The "North Star". Shines at mag 1.99 (slightly variable) is the
49th brightest star. Polaris has a pale blue companion at 9th mag, 18.5 arc seconds distant. (UMi)
NGC 6543!
17hr 58.6m
+66° 38'
The "Cat's Eye Nebula" - an easy mag 8.8 planetary nebula, only 18 arc seconds in diameter
with a mag. 11 central star. (110NGC) (Dra)
M102 (NGC 5866)?
15hr 06.5m
+55° 46'
A bright but almost featureless E6p lenticular galaxy, mag 10.0. - 5.2 x 2.3
arc minutes. Appears originally to be a duplicate observation of M101. (Dra)
A classic edge-on Sb spiral galaxy. Mag 10.4, 12.3 x 1.8 arc minutes
in size, close to M102. Dust lane visible in larger scopes. (110NGC) (Dra)
NGC 6503!
17hr 49.4m
+70° 09'
A fairly bright Sb spiral galaxy at mag 10.2. 6.2 x 2.3 arc minutes.
(110NGC) (Dra)
NGC 5985 Group
15hr 40m
+59° 20'
The "Sampler" - brightest of a nice trio of galaxies, a nice
multi-arm face-on Sb spiral at mag 11.0, 5.5 x 3.2 arc min. Look for 12th mag NGC 5982 (elliptical) and
mag 13.9 NGC 5981 (edge-on Sb-c) in the same field. (Dra)
NGC 4236
12hr 17m
+69° 28'
A bright barred spiral galaxy. 18.6 x 6.9 arc min, mag 9.7. (Dra)
NGC 4256
12hr 18m
+65° 54'
An edge-on Sb spiral located 3.6° south of NGC 4236. Mag 12.4,
4.6 x 0.7 arc minutes. (Dra)
NGC 3147
10hr 17m
+73° 24'
A nice, compact Sb galaxy mag 11.3, 3.9 x 3.4 arc min. (Dra)
NGC 6643
18hr 20m
+74° 34'
A multi-arm Sc spiral, mag 12.0, 3.0 x 1.3 arc min. (Dra)
NGC 6015
15hr 51m
+62° 19'
An Sc spiral, mag 11.2, 5.4 x 2.3 arc minutes. (Dra)
NGC 6217
16hr 33m
+78° 12'
Another Sc spiral, mag. 12.0, 3.0 x 2.4 arc min. (UMi)
A "bright" Quasar, at mag 14.5. Connected (?) to galaxy
NGC 4319, 40 arc seconds south of the core of the galaxy. (Dra)
NGC 3172
11hr 50m
+89° 07'
"Polarissima Borealis" - a rather unremarkable galaxy, except for the fact that it is the closest
NGC to the north celestial pole. Mag 13.6, 0.7 x 0.7 arc minutes. (UMi)
