north M11 Sct NGC6705 18 51 06 - 6 16 00 (2000) clus 14' 6m Delta Lyr HR7131/9 18 54 30 +36 54 00 (2000) 4.5(10.5')5.6 +clus, v. far north Albireo(BetaCyg)HR7417/8 19 30 42 +27 58 00 (2000) 3.1(34")5.1, colors!, far north Alpha Cap HR7747/54 20 18 06 -12 33 00 (2000) 3.6(6.3')4.2 Veil Neb Cyg NGC6992/5 20 56 24 +31 43 00 (2000) neb 60', dark sky, v. far north N. America Neb NGC7000 Cyg 20 58 48 +44 20 00 (2000) neb 120', dark sky, v. far north Gamma Eql HR8097 21 10 18 +10 08 00 (2000) 4.7(5.9')5.9 Helix Neb Aqr NGC7293 22 29 36 -20 48 00 (2000) plneb 13' 6.5m, dark sky

               ****SPECIALIZED TO LARGE TELESCOPES AND EXCELLENT SEEING****

Alpha Psc HR596 2 02 00 + 2 46 00 (2000) 4.2(1.9")5.1. 933yr Gamma Cet HR804 2 43 18 + 3 14 00 (2000) 3.5(2.8")7.3 Rigel (Beta Ori)HR1713 5 14 30 - 8 12 00 (2000) 0.1(10")6.8 Eta Ori HR1788 5 24 30 - 2 24 00 (2000) 3.8(1.5")4.8(1.9')9.4 Zeta Ori HR1948/9 5 40 48 - 1 57 00 (2000) 1.9(2.4")4.0(1.0')9.9 Sirius(AlphaCMa)HR2491 6 45 06 -16 43 00 (2000) -1.5(4.5)8.5 Delta Vel HR3485 8 44 42 -54 43 00 (2000) 2.1(2.6")5.1 Gamma Cen HR4819 12 41 30 -48 58 00 (2000) 2.9(1.0")2.9, 84yr Gamma Vir HR4825/6 12 41 42 - 1 27 00 (2000) 3.5(3.0")3.5, 171yr Beta Mus HR4844 12 46 18 -68 06 00 (2000) 3.7(1.4")4.0 Agena (Beta Cen)HR5267 14 03 48 -60 22 00 (2000) 0.7(1.3")3.9, also "Hadar" Zeta Boo HR5477/8 14 41 06 +13 44 00 (2000) 4.5(1.0")4.6, far north Pi Lup HR5605/6 15 05 06 -47 03 00 (2000) 4.6(1.4")4.7 Xi Sco HR5977/8 16 04 24 -11 22 00 (2000) 4.8(0.8")5.1(8")7.3 Nu Sco HR6026/7 16 12 00 -19 28 00 (2000) 4.3(0.9")6.8(41")6.4, AB 46yr Antares(AlphSco)HR6134 16 29 24 -26 26 00 (2000) 1.2(2.7")5.4, 878yr 70 Oph HR6752 18 05 30 + 2 30 00 (2000) 4.2(1.5")6.0 Gamma CrA HR7226/7 19 06 24 -37 04 00 (2000) 4.8(1.3")5.1, 120yr Zeta Aqr HR8558/9 22 28 48 - 0 01 00 (2000) 4.3(2.0")4.5

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