The "Demon Star" - an eclipsing variable star. Drops from
mag. 2.1 to 3.4 for 10 hours, every 2.86739 days.
M34 (NGC 1039)
02hr 42.0m
+42° 47'
A bright, rich open cluster, easily visible in binoculars. 80 stars, mag
7 and fainter, 20 arc minutes in size. Integrated magnitude is 5.5.
NGC 869!! and NGC 884!
02hr 21.0m
+57° 08'
The "Double Cluster" - two naked eye clusters, separated
by about 1/2°. Both clusters contain about 300 stars each, mag. 7 and fainter. Cluster sizes are
both 35 arc minutes. NGC 869 is mag 4.4, NGC 884 is mag 4.7. (110NGC)
NGC 1528
04hr 15m
+51° 15'
Another bright open cluster, 25 arc minutes in size. 80 stars,
mag. 8 and fainter. Easy in binoculars, total magnitude of 6.0.
Located less than 2° away from The Double Cluster, but smaller
and fainter. 40 stars, mag 11 to 15, 10 arc minutes in size. Total magnitude 7.2.
NGC 1245
03hr 15m
+47° 14'
Another nice open cluster of 40 stars, mag 11 and fainter. 20
arc minutes in diameter. Total magnitude 6.9.
NGC 1491!
04hr 03.4m
+51° 19'
A compact but bright emission nebula, 3x3 arc minutes. (110NGC)
M76 (NGC 650/51)
01hr 42.4m
+51° 34'
The "Little Dumbbell Nebula" - an 11th magnitude planetary nebula, a smaller version of The
"Dumbbell Nebula" in Vulpecula. One of the toughest Messier objects (?) 140 x 70 arc seconds
in size with a mag 16.5 central star.
NGC 1023!
02hr 40.4m
+39° 04'
An E7 elliptical galaxy, 4.5 x 1.3 arc minutes. Magnitude 11.0
with high surface brightness. (110NGC)
NGC 1275
03hr 20m
+41° 31'
"Perseus A" - a 13th mag peculiar galaxy. Difficult to observe
with smaller scopes, 0.7 x 0.6 arc minutes in size, 8" scope probably minimum aperature.
The "California Nebula" - a large, faint emission nebula, 145 x 40
arc minutes in size. Best observed from dark skies at very low power (8 to 16X) Somewhat less
invisible with an H-beta, OIII or UHC filter.
