Cloudy Nights'
Objects of the Month - 2024
Observing guides for Cloudy Night's Objects of the month in the year 2024.
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May
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Galaxy pair NGC3445 & MCG+10-16-024 (Arp 24) in Ursa Major
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Click here for the Burnham's Celestial Handbook - DSO's edition
Asterism "Gottlieb's Circle" and galaxies PGC2193753 & SDSS J181734.57+421041 in Lyra
April
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Open cluster NGC2158 in Gemini
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Click here for the Melotte Star Clusters edition
Click here for the Raab Open Clusters edition
Click here for the Collinder Clusters edition
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Galaxy pair NGC4204 & PGC39187 in Coma Berenices
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Galaxy MCG+03-31-055 in Coma Berenices
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March
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Open cluster Melotte 20 - the "Alpha Persei Cluster" in Perseus
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Planetary nebula IC2149 in Auriga
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Emission nebula Sharpless 2-241 & reflection nebula Struve-Straka 49 in Auriga
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Reflection nebula Cederblad 61 in Auriga
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February
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Open cluster NGC2362 - the "Tau Canis Majoris Cluster" in Canis Major
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Click here for the Bennett edition
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Emission nebulae NGC1491 & Simeis 25 - the "Fossil Footprint Nebula" in Perseus
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Reflection nebula GN 04.41.8 in Perseus
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January
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Open cluster NGC2169 - the "37 Cluster" in Orion
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Galaxy pair NGC2444 & NGC2445 (Arp 143) - "Genie in a bottle" in Lynx
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