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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 |
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Messier 52 |
Open Cluster |
5.00 |
13'.0 |
5,000 LY |
23h 24m 20.0s |
+61° 35′ 00″ |
Open Cluster 193 Stars |
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Messier 103 |
Open Cluster |
7.40 |
6'.0 |
8,500 LY |
01h 33m 20.0s |
+60° 42′ 00″ |
Open
Cluster 40 Stars - small & dim |
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NGC 147 |
Spheroidal Galaxy |
10.50 |
13'.2 x 7'.8 |
2.53 Million LY |
00h 33m 12.1s |
+48° 30′ 32″ |
Reasonably bright - medium mag required |
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NGC 185 |
Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy |
10.10 |
11'.7 x 10'.0 |
2.05 Million LY |
00h 38m 58.0s |
+48° 20′ 15″ |
A small ball of light with nebulosity |
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NGC 281 |
HII Emission Nebula |
9.47 |
35'.0 |
9,500 LY |
00h 52m 59.3s |
+56° 37′ 19″ |
Medium aperture & dark skies required |
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NGC 457 |
Open Cluster |
6.40 |
13'.0 |
9,000 LY |
01h 19m 10.0s |
+58° 20′ 00″ |
Medium aperture & mag required |
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NGC 654 |
Open Cluster |
6.50 |
6'.0 |
6,000 LY |
01h 44m 25.0s |
+61° 54′ 54″ |
Bright tight Open Cluster |
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NGC 659 |
Open Cluster |
7.90 |
5'.0 |
?? |
01h 44m 48.2s |
+60° 42′ 05″ |
Small dim Open Cluster |
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NGC 663 |
Open Cluster |
7.10 |
11'.0 |
2,570 LY |
01h 46m 00.0s |
+61° 15′ 00″ |
Medium aperture & mag required |
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NGC 7635 |
Planetary Nebula |
6.70 |
15'.0 x 8'.0 |
11,300 LY |
23h 24m 40.0s |
+61° 11′ 00″ |
Bubble
Nebula - Medium aperture & mag |
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NGC 7788 |
Open Cluster |
9.40 |
4'.0 |
?? |
23h 57m 00.3s |
+61° 26′ 11″ |
Double Cluster with NGC7790 |
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NGC 7789 |
Open Cluster |
6.70 |
16'.0 |
7,600 LY |
23h 57m 00.0s |
+56° 44′ 00″ |
Small & dim with red stars |
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NGC 7790 |
Open Cluster |
8.50 |
5'.0 |
?? |
23h 58m 42.6s |
+61° 14′ 41″ |
Double
Cluster with NGC7788 |
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IC 10 |
Irregular Galaxy |
10.30 |
5'.0 x 4'.0 |
4,200 LY |
00h 20m 40.0s |
+59° 18′ 00″ |
Small, dim nebulous & unusual in shape |
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IC 59/63 |
Reflection Nebula |
?? |
10'.5 |
600 LY |
00h 57m 42.4s |
+61° 04′ 59″ |
Large aperture needed |
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IC 1805 |
Diffuse Nebula |
?? |
50'.0 x 44'.0 |
2,500 LY |
02h 32m 42.0s |
+61° 27′ 00″ |
Nebulous area filter req |
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IC 1848 |
Diffuse Nebula |
?? |
60'.0 x 30'.0 |
2,500 LY |
02h 51m 12.0s |
+60° 26′ 00″ |
Large Nebulous region filter required |
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Maffei 1 |
Elliptical Galaxy |
11.40 |
3'.36 x 1'.68 |
9.8 Million LY |
02h 36m 35.4s |
+59° 39′ 19″ |
Large aperture required |
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Maffei 2 |
Spiral Galaxy |
16.00 |
5'.82 x 1'.57 |
9.8 Million LY |
02h 41m 55.1s |
+59° 36′ 15″ |
Photograph unless very large aperture |
Observing Key - Required Minimum Size Telescope
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Binoculars or Small Telescope (up to 4 inch aperture) |
| Medium
Telescope (6 to 10 inch aperture) |
| Large
Telescope (over 12 inch aperture) or Photograph Only |
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