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1 Messier plus Marathon Object Listby Wally Brown & Bob Buckner with additional objects by Mike RoosObject Data - Saguaro Astronomy ClubScore is most numbered objects in a single night. Tiebreaker is count of un-numbered objectsObserver Name DateAddressMarathon Obects _____ Tiebreaker Objects _____SEQOBJECT TYPE CON DEC. RISE TRANSITSET MAG SIZENOTESTIMEM 53 GLOCL +1810 7:2114:1721 'NGC 5024, !B,vC,iR,vvmbM,st 3 GLOCL +2822 7:1114:4622 'NGC 5272, !!,eB,vL,vsmbM,st , Lord Rosse-sev dark marks within 5' of center2M 5 GLOCL +0205 10:1716:2222 'NGC 5904, !!,vB,L,eCM,eRi, st mags ;superb clusterM 94 GALXY +4107 5:1213:5522 ' 'NGC 4736, vB,L,iR,vsvmbM,BN,rM 4 GLOCL 12:5617:2721 'NGC 6121, Cl,8 or 10 B* in line,rrr, Look for central bar structureM 80 GLOCL 12:3617:2122 'NGC 6093, st , Extremely rich and compressedM 62 GLOCL 13:4918:0522 'NGC 6266, vB,L,gmbM,rrr, AsymmetricalM 19 GLOCL 13:3418:0622 'NGC 6273, vB,L,R,vCM,rrr, One of the most oblate GC3M 107 GLOCL 12:1717:3622 'NGC 6171, L,vRi,vmC,R,rrr, H VI 40M 106 GALXY +4718 3:4613:2322 ' 'NGC 4258, !

2 ,vB,vL,vmE0,sbMBN, H V 43M 63 GALXY +4201 5:3114:1923 ' 'NGC 5055, BN, vsvB stell. N in B inner lens;many filamM 51 GALXY +4711 4:5814:340 ' 'NGC 5194, !!!,Great spiral nebula, Whirlpool Gal;interacting pair;classic spiralNGC 5195 GALXY +471514 ' 'H I 186;Interacting P w M 51;peculiar4M 12 GLOCL 11:5817:5123 'NGC 6218, vB,vL,iR,gmbM, Somewhat loose structure5M 10 GLOCL 12:1418:0123 'NGC 6254, B,vL,R,gvmBM,rrr, Lord Rosse reported dark lane in cluster6M 9 GLOCL 13:2218:2323 'NGC 6333, B,L,R,eCM,rrr, neb B64 prominent to west7M 6 OPNCL 14:3818:4422 'NGC 6405, st7, , Butterfly cluster; incl var* BM Sco8M 7 OPNCL 15:0418:5722 'NGC 6475, Cl,vB,pRi,lC,* , 80 members to 10th mag;Fine naked eye cluster9M 22 GLOCL 14:5919:400 'NGC 6656, vB,vL,R,vRi,vmC, Stars mags M 28 GLOCL 14:5019:280 'NGC 6626, 45' NW from Lambda Sgr.

3 * mags M 69 GLOCL 15:2919:3523 'NGC 6637, NGC 6634, B,L,R,rrr,* M 70 GLOCL 15:4119:4723 'NGC 6681, Curved arc of stars to NE;* M 54 GLOCL 15:4419:590 'NGC 6715, vB,L,R,g,smbM, * mags M 55 GLOCL 16:3120:440 'NGC 6809, pB,L,R,vRi,vgbM, * mags M 8 BRNEB 14:2819:0723 ' 'NGC 6523, !!!,vB,eL,eiF,w L Cl, Lagoon Nebula;Cl NGC 6530 invl;dark lane crosses neb16 M 20 BRNEB 14:2119:0623 ' 'NGC 6514, vB,vL,Trifid,D* inv, Trifid nebula;sev dark lanes;H IV 41 D* HN 40 invl17 M 21 OPNCL 14:2119:0823 'NGC 6531, Cl,pRi,lC, , Page 1 of 4 Messier plus Marathon Object ListSEQOBJECT TYPE CON DEC. RISE TRANSITSET MAG SIZENOTESTIME18 M 25 OPNCL 14:3719:350 'IC 4725, Cl,pC, Contains U Sgr;Stars mags M 24 OPNCL 14:2019:200 ' '20 M 23 OPNCL 14:0119:010 'NGC 6494, Cl,B,vL,pRi,lC,*100 m M 18 OPNCL 14:1819:240 'NGC 6613, Cl,P,vlC, 12 * mag 9-10; 1 deg S of M1722 M 17 BRNEB 14:1619:240 ' 'NGC 6618, !

