
Orion Nebula
M42 / M43
Emission Nebula · Orion
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Deep Winter — Long nights, Orion high, Auriga overhead

M42 / M43
Emission Nebula · Orion

NGC 1977
Reflection + Emission · Orion

B33 / NGC 2024
Dark + Emission · Orion

M1
Supernova Remnant · Taurus

NGC 1499
Emission Nebula · Perseus

IC 405
Emission + Reflection · Auriga

IC 410
Emission Nebula · Auriga

M45
Open Cluster + Reflection · Taurus

M78
Reflection Nebula · Orion

IC 2177
Emission Nebula · Monoceros

IC 2118
Reflection Nebula · Eridanus

Abell 21
Planetary Nebula · Gemini
Winter stragglers setting west, spring preview rising east

NGC 2244
Emission Nebula · Monoceros

NGC 2174
Emission Nebula · Orion

IC 443
Supernova Remnant · Gemini

NGC 2264
Emission + Reflection · Monoceros

NGC 2359
Emission Nebula · Canis Major
Galaxy season opens — Leo, Ursa Major, Canes Venatici

M81 / M82
Spiral + Starburst · Ursa Major

M65/M66/NGC 3628
Galaxy Group · Leo

M97 / M108
Planetary Neb + Galaxy · Ursa Major

NGC 4631/4656
Interacting Galaxies · Canes Venatici

M106
Seyfert Galaxy · Canes Venatici
Peak galaxy season — Virgo Cluster, Coma, CVn galaxies

M51
Interacting Spiral · Canes Venatici

M63
Flocculent Spiral · Canes Venatici

M101
Face-on Spiral · Ursa Major

Various
Galaxy Chain · Virgo

M104
Edge-on Spiral · Virgo

NGC 4565
Edge-on Spiral · Coma Berenices

M64
Spiral Galaxy · Coma Berenices

M94
Starburst Ring · Canes Venatici

M87 region
Galaxy Cluster · Virgo
Late spring — globulars rising, planetary nebulae, nights shortening

M13
Globular Cluster · Hercules

M3
Globular Cluster · Canes Venatici

M57
Planetary Nebula · Lyra

M27
Planetary Nebula · Vulpecula

NGC 6543
Planetary Nebula · Draco
Summer — Short nights, Cygnus at zenith, Sagittarius low south

NGC 7000
Emission Nebula · Cygnus

IC 5070
Emission Nebula · Cygnus

NGC 6992
Supernova Remnant · Cygnus

NGC 6960
Supernova Remnant · Cygnus

NGC 6888
Wolf-Rayet Nebula · Cygnus

IC 1318
Emission Nebula · Cygnus

Sh2-101
Emission Nebula · Cygnus

M16
Emission Nebula · Serpens

M17
Emission Nebula · Sagittarius

M20
Emission + Reflection · Sagittarius

M8
Emission Nebula · Sagittarius
Late summer — Cepheus targets, nights lengthening

IC 1396A
Emission Nebula · Cepheus

NGC 7023
Reflection Nebula · Cepheus

IC 5146
Emission + Reflection · Cygnus

NGC 7635
Emission Nebula · Cassiopeia

NGC 7380
Emission Nebula · Cepheus

Sh2-155
Emission Nebula · Cepheus

NGC 6946
Face-on Spiral · Cepheus

NGC 7331 / HCG 92
Galaxy + Compact Group · Pegasus
Autumn — Andromeda peak, Cassiopeia high, long nights returning

M31
Spiral Galaxy · Andromeda

M33
Face-on Spiral · Triangulum

IC 1805
Emission Nebula · Cassiopeia

IC 1848
Emission Nebula · Cassiopeia

NGC 281
Emission Nebula · Cassiopeia

NGC 869/884
Open Cluster Pair · Perseus

NGC 7822
Emission Nebula · Cepheus

NGC 891
Edge-on Spiral · Andromeda

NGC 7293
Planetary Nebula · Aquarius
Early winter — longest nights, Orion rising, winter Milky Way

IC 63 / IC 59
Emission + Reflection · Cassiopeia

Simeis 147
Supernova Remnant · Taurus

Sh2-308
Wolf-Rayet Bubble · Canis Major

Ced 214
Emission Nebula · Cepheus