Cassiopeia Objects

Recommended Objects within the Cassiopeia Constellation to View or Photograph.

Object Name	Type	Magnitude	Object Size	Object Distance	Right Ascention	Declination	Notes & Link to Photo / Log / Info
Messier 52	Open Cluster	5.00	13'.0	5,000 LY	23^h 24^m 20.0^s	+61° 35′ 00″	Open Cluster 193 Stars
Messier 103	Open Cluster	7.40	6'.0	8,500 LY	01^h 33^m 20.0^s	+60° 42′ 00″	Open Cluster 40 Stars - small & dim
NGC 147	Spheroidal Galaxy	10.50	13'.2 x 7'.8	2.53 Million LY	00^h 33^m 12.1^s	+48° 30′ 32″	Reasonably bright - medium mag required
NGC 185	Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy	10.10	11'.7 x 10'.0	2.05 Million LY	00^h 38^m 58.0^s	+48° 20′ 15″	A small ball of light with nebulosity
NGC 281	HII Emission Nebula	9.47	35'.0	9,500 LY	00^h 52^m 59.3^s	+56° 37′ 19″	Medium aperture & dark skies required
NGC 457	Open Cluster	6.40	13'.0	9,000 LY	01^h 19^m 10.0^s	+58° 20′ 00″	Medium aperture & mag required
NGC 654	Open Cluster	6.50	6'.0	6,000 LY	01^h 44^m 25.0^s	+61° 54′ 54″	Bright tight Open Cluster
NGC 659	Open Cluster	7.90	5'.0	??	01^h 44^m 48.2^s	+60° 42′ 05″	Small dim Open Cluster
NGC 663	Open Cluster	7.10	11'.0	2,570 LY	01^h 46^m 00.0^s	+61° 15′ 00″	Medium aperture & mag required
NGC 7635	Planetary Nebula	6.70	15'.0 x 8'.0	11,300 LY	23^h 24^m 40.0^s	+61° 11′ 00″	Bubble Nebula - Medium aperture & mag
NGC 7788	Open Cluster	9.40	4'.0	??	23^h 57^m 00.3^s	+61° 26′ 11″	Double Cluster with NGC7790
NGC 7789	Open Cluster	6.70	16'.0	7,600 LY	23^h 57^m 00.0^s	+56° 44′ 00″	Small & dim with red stars
NGC 7790	Open Cluster	8.50	5'.0	??	23^h 58^m 42.6^s	+61° 14′ 41″	Double Cluster with NGC7788
IC 10	Irregular Galaxy	10.30	5'.0 x 4'.0	4,200 LY	00^h 20^m 40.0^s	+59° 18′ 00″	Small, dim nebulous & unusual in shape
IC 59/63	Reflection Nebula	??	10'.5	600 LY	00^h 57^m 42.4^s	+61° 04′ 59″	Large aperture needed
IC 1805	Diffuse Nebula	??	50'.0 x 44'.0	2,500 LY	02^h 32^m 42.0^s	+61° 27′ 00″	Nebulous area filter req
IC 1848	Diffuse Nebula	??	60'.0 x 30'.0	2,500 LY	02^h 51^m 12.0^s	+60° 26′ 00″	Large Nebulous region filter required
Maffei 1	Elliptical Galaxy	11.40	3'.36 x 1'.68	9.8 Million LY	02^h 36^m 35.4^s	+59° 39′ 19″	Large aperture required
Maffei 2	Spiral Galaxy	16.00	5'.82 x 1'.57	9.8 Million LY	02^h 41^m 55.1^s	+59° 36′ 15″	Photograph unless very large aperture