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Cloudy Nights' Monthly Challenge Objects - 2025

Cloudy Nights'
Monthly Challenge Objects - 2025

Observing guides for Cloudy Nights' Monthly Challenge Objects in the year 2025.
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January - February-1 - February-2 - March - April - May - June

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May

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Planetary nebula Abell 36 - the "Bat Symbol Nebula" in Virgo

Galaxy NGC5734 in Libra

Galaxy group PGC84569, PGC4530597 & PGC3845255 in Boötes

April

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Galaxy IC1101 in Virgo

Planetary nebula NGC3242 - the "Ghost of Jupiter" and nebulosity in the constellation of Hydra

Galaxy PGC966389 in Virgo

March

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Galaxy IC2574 - "Coddington's Nebula" in Ursa Major

Galaxy NGC3003 - the "Little Whale Galaxy" in Leo Minor

Galaxy MCG+01-26-005 - the "Sextans B Dwarf" with globular cluster SDSS J100004.63+052007.5 in Sextans

Galaxy pair KPG 216 in Sextans

February - 2

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Open cluster Melotte 25 - "the Hyades" in Taurus

Galaxy NGC3521 in Leo

Galaxy MCG-01-24-001 in Hydra

Galaxy cluster Abell 754 in Hydra

February - 1

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Open cluster Collinder 69 - the "Lambda Orionis Cluster" & reflection nebula Cederblad 54 - the "Lambda Orionis Nebula" in Orion

Galaxy NGC2357 in Gemini

Galaxy pair Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov 528 (MCG+06-17-002 & PGC200234) in Gemini

January

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Open cluster Collinder 70 - "Orion's Belt" in Orion

Reflection nebula Sazhen 30 in Orion

Galaxy Abell 11 (2MASX J05372154+0815290) in Orion