How quickly do we grow accustomed to wonders. I am reminded of the Isaac Asimov story "Nightfall," about the planet where the stars were visible only once in a thousand years. So awesome was the sight that it drove men mad. We who can see the stars every night glance up casually at the cosmos and then quickly down again, searching for a Dairy Queen.

/ Roger Ebert, from a movie review in the "Chicago Sun Times" /

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By type:

open clusters [67]

globular clusters [14]

diffuse nebulae [3]

dark nebulae [0]

planetary nebulae [27]

variable stars [18]

binary stars [23]

asterisms [2]

galaxies [119]

quasars [1]

planets [2]

minor planets [1]

comets [5]

Sun [0]

Moon [5]

other objects [8]

By catalogue:

Messier 1-50 [20]

Messier 51-110 [18]

NGC 1-1000 [17]

NGC 1001-2000 [21]

NGC 2001-3000 [32]

NGC 3001-4000 [25]

NGC 4001-5000 [18]

NGC 5001-6000 [22]

NGC 6001-7000 [40]

NGC 7001-7840 [35]

IC 1-5386 [1]

other catalogues [71]

uncataloged [10]

[25]

By constellation:

Andromeda Antlia Apus Aquila Aquarius Ara Aries Auriga Boötes Caelum Camelopardalis Capricornus Carina Cassiopeia Centaurus Cepheus Cetus Chamaeleon Circinus Canis Major Canis Minor Cancer Columba Coma Berenices Corona Austrina Corona Borealis Crater Crux Corvus Canes Venatici Cygnus Delphinus Dorado Draco Equuleus Eridanus Fornax Gemini Grus Hercules Horologium Hydra Hydrus Indus Lacerta Leo Lepus Libra Leo Minor Lupus Lynx Lyra Mensa Microscopium Monoceros Musca Norma Octans Ophiuchus Orion Pavo Pegasus Perseus Phoenix Pictor Piscis Austrinus Pisces Puppis Pyxis Reticulum Sculptor Scorpius Scutum Serpens Sextans Sagitta Sagittarius Taurus Telescopium Triangulum Australe Triangulum Tucana Ursa Major Ursa Minor Vela Virgo Volans Vulpecula

NGC 5984 (Galaxy) Right ascension: 15h 44m Declination: 14° 11' Constellation: Serpens Date/time: 2016.06.06 22:10 UT Equipment: 12" f/5 Newtonian FoV: 16' Magnification and filter(s): 250x Seeing: 7/10 Transparency: 3/5 SQM: 21.38 m/as2 Temperature: 15°C Humidity: moderate Wind: breeze Sight: 2 - minor details, somewhat interesting Difficulty: 4 - hardly visible, dark adaptation and very dark skies needed, averted vision is required to see details Position: 2 - easy, bright star nearby Location: Talpa Minor Observatory Observer: Ferenc Lovró Description: Small edge-on galaxy. Not homogeneous. No apparent star-like core. Difficult view on the current humid sky. Hi-resolution image: [ reversed sketch | original sketch ]

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