4 !!,B,eL,eiF,2 hooked, Omega nebula;Swan Nebula;many F outer loops;use filter23 M 16 OPNCL 14:0619:220 'NGC 6611, L,B,scattered Cl,neb invl, In Ser OB1;Star Queen or Eagle Nebula;stars mags M 14 GLOCL 12:5218:410 'NGC 6402, B,vL,R,eRi,vgmbM, Many vF stars M 11 OPNCL 14:1519:551 'NGC 6705, !!Cl,vB,L,iR,Ri,* , 500 stars to 14th mag;Wild duck cluster26 M 26 OPNCL 14:1819:491 'NGC 6694, Cl,cL,pRi,pC,70 * to 14 m27 NGC 6712 GLOCL 14:2419:571 'pB,vL,irr,rrr, H I 4728 M 75 GLOCL 16:2121:101 'NGC 6864, B,pL,R,vmbMBN,rr, * mags NGC 6818 PLNEB 15:3220:482 "PK , B,vS,R, H IV 51;Little Gem Nebula30 M 101 GALXY +542015 ' 'NGC 5457, pB,vL,iR,g,vsmbM,BSN, P w NGC 5474;SN 1909;spir galax w one heavy arm;B knot E31 NGC 5907 GALXY +561916 ' 'cB,vL,vmE155,vgBMN, H II 759;vs bulge nearly hidden by strong dk lane; SN 1940a32 M 102 GALXY +554516 ' 'NGC 5866, vB,cL,pME146,gbM, vBN w dk lane and ansae;NGC 5867 small E neb.

5 H I 21533 NGC 6503 GALXY +700818 ' 'pF,L,mE,*9f4'34 NGC 6543 PLNEB +663819 "vB,pS,sbMvSN, H IV 37;Cat's Eye Nebula35 M 13 GLOCL +3627 9:3217:451 'NGC 6205, !!eB,vRi,vgeCM,* , Hercules cluster36 NGC 6207 GALXY +3649 9:3117:472 ' 'H II 701;No def nucleus;B * nr center;30' NE from M 1337 NGC 6229 GLOCL +4731 8:1217:513 'vB,L,R,disc,r, H IV 5038 M 92 GLOCL +4308 9:2318:213 'NGC 6341, vB,vL,eCM,st M 57 PLNEB +3301 12:0219:573 ' 'NGC 6720, PK 63+ , Ring neb,B,pL,cE, Ring Nebula;central* var 14 to 16 mag40 M 56 GLOCL +3011 12:3820:204 'NGC 6779, B,L,iR,gvmCM,rrr, Stars NGC 6826 PLNEB +5031 10:2720:487 "B,pL,R,*11m, H IV 73;Blinking Planetary42 M 39 OPNCL +4825 12:4622:368 'NGC 7092, Cl,vL,P,vlC,* , Large loose cluster43 M 29 OPNCL +3830 13:0221:285 'NGC 6913, Cl,P,lC,st L&S, About 20 stars mags NGC 6960 SNREM +3043 14:0521:495 ' 'H V 15;Veil Nebula western part;* 52 CYG invl45 NGC 6940 OPNCL +2816 14:0421:385 'Cl,vB,vL,vRi,cC, H VII 8;100 * mags M 27 PLNEB +2243 13:5121:034 'NGC 6853, PK 60+ , !

