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Constellation Editions

5-6" Telescopes
8-10" Telescopes
12-14" Telescopes

Catalogs & Lists

Messier
Lacaille
Dunlop
Herschel
Caldwell
Bennett

Galaxy Editions

Hickson Compact Galaxy Groups
Arp Peculiar Galaxies
Holmberg Double and Multiple Galaxies
Holmberg Galaxies
Haro Galaxies
Rose Compact Groups of Galaxies
Karachentsev Northern Isolated Pairs of Galaxies - KPG
Karachentseva Northern Isolated Triplets of Galaxies - KTG
Karachentseva Southern Isolated Triplets of Galaxies - KTS
Klemola Groups and Clusters of Southern Galaxies
Markarian's Chain
Fornax Galaxy Cluster
Dorado Group
Eridanus Cluster
Sculptor Group
Grus Galaxy Chain

Nebula Editions

Hubble Nebulae
McDonald Nebulae & Regions
Cederblad Nebulae
Minkowski Nebulae
Strohmeier Nebulae
Courtès Nebulae
Simeis Nebulae
Gaze-Shajn Nebulae
Stromlo Nebulae
Münch Nebulae
Abell Nebulae
Sharpless Nebulae
Herbig Nebulae
Struve-Straka Nebulae
Dorschner-Gürtler Nebulae
Parsamian Cometary Nebulae
Van den Bergh Reflection Nebulae
Rojkovskij-Kurchakov Nebulae
Bernes Bright Nebulae
Neckel-Staude Nebulae
the Veil Nebula
Pleiades Nebulae
Humason Planetary Nebulae
Merrill Planetary Nebulae
Peimbert-Bátiz & Peimbert-Costero Planetary Nebulae
Kazarian Nebulae
Kazarian-Parsamian Nebulae
Sharpless-Osterbrock Nebulae
Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov Nebulae
Van den Bergh (suspected) Supernova Remnants

Star Cluster Editions

Melotte star clusters
Raab open clusters
Trumpler open clusters
Collinder star clusters
Berkeley star clusters
Czernik star clusters
King open clusters
Stock open clusters
Van den Bergh-Hagen open clusters
Palomar globular clusters
Terzan globular clusters
Tombaugh open clusters
Dolidze open clusters
Dolidze-Dzimselejsvili open clusters
Basel open clusters
Roslund open clusters
Ruprecht star clusters
Pismis star clusters
Lyngå star clusters
Hogg open clusters
Harvard open clusters
Haffner open clusters
Pfleiderer star clusters

Observing Programs

Herschel 400
Herschel II
Herschel 3
Herschel Sprint
ASSA Top-100
Astronomy Magazine's 101 Cosmic Objects You Must See
Astronomical League Carbon Stars

Star Party Observing Programs

Starnights 2025 - Observing Program
Starnights 2025 - Challenge Observing Program
Starnights 2025 - Binocular Observing Program*
Stellafane 2025 - Observing Olympics
Stellafane 2025 - Binocular Observing Olympics VII*
Eldorado Star Party 2025
Texas Star Party 2025 - Regular Observing Program
Texas Star Party 2025 - Advanced Observing Program
Texas Star Party - Binocular Observing Program*
Texas Star Party - Challenge Binocular Program*
Texas Star Party - Binocular Program from "Hell"*

* Also available as Binocular Observing Programs

Other Editions

Burnham's Celestial Handbook - Deep Sky Objects
Regions in the Large Magellanic Clouds
Named Objects
Astronomy Magazine's 101 Weirdest Cosmic Objects
Herschel Regions

Binocular Editions

Messier
Lacaille
Starnights 2025 - Binocular Observing Program*
Stellafane 2025 - Binocular Observing Olympics VII*
Texas Star Party - Binocular Observing Program*
Texas Star Party - Challenge Binocular Program*
Texas Star Party - Binocular Program from "Hell"*

* Also available as Star Party Observing Programs

Double Star Editions

Struve
Burnham's Celestial Handbook

Observing Aids

Sync Charts
Celestial Poles

Deep Sky Forum's Objects of the Week

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Webb Deep-Sky Society's Objects of the Month

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Webb Deep-Sky Society's Objects of the Season

All Objects of the Season

Cloudy Nights' Monthly Challenge Objects

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Astrotreff's Objects of the Month

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