Unaided Eye Intermediate Observing Objects
The time of year and your latitude makes a difference if and when the objects are visible.
As with any list it is always incomplete.
For unaided eye objects you want to see added to this list
email David Haworth at david.a.haworth@tektronix.com
Sun
- The North-South movement of where the Sun sets and rises on the horzion.
Moon
- The North-South movement of where the Moon sets and rises on the horzion.
- Moon's change in maximum altitude on the meridian during the year
- Moon occultations of stars and planets
Planets
- Unaided eye visible planets: Mercury, Mars, and Saturn.
- Chart planets' motion against background stars, note color and changes in apparent brillance over time.
- Check sky events for planets' location and phase.
Stars
- Cepheid variables: Eta Aquilae, Delta Cephei.
Constellations
- Determine your circumpolar constellations and observer them all in one night.
- Obsever all the constellations that can be observed at your latitude.
Deep Sky Objects
- Messier's catalog: M6, M7, M8, M13, M22, M24, M31, M35, M41, M42, M43, M44 and M47.
- New General Catalog of Clusters and Nebulea: NGC104, NGC869, NGC884,
NGC2070, NGC2247, NGC2264, NGC2362, NGC2451, NGC2516, NGC2547,
NGC3114, NGC3293, NGC3372, NGC3532, NGC3766, NGC4755, NGC5139, NGC6231 and NGC6633.
- NGC Index Catalog: IC1396, IC2391 and IC2602.
- SMC, LMC, Coalsack, Coma Cluster,
The following deep sky objects will take very good dark skys and eye sight to be observed.
- Messier's catalog: M3, M5, M25, M34, M36, M37, M39 and M48.
- New General Catalog of Clusters and Nebulea:
NGC362, NGC752, NGC1981, NGC2808, NGC6067, NGC6087, NGC6752 and NGC7000.
- NGC Index Catalog: IC4665.
Misc.
- Zodiacal Light
- Gegenschein (Counterglow)
© 1998-2003 David Haworth