6 !vB,vL,bi-N,IE,Dumbbell Neb47 Cr 399 OPNCL +2011 13:2620:293 ' 'vL,B incl 4,5,7 Vulp, Brocchi's cluster;The Coathanger Cl;easy naked eye48 M 71 GLOCL +1846 13:5920:573 'NGC 6838, Cl,vL,vRi,pmC,* , Arrowhead shape49 NGC 6934 GLOCL +0724 15:1721:383 'B,L,R,rrr,* , H I 103;*10m 2' west50 M 15 GLOCL +1210 15:5722:345 'NGC 7078, !,vB,vL,iR,vsmbM,rrr,st vS, Stars mags M 2 GLOCL 16:4122:374 'NGC 7089, !!B,vL,gpmbM,rrr,st eS, Lord Rosse-Dark area near core;* mags NGC 7293 PLNEB 18:4123:334 '!,pF,vL,E or biN, Helical Nebula;low surf brightness53 M 72 GLOCL 16:3621:573 'NGC 6981, pB,pL,R,gmCM,rrr, 3 deg WSW of NGC 7009M 73 OPNCL 16:4222:033 'NGC 6994, Cl,eP,vlC,No neb, 4 or 5 10th mag stars54 NGC 7009 PLNEB 16:4322:083 "vB,S, Saturn Nebula;H IV 1;blue-green disk55 M 30 GLOCL 18:0022:443 'NGC 7099, !

7 ,B,L,lE,gpmbM,st , elliptical shapePage 2 of 4 Messier plus Marathon Object ListSEQOBJECT TYPE CON DEC. RISE TRANSITSET MAG SIZENOTESTIME56 NGC 40 PLNEB +72311 'PK 120+ , F,vS,R,vsmbM,L*cont f, H IV 5857 M 103 OPNCL +60392 'NGC 581, 40* ; incl Struve 131 6-9m 14''58 NGC 663 OPNCL +61132 'H VI 31;In Cas OB8;incl Struve 151,152,15359 NGC 185 GALXY +4820 15:541:4311 ' 'pB,vL,iR,vgmbM,r, H II 707;Dwarf eliptical;NGC 39660 NGC 7789 OPNCL +56421 'Cl,vL,vRi,vmC,st , H VI 30; 1000* M 52 OPNCL +61360 'NGC 7654, L,Ri,mCM,* NGC 6939 OPNCL +603921 'Cl,pL,eRi,pCM,* , H VI 42;Gal N6946 38' SE63 NGC 7331 GALXY +3425 15:3823:417 ' 'H I 53;Brightest in group of F obj;sev dark lanes64 NGC 7662 PLNEB +4232 15:370:309 "Blue Snowball Nebula;H IV 18.

