Best Winter Astronomy Targets
For Beginning Skywatchers
| Common Name |
Designation |
Type |
Constellation |
Magnitude |
Right Ascension |
Declination |
| Crab Nebula |
M1 |
Supernova Remnant |
Taurus |
+8.4 |
5h 34m 31.94s |
+22° 00'52.2" |
| Sirius |
α CMa |
Binary Star |
Canis Major |
-1.46 |
6h 45m 08.917s |
-16° 42' 58.017" |
| The Beehive |
M44 |
Open Cluster |
Cancer |
+3.7 |
8h 40.4m |
+19° 59' |
| The Double Cluster |
Caldwell 14 |
Double Cluster |
Perseus |
+3.7 |
2h 20m |
+57° 08' |
| Pleiades |
M45 |
Open Cluster |
Taurus |
+1.6 |
3h 47m 24s |
+24° 07' |
| Andromeda Galaxy |
M31 |
Spiral Galaxy |
Andromeda |
+3.44 |
0h 42m 44.3s |
+41° 16' 9" |
| Orion Nebula |
M42 |
Diffuse Nebula |
Orion |
+4.0 |
5h 35m 17.3s |
-5° 23' 28" |