8 Barnard-cent * variable?65 M 31 GALXY +4116 17:031:4610 ' 'NGC 224, !!!eeB,eL,vmE, Local Group;Andromeda Galaxy;nearest spiral66 M 32 GALXY +4052 17:061:4610 ' 'NGC 221, vvB,L,R,psmbMN; Comp to M3167 M 110 GALXY +4141 16:581:4410 ' 'NGC 205, vB,vL,mE 165 degrees, M31 Companion;H V 1868 M 33 GALXY +3039 18:532:3810 ' 'NGC 598, eB,eL,R, Local Group;Pinwheel Galaxy;H V 1769 M 74 GALXY +1546 19:522:409 ' 'NGC 628, F,vL,R,vg,psmbM,rr, Fine face on spiral70 M 77 GALXY 21:473:469 ' 'NGC 1068, vB,pL,iR,sbMrrN, Seyfert71 NGC 936 GALXY 21:363:319 ' 'p of 2, H IV 23;Thick central bar;P w NGC 941 12' foll72 NGC 253 GALXY 21:151:516 ' '!!vvB,vvL,vmE 54 degrees,gbM, H V 1;Sandage-arms are more defined by dust than *73 M 45 OPNCL +2406 21:334:5112 'MEL 22, vvB,vL,brilliant naked eye cluster,neb inv, Pleiades;nebys NGC 1432 and 1435 involved74 M 34 OPNCL +4245 18:513:4612 'NGC 1039, Cl,B,vL,lC,sC , At least 80 true members;sev D* incl h1123 & O Struve 4475 NGC 891 GALXY +4220 18:353:2612 ' 'B,vL,vmE22, H V 19;Lord Rosse drawing shows dark lane76 NGC 1023 GALXY +3903 19:153:4412 ' 'H I 156;brtst in grp;more neb 10' E;lens shp F tuft on E tip77 M 76 PLNEB +5134 16:032:4613 'NGC 650-1, vB,p of Dneb, Little Dumbbell or Cork Nebula78 NGC 869 OPNCL +57083 'h Per, * , H VI 33.

9 Double Cluster w NGC 88479 NGC 884 OPNCL +57083 'Chi Per, Cl,vL,vRi,ruby*M, H VI 34;chi Per;in Per OB1;Double Cluster w NGC 86980 NGC 1501 PLNEB +60555 "PK 144+ , pB,pS,vlE,1'Diam, H IV 53;PK144+ M 38 OPNCL +3551 22:226:3214 'NGC 1912, shaped like Greek letter Pi82 NGC 1907 OPNCL +3519 22:256:3214 'Cl,pRi,pC,R, , H VII 39, 30*83 M 36 OPNCL +3408 22:396:4014 'NGC 1960, Cl,B,vL,vRi,lC,60 * M 37 OPNCL +3233 23:036:5614 'NGC 2099, !!Cl,Ri,pCM,st L & S, Total population 500*;dark area near center85 M 35 OPNCL +2420 23:547:1314 'NGC 2168, Cl,vL,eRi,pC, , Lord Rosse counted 300*;Orange * invl;NGC 2158 30' SW86 NGC 2158 OPNCL +2405 23:547:1114 'H VI 17;150 F* on edge of M 3587 M 1 SNREM +2200 23:296:3813 ' 'NGC 1952, vB,vL,E135,vglbM,r, Crab Nebula;Rosse saw filaments;cent pulsar 16 mag;3C14488 NGC 2371 PLNEB +2929 0:508:2916 'NGC 2372, B,S,R,bMN,p of Dneb, H II 316;faint double-lobed planetaryPage 3 of 4 Messier plus Marathon Object ListSEQOBJECT TYPE CON DEC.

10 RISE TRANSITSET MAG SIZENOTESTIME89 NGC 2372 PLNEB +2929 0:508:2916 'NGC 2372, B,S,R,bMN,p of Dneb, H II 316;faint double-lobed planetary90 NGC 2392 PLNEB +2003 1:318:3315 "x27"*9M,*8 nf 100'', H IV 45;Clown Face or Eskimo NebulaNGC 1360 PLNEB 0:034:379 '91 M 78 BRNEB +0004 0:516:5012 ' 'NGC 2068, B,L,wisp,gmbN,3* inv,r, Comet shaped;2 10mag * invl, 53'' sep92 NGC 2024 BRNEB 0:526:4512 ' '! irr,B,vvL,black sp incl, H V 28;Tank Track Neb;bright but masked by glow of Zeta Ori93 NGC 1973 BRNEB 0:546:3912 ' 'CED 55B, *8,9 inv in neb94 M 42 BRNEB 0:566:3912 ' 'NGC 1976, !!!,Theta Orionis and the great nebula M42, Trapezium* ;>50 var* invl;M 43 to NE95 M 43 BRNEB 0:566:3912 ' 'NGC 1982